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Private Luxor Day Tour from Cairo airport

Luxor1 hour

Description

You are in Cairo and dreaming to visit Luxor the greatest open museum but You have limited time. A great chance to fly for one day to Luxor, and not to miss this main ancient capital and discover the highlights, with your private guide. ·Round trip Airport transfer door to door ·Enjoying the sights with a well-tailored program You will be picked up in the morning from your hotel in Cairo or Giza. The flights duration from Cairo to Luxor is one hour direct flight. And its the same from Luxor back to Cairo. Travelers required to carry their passports with them.

Tour Options

Private Luxor Day Tour from Cairo airport
  • Pickup included
with ticket
  • entry fees Pickup included

Itinerary

60 min

our driver in Cairo will pick you up at the agreed time to take your one hour flight from Cairo to Luxor.

30 min

upon arrival to Luxor airport,Meet your Egyptologist tour guide and start your journey in a private air-conditioned vehicle. Relax in comfort as you travel to explore the most important historical monuments in Luxor (Make sure you have your camera ,sun glasses, sun cream, a hat )

Admission not included60 min

The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom. You will get to visit 3 tombs in the valley of the kings with the normal ticket. Other tombs like tut ankh amun tomb requires extra ticket

Admission not included30 min

Merenptah tomb is one of the most impressive royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings not only for its length, which reached 164,5 meters, but for its distinguished reliefs and the biggest granite sarcophagus ever found in the Valley

Admission not included30 min

One of the most popular tombs in the valley, KV 11 is also one of the most interesting and best preserved. Originally started by Sethnakht, measuring a total of 180 meters

Admission not included30 min

Running a total distance of 105 meters into the hillside, the tomb begins with a gate and a shallow descending ramp. Following on from the ramp come three successive stretches of corridor. The first of these has four side chambers.

Admission not included30 min

you will have to purchase an additional ticket to visit this tomb.(300.00 EGP) optional This tomb was the last tomb that was discovered, in the year 1922. It contained all the fabulous treasures which are now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Admission not included90 min

The Temple of Hatshepsut is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Located opposite the city of Luxor, it is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient architecture. Its three massive terraces rise above the desert floor and into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari

30 min

The Colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theban Necropolis

Pass by

Abu El-Haggag Mosque was built in the northeast section of Luxor Temple and it dates back to the middle of the Fatimid Era The mosque itself was built in honor of Sheikh Yusuf Abu'l-Hajjaj. He was a Muslim scholar and teacher who migrated from Baghdad to Luxor

Admission not included90 min

the Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak , comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I (reigned 1971–1926 BCE) in the Middle Kingdom (around 2000–1700 BCE) and continued into the Ptolemaic Kingdom (305–30 BCE)

Admission not included30 min

the temple dedicated to him at Karnak was built, appropriately, placed between the main sanctuary of Amun-Ra and the southern precinct that honored Mut. Built by Ramesses III, a king who reigned from 1186 to 1155 B.C., the temple is about 230 feet (70 meters) by 88 feet (27 meters)

Admission not included30 min

Karnak Open Air Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor, Egypt. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Precinct of Amon-Re at the Karnak complex. The Open Air Museum contains reconstructions of structures that have been dismantled and buried or hidden inside the massive pylons in the complex

Admission not included30 min

the Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road is a 2.7 km long avenue which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been uncovered in the ancient city of Thebes, with sphinxes and ram-headed statues lined up on both flanks.

Admission not included60 min

The Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE. In the Egyptian language it was known as ipet resyt, "the southern sanctuary". It was one of the two primary temples on the east bank, the other being Karnak. Unlike the other temples in Thebes, Luxor temple is not dedicated to a cult god or a deified version of the pharaoh in death. Instead, Luxor temple is dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship; it may have been where many of the pharaohs of Egypt were crowned in reality or conceptually.

Highlights

Private transportation
lunch will be koshary or falafel sandwiches
Bottled water
Qualified Egyptology Tour Guide
Air-conditioned vehicle

What's included

Included
Private transportation
lunch will be koshary or falafel sandwiches
Bottled water
Qualified Egyptology Tour Guide
Air-conditioned vehicle
Not included
tipping to tour guide and driver
domestic fights
Luxor temple
valley of the kings
karnak temple
Hatshepsut temple

Pickup Locations & Times

all travelers required to carry their passports to check in at the airport the driver will pick you from your hotel in Cairo to Cairo airport. at the end of the tour, upon arrival to Cairo , our driver will be waiting for you outside the gate to transfer you to your accommodation.

Important Information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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