We will pick you up at your hotel entrance around 05.30 am to start your Hurghada to Luxor day trips in small group. Once all in the minivan, we will start our way to Luxor driving between the amazing Red Sea Mountains. You will enjoy a short coffee break around 07.00 am to have your breakfast or use the washroom. Upon arrival to Luxor, we will start the tour on Luxor's east bank.
Karnak Temple Complex
Start your Luxor day tour with the biggest Pharaonic temple in Egypt and one of the great sources for ancient Egyptian history starting from the Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom till the Late Period. You will know that the Karnak temple walls are covered with reliefs explaining ancient Egyptian religion, wars, and religious rituals. Besides, a lot of gods figures like Amun, Khonsu, Osiris, Mut, Isis, Horus, Seshat, and Anubis. Moreover, there are to see like the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut, Mut temple, Khonsu temple, and Ptah temple. Overall, you will see, the biggest Hypostyle Hall with 134 columns, Hatshepsut Obelisk, Sacred Lake, the great Scarab, and Festival Hall of Thutmose III. At the end of your tour to Karnak, you will be taken for lunch.
Lunch meal: Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant before you proceed to your next stop.
Valley of the Kings
King's Valley is one of the most visited places in Egypt and on the top of Luxor attractions. The history of Egypt during the New Kingdom, the ancient Egyptian religion is carved on the walls of its tombs. You can visit 3 tombs included like the tomb of King Ramesses V, the tomb of King Ramesses I, the tomb of King Ramesses X, the tomb of King Ramesses XI, the tomb of King Ramesses III, and the tomb of Merenptah and Tausret. Discover the religious books decorating these tombs such as the Book of Dead, Book of Caverns, Book of Heavenly Cow, and Book of Imyduat. Finally, you can visit Tutankhamun's tomb and have an idea of where they found all the treasures you can see in the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
You will visit the Hatshepsut temple on Luxor's west bank is a very unique temple in Luxor and it was built by Senmut, Hatshepsut's engineer in Deir El Bahari close to Mentohotep II temple and Thutmose III temple. The temple offers unique reliefs like the agriculture in ancient Egypt, trading with the Punt country known as the Punt expedition, and the Music and dance of that time. Moreover, the Divine Birth of Hatshepsut by her father god Amun and the beautiful Chapel of Hathor and Anubis.
Memnon Colossi
These are two massive statues of Amenhotep III decorating his Mortuary temple on the west bank of the Nile River. They are the second biggest in Egypt after those of Abu Simbel and they show the king seated with his wife and mother. At the end of your Luxor day tours from Hurghada by bus, we will drive you back to your hotel in Hurghada, and from their, you can book Hurghada travel packages.
