We will pick you up at your hotel entrance around 05.00 am to start your Luxor day tours from Hurghada by bus. After having all clients onboard, we will start driving between amazing landscapes and, the Red Sea Mountains. 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 east bank.
Karnak Temple Complex
Your first stop will be Karnak temple complex, the biggest temple in Egypt and a great source for ancient Egyptian history starting from the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom till the Late Period. Karnak temple reliefs explain ancient Egyptian religion, wars, and religious rituals. Besides, a lot of gods figures like Amun, Osiris, Mut, Isis, Horus, Seshat, and Anubis. Moreover, you can visit a lot of places such as 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 very famous archeological sites on Luxor's west bank and the burial place for the Pharaohs of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties. Famous kings like Tutankhamun, Ramesses II, Ramesses III, Ramesses X, Hatshepsut, Seti, Tausret, and Setnakht are buried in the Valley. While visiting the Valley of the Kings, 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.
Explore 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
The famous Queen Hatshepsut was the daughter of Thutmose I and the wife and half-sister of Thutmose II. Also, she was the stepmother of Thutmose III and his coregent for three years. On the west bank of Luxor, you will find the Hatshepsut temple which is a very unique temple and it was built by Senmut. Hatshepsut's engineer built her temple 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. The Colossi of Memnon is one of Luxor attractions. At the end of your Luxor tours from Hurghada by bus, we will drive you back to your hotel in Hurghada.
