Luxor Day Trip from Sharm El Sheikh

04.45 am Hotel Pick up: On the agreed time, our representative will meet you at the hotel lobby to transfer you to Sharm El Sheikh airport.

06.00 am Take off to Luxor from Sharm El Sheikh: Your flight will take off at 06.00 am from Sharm airport to Luxor. The distance is about 410 km and it takes 50 minuets to be in Luxor.

07.15 am Meet your guide at Luxor airport: Your Egyptologist guide will be waiting for you in front of the exit of Luxor airport with your name on a sign. Once, you meet with him, you will start your guided tour to Luxor attractions.

08.15 am Luxor west bank: You will start your Luxor day tours from the west bank of the Nile River where you can see the top of Luxor attractions such as Valley of the Kings, Valley of Nobles, Valley of the Queens, Habu temple, Ramesseum, and Memnon Colossi. Actually, you will start your day with the second most visited place in Egypt after the Great Pyramids, Valley of the Kings.

08.30 pm Valley of the Kings: The Valley of the Kings is one of the best things to do in Egypt and Kings Valley has 63 tombs (now more) contained one day the funerary objects, mummies, treasures, coffins, and papyri of the Pharaohs. In fact, Valley of the Kings has the tomb of King Tutankhamun discovered intact in 1922 by Howard Carter. Meanwhile, with your entrance ticket, you can visit 3 tombs and you can shoot photos inside for free. These three tombs could be 3 of the following tombs:

(KV 02) Rameses IV
Tomb of Ramses III (KV 11)
Ramses IX Tomb KV 6
Merenptah tomb (KV 8)
The tomb of Tausert and Setnakht (KV 14)

10.30 am Hatshepsut temple: Your next stop will be the Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut in Deir El Bahari built by the famous Senmut for the god Amun. Indeed, you will start your visit walk the avenue of Sphinxes in front of the temple and look at the only two restorated statues for Hatshepsut. Once, you are on the second terrace, discover Hathor Chapel, Punt Expedition, Anubis Chapel, and the Divine Birth story of the Queen. The entrance is decorated with two figures of Hatshepsut with the White Crown and Red Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. At the end of your tour to the temple, you will proceed to your next stop.

11.45 am Memnon Colossi: your last stop on Luxor west bank will be the Colossi of Memnon once decorated the entrance of the Mortuary temple of Amenhotep III. Learn about the Myth behind the name and the mummification in ancient Egypt took place in that temple.

12.15 pm Lunch: enjoy your freshly cooked lunch at a local restaurant with the possibility of vegetarian meals.

13.30 pm Banana Island (against charge): You can enjoy a 45 minuets short Nile Cruise with Egypt Nile Cruises tour to visit the Banana Island to see all kind of trees especially bananas and in the same time you will be offered fresh fruit beside banana such as water melon, dates, orange depending on the season.

14.45 Karnak temple: End your Luxor trip from Sharm El Sheikh with the Karnak temple, the biggest temple in the world. Your guide will open his mines of information and explain to you about ancient Egyptian civilization, and ancient Egyptian history during the New Kingdom. Also, Karnak is one of the main sources about Festivals in ancient Egypt especially Opet Festivals. At the end of your tour, your guide will drive you back to Luxor airport to take your flight back to Sharm El Sheikh. Upon, arrival, you will transfer to your hotel.