Luxor By Bus: Karnak, Valley Of The Kings, Hatshepsut, Memmon, Lunch Included

Book Now your day trip to Luxor from Hurghada and enjoy unforgettable experience, you will be picked up from your hotel around 04:30 AM in A/C vehicle accompanied with your Egyptologist tour guide to discover Luxor highlights.

The Karnak Temples

No site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak Temples, where generations of pharaohs wished to record their names. Walk 🏃through the Great Hypostyle Hall, to reach the sacred lake of the temple,

The Karnak complex is actually three main temples situated on 247 acres of land considered as the largest religious center ever built.

lunch: 

will be served in a nice local restaurant, it’s including in the tour, just the drinks are extra paid.

The Valley of the kings

The burial ground of the pharaohs rulers from the 18th to 20th dynasty, for a period of 500 years beginning in the 16th century BC, tombs were built along this valley for pharaohs, including that of the great pharaoh Ramses II and boy pharaoh Tutankhamen. Found in 1922 by British  archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter.

The tomb of Tutankhamun is extra paid 500 EGP each, over there they don’t accept any cash but cards, so if you are interested make sure you have your credit cards.

Temple of the queen Hatshepsut

Temple of Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt’s first female pharaoh, she came to power during the New Kingdom after the death of her father, Tuthmose I, and her half-brother and husband, Tuthmose II, who succeeded her father on the thrown.

Colossal of Memnon

Two massive stone statues of king Amenhotep III are the only remains of a complete mortuary temple. The statues are made from blocks of quartzite stone which exist in Cairo then moved 700 KM to Luxor. representing the king Amenhotep III sitting on his throne flanking the entrance of his own temple. After the historical background you will get some free time for photographing.

Finally

You start the journey back to Hurghada, first driving from the west bank to the east bank using Luxor bridge, from the east bank driving the same way back to the city, again a rest stop in the middle of the way in the same coffee shop you used in the morning for breakfast, from the rest stop one more hour and half driving to your hotel in Hurghada.