subject: One Day Sightseeing Luxor Tour From Hurghada By Car [print this page] Luxor trip and Karnak Temple from Hurghada by private vehicle
Tour Length: 16 Hours
Tour Type: Private Luxor trip
Tour City: Hurghada tours
Pick Up Point: Your hotel in Hurghada
Drop Off Point: Your hotel in Hurghada
Price Start From: 95 USD
Tour Itinerary
Our Luxor trip will start with pick up service from Hurghada hotel, where our REP will meet you with aboard reflecting your name, then you will be transferred to Luxor by air-conditioned vehicle with your private Egyptologist guide. The way takes 3,5 hours driving with majestic view of mountains of the western desert. In arrival at Luxor, your first stop will be at the Valley of the Kings - burial place of pharaohs, hidden in the rocks, decorated with scences and funerary rituals of the period for afterlife of pharaohs. Valley of Kings is famous for Tutankhamen tomb and its treasures, discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter. Next sightseeing of your Luxor trip will be Hatshepsut temple at El Deir Al Bahari, dedicated to the queen Hatshepsut - famous female pharaoh, the temple with three layered terraces connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens. Inside Hatshepsut temple you can see text and picture of an expedition to exotic country calls Land of Punt. Proceed to Colossi of Memnon, two colossal statues, was stayed guard at entrance of Amenhotep III temple in ancient times, and only remaining nowadays. Name 'Colossi of Memnon' means 'Ruler of the Dawn' and was probably given, because of 'singing' at dawn one of the statue. Lunch meal will be served during Luxor trip at a good quality restaurant. Continue to Karnak temple, dedicated to the God Amon-Ra, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu, where each pharaoh tried to perpetuate his name. One of the famous sightseeing area in Karnak temple - Hypostyle hall with 134 massive columns with over three meters in diameter. Free time for optional tours, and then you return back to Hurghada.
Tour Includes
-Pick up service from your hotel in Hurghada by our REP
-All transportation by air-conditioned vehicle in Hurghada and Luxor
-Admission fees to Luxor sightseeing as per Luxor trip itinerary
-Lunch during Luxor trip at a local restaurant
-Professional Egyptologist English speaking tour guide
