Overnight Trip to Luxor from Marsa Alam by Car

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Marsa Alam – Luxor
5 stops
1
Marsa Alam
Early in the morning, you will be picked up from your hotel in Marsa Alam by a private air-conditioned car and transferred to Luxor for an overnight trip. Upon arrival, you will meet your private tour guide who will accompany you to visit:
5 hours • Admission ticket free
2
Temple of Karnak
No site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak. It is the largest temple complex ever built by man and represents the combined achievements of many generations of ancient builders and pharaohs. The Temple of Karnak comprises three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples situated on 247 acres of land.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
3
Luxor Temple
The Temple of Luxor was the center of the most important festival, the festival of Opet. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II, the temple served as a setting for the rituals of the festival. The festival aimed to reconcile the human aspect of the ruler with the divine office.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
4
Luxor
Lunch will be served at a local restaurant in Luxor with a Nile view. After lunch, you will check in to the hotel.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
5
In the evening, you can opt for a tour of the Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temple. The show starts with a historical introduction covering the birth of the great city of Thebes and the erection of the Karnak Temple. It narrates the glorious achievements of some great Pharaohs, offering a magnificent and poetic description of the artistic treasures and great legacy enclosed within the Karnak Temple.
1 hour 10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
Day 2
Luxor – Marsa Alam
4 stops
6
Valley of the Kings
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be accompanied by your private tour guide and a private air-conditioned vehicle to visit: The final resting place of Egypt's rulers from the 18th to the 20th dynasty. The valley houses tombs of great pharaohs, including Ramses II and the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun. The tombs were stocked with all the material goods a ruler might need in the next world, and most of the decorations inside the tombs are still well preserved.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
7
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
One of the most beautiful and best-preserved temples of Ancient Egypt. The temple was built on three levels with two wide ramps in a central position joining the levels together.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
8
Colossi 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 sandstone that were originally in Cairo and moved 700 km to Luxor.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
9
Marsa Alam
Lunch will be served at a Nile view restaurant before driving you back to your hotel in Marsa Alam.
5 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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