2-Day Private Tour to Luxor Temples Dendera and Abydos

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Visit the West and East banks of Luxor - Full Day Tour (Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut, Karnak and Luxor Temples)
5 stops
1
Valley of the Kings
Your private Egyptologist will pick you up from your hotel/Nile cruise or apartment in Luxor to discover the West bank of Luxor. Start your day visiting Valley of the Kings, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 65 Pharaohs. You will get a full explanation of the place, why it was picked to be the royal cemetery and get an explanation of what you will be seeing inside the tombs. It is the place where the famous king TutAnkhAmun was buried and found with all of his treasures!
2 hours 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
2
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Hatshepsut's temple is one of the world’s most striking architectural masterpieces, but perhaps even more noteworthy is the woman who commissioned it. She was the first woman ever to rule Egypt. But how was she bale to do so? How come no one dared to refuse her or strike against? Well this is our story that we will tell once we get there.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
3
Colossi of Memnon
Before finishing your west bank tour you will stop by the colossi of Memnon, the 2 singing statues. Sadly they stopped singing! How did solid statues use to sing or make a sound? And why did they stop? Our endless interesting stories about Egypt and the sites you will visit will keep impressing you.
15 minutes • Admission ticket included
4
Temple of Karnak
Continue your day tour heading to Karnak temple. The largest religious building ever constructed. It's massive size will really leave you with a big shock. Each statue and part of it has a story behind. Enjoy watching the massive hall of columns with a total number of 134 columns, it's the largest one all over! continue seeing the gigantic scarab beetle, big obelisks and the sacred lake of the temple. Our guide will ensure that you know the story and the history of the place then leave you to enjoy the place in peace and take pictures.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
5
Luxor Temple
Here you walk back in time the deeper you go into it. In front of the temple is the beginning of the Avenue of Sphinxes that ran all the way to the temples at Karnak 3km to the north, and is now almost entirely excavated. The outer part of this temple was built by Ramses the second while the inner part was done by Amenophes the third. Alexander the great as well added his own touch and reconstructed the altar and put deceptions of him on the walls of this temple
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Dendera and Abydos Full Day Tour
2 stops
6
Temple of Rameses II
Leave Luxor early morning heading north to visit two great temples. Abydos temple, built by Seti the first and completed by Ramses II. At this temple you will know why this location became this important back in ancient Egypt, why a huge shire was dedicated to god Osiris. Yor private Egyptologist tour guide won't miss pointing out the mysterious ancient images on the walls of this temple indicating a helicopter, army tank and a submarine!!!! This temple is the best all over Egypt regarding the quality of carvings and colors as well, it's worth the visit!
2 hours 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
7
Dendera Temple Complex
What was left dates back to the Greco-Roman time in Egypt. The ceiling of the Dendera Temple has recently been cleaned, in a careful way that removed hundreds of years of black soot, without harming the ancient paint underneath. As a result the spectacular ceiling painting has been exposed in the main hall of Hathor temple, and some of the most vibrant and colourful paintings dating from antiquity are now visible. Discover the widely known Dendera zodiac relief found during the Greco-Roman time in Egypt, the crypts which were for keeping cult equipment, archives and magical emblems for the temple's protection. Then enjoy free time to explore the temple at leisure. After finishing, you will be transferred back to your Nile Cruise / Hotel in Luxor
2 hours 30 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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