Visit Luxor East and West Bank from your Nile Cruise

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Temple of Karnak

  We will show you Karnak temples and makes you feel like you are back on time to the ancient pharaohs, Karnak is an extraordinary complex of sanctuaries, kiosks, pylons and obelisks dedicated to the Theban triad but also to the greater glory of pharaohs. The site covers more than 2 sq km; it's large enough to contain about 10 cathedrals. At its heart is the Temple of Amun, the earthly 'home' of the local god. Built, added to, dismantled, restored, enlarged and decorated over nearly 1500 years, Karnak was the most important place of worship in Egypt during the New Kingdom.

  2 hours • Admission ticket not included
• 2
  Luxor Temple

  The (Iper-reswt) as it was called in ancient Egypt, we will be trying to imagine the simulation of the ancient Egyptian festivals of the Nile, between the tow temples and among the great Sphinx avenue to Luxor temple that is largely built by the New Kingdom pharaohs Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BC) and Ramses II (1279–1213 BC), this temple is a strikingly graceful monument in the heart of the modern town. Also known as the Southern Sanctuary, its main function was during the annual Opet celebrations, when the statues of Amun, Mut and Khonsu were brought from Karnak, along the Avenue of Sphinxes, and reunited here during the inundation.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 3
  Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari

  The temple of the Queen pharaoh Hatshepsut the one that she fight to improve that she deserve to be the ruler of the ancient Egyptian kingdoms. At Deir Al Bahri, the eyes first focus on the dramatic rugged limestone cliffs that rise nearly 300m above the desert plain, only to realise that at the foot of all this immense beauty lies a monument even more extraordinary, the dazzling Temple of Hatshepsut. The almost-modern-looking temple blends in beautifully with the cliffs from which it is partly cut – a marriage made in heaven. Most of what you see has been painstakingly reconstructed.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 4
  Valley of the Kings

  When we experience The Valley of the kings we also will get to see how hard the way and the place they wanted to keep all their after life secrets in the west bank of Luxor had been the site of royal burials since around 2100 BC, but it was the pharaohs of the New Kingdom period (1550–1069 BC) who chose this isolated valley dominated by the pyramid-shaped mountain peak of Al Qurn (The Horn). Once called the Great Necropolis of Millions of Years of Pharaoh, or the Place of Truth, the Valley of the Kings has 63 magnificent royal tombs.

  2 hours • Admission ticket not included
• 5
  Colossi of Memnon

  The two faceless Colossi of Memnon, originally representing Pharaoh Amenhotep III, rising majestically about 18m from the plain, are the first monuments tourists see when they visit the west bank. These magnificent colossi, each cut from a single block of stone and weighing 1000 tonnes, sat at the eastern entrance to the funerary temple of Amenophis III, the largest on the west bank. Egyptologists are currently excavating the temple and their discoveries can be seen behind the colossi.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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