Day Tour to Luxor from Cairo by Flight





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Discover the greatness of the ancient Pharaohs by visiting their legendry temples in Luxor. Start your tour moving from your hotel in Cairo in the early morning towards Cairo Airport taking the flight towards Luxor. Upon arrival at Luxor, you will be met, by our representative, then have a blissful day tour kicking off at Karnak Temple; the greatest example of worship in the history, dedicated to the God Amon, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. Then pay a visit to Valley of The Kings, containing the masterpieces of the ancient Egyptian tombs. Then move onto Temple of Queen Hatshpsute, the only pharaonic woman who reigned ancient Egypt. Moreover; lunch is going to be served during your trip. In the evening, you will be driven to Luxor airport & back to Cairo.
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Representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo & transfer to Cairo International Airport Flight to Luxor will take 50 minutes. Where you will be met & assisted by our Luxor representative. After that our Egyptologist guide will be waiting for you upon arrival outside the main arrival of Luxor airport with the sign “Ancient Egypt Tours with your name “ Welcome Drink
We will star to enjoy an excursion to visit The Karnak Temple, the largest place of worship ever built. In ancient Egypt, the power of the god Amun of Thebes gradually increased during the early New Kingdom, and after the short persecution led by Akhenaten, it rose to its apex. In the reign of Ramesses III, more than two thirds of the property owned by the temples belonged to Amun, evidenced by the stupendous buildings at Karnak. Although badly ruined, no site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak. It is the largest temple complex ever built by man, and represents the combined achievement of many generations of ancient builders. The Temple of Karnak is actually three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples located about three kilometers north of Luxor, Egypt situated on 100 ha (247 acres) of land. Karnak is actually the sites modern name. Its ancient name was Ipet-isut, meaning "The Most Select (or Sacred) of Places".
You will continue to explore then transfer to the the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahary Queen Hatshepsut was the first great woman in recorded history: the forerunner of such figures as Cleopatra, Catherine the Great and Elizabeth I.The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut is the focal point of the Deir el-Bahri complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor. Hatshepsut was female pharoah. Her temple, This temple was built on three surfaces take the form of balconies, devoted primarily to the worship of the god Amun, and to perform funeral rites for the queen known as El Deir El Bahary
Than pay a visit to Valley of the Kings the Valley of the Kings was created and used from approximately 1539 BC to 1075 BC. It contains some 60 tombs, starting with Thutmose I and ending with Ramses X or XI. The official name of the site was The Great and Majestic Necropolis of the Millions of Years of the Pharaoh, Life, Strength, Health in The West of Thebes, or more usually, the Great Field. The most famous tomb is KV62, the Tomb of King Tutankhamun. The discovery of King Tut’s tomb was made by Howard Carter in 1922, Tutankhamun’s tomb was the first royal tomb to be discovered that was still largely intact. Moreover; lunch is going to be served during your trip.
Proceed to the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III, Colossi of Memnon are the two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For 3,400 years they have sat in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the city of Luxor. The original function of the Colossi was to stand guard at the entrance to Amenhotep’s memorial temple or mortuary temple.
You will be driven to Luxor. Air port & back to Cairo.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Pick-up and drop-off at centrally located Cairo and Giza hotels.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(6)
I think it was a tour , very good and everything was on time, with a friendly staff and and the guide an excellent Egyptologist, his name “Jorge “, I recommend it.
No comment on the tour. I don't know if it's because you signed up with a Japanese guide, but cancellations from tour companies are disappointing.
Luxor is an absolute must for any trip to Egypt. The temples at Karnak and Luxor were stunning. It was a long day, but well worth the early wake up time. Our guide was so incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. He knew absolutely every detail of everything we saw. Took good care of everything for us. The driver even hunted down a phone charger for me while we had dinner. They were both so nice. I would very highly recommend this tour!!!
5 stars for Mahmoud Esnawy - he was an excellent tour guide full of fun facts and a pleasure to spend our day with. And he hooked us up with some legit Egyptian breakfast and falafel. We were surprised when we booked the trip thinking the start time would be 6am, but once booked received confirmation that we would be picked up from our hotel at 3:30 am. We also had to wait almost an hour for our driver to pick us up from the airport at the end of the day, without our flight being delayed. The day trip was for sure worth it and I would 100% recommend seeing Luxor while in Egypt.
We emitted this day trip. Everything was taken care of, from the flight to transfers to/from hotel and travel in Luxor. Anwar was very knowledgeable. I will say l, like other country tours, you stop by a "factory tour" to try and get tourists to buy things; we stopped at an alabaster place and they were very friendly until we only wanted one small item...then the guy turned on us and you could tell was calling us names and/or bad mouthing us in Arabic. That was pretty rude, especially considering we'd been taken to two different places in Cairo and neither had high pressure sales.
We very much enjoyed our trip. It was nice having everything taken care of. Our guide and driver were both very friendly. Our guide, Anwar, was informative and gave us some very detailed information about all the places. The flights were very comfortable and pleasant. Be advised, our pickup time was changed to two hours earlier than expected the day before, so I wouldn't plan anything in the late evening the night before.



