EXPLORE THE DESERT

Welcome to Luxor

• Our representative will pick you up from Luxor airport to your hotel to check-in.

Luxor East bank visits

• Start your visit to the East bank of Luxor, where you will see the captivating Karnak (the biggest complex in Egypt) and these temples dedicated to the god Amon Ra and different gods and goddesses.

The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings near Luxor, in Egypt. Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom. The area around Karnak was the ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut ("The Most Selected of Places") and the main place of worship of the eighteenth dynasty Theban Triad with the god Amun as its head. It is part of the monumental city of Thebes. The Karnak complex gives its name to the nearby, and partly surrounded, modern village of El-Karnak, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) north of Luxor.

Luxor temple

• continue to visit Luxor temple (you can see the oldest mosque and church in built in Luxor city)

Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE. In the Egyptian language, it is known as "ipet resyt", "the southern sanctuary". In Luxor, there are several great temples on the east and west banks. Four of the major mortuary temples visited by early travellers and tourists include the Temple of Seti I at Gurnah, the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahri, the Temple of Ramesses II (a.k.a. Ramesseum), and the Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu; the two primary cults temples on the east bank are known as the Karnak and Luxor.

• Overnight Luxor. 

Luxor (West Bank)

• After breakfast we will pick you up to visit the West Bank 

Valley of the Kings

Visit the Valley of the Kings, (you will visit the royal tombs of the kings of the new kingdom)

The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, it is a valley in Egypt for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt).

Hatshepsut temple

• visit Hatshepsut temple, the only female temple in Egypt.

Queen Hatshepsut temple

The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, also known as the Djoser-Djeseru, is a mortuary temple of Ancient Egypt located in Upper Egypt. Built for the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Hatshepsut, it is located beneath the cliffs at Deir el-Bahari on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings. This mortuary temple is dedicated to Amun and Hatshepsut and is situated next to the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II, which served both as an inspiration and later, a quarry. It is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt."

Colossi of Memnon

• Visit Colossi of Memnon

The Colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned in Egypt during the Dynasty XVIII. Since 1350 BCE, they have stood in the Theban Necropolis, located west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.

• Luxor/El Kharga Oasis.
• After Breakfast, Transfer to El kharga (300KM).
• After lunch, you will then visit El Bagawat (over there you will visit the oldest Church in Egypt).
• after this, we will visit Hibis temple (the only Persian temple in Egypt).
• Dinner & overnight in El Kharga.

• After Breakfast, drive to El Dakhla (200K.M).
• Upon arrival then visit dir El Hagar temple which dedicated to god Amon Ra and el mazurka tomb.
• after lunch visit El Qasr Islamic village.
• Dinner and overnight in camp in El Dakhla.

• Dakhla – ancient oasis located between Kharga and Farafra where we will see an impressive Roman temple.
• Balat – Ancient Old Kingdom Nercroplois of regional Governors.
• The old city of Mut – the capital of Dakhla.
• El Qasr – A well preserved famous Islamic village which date back to the 10th century and tomb of Muzawwaqa – Built during the Roman era containing over 300 tombs.
• Overnight camping in sand dunes – have dinner, watch the shooting stars and sleep under the night time sky or if you would prefer to spend the evening in a local hotel this can be arranged.

• Farafra (Land of the cow ) overnight camping in the white desert which located 40 K.M north Farafra where you can see a very amazing formation of rocks – an isolated 25 million years old wonderland full of natural rock.

• Crystal mountain – small mountain filled with millions of Quartz crystal formations.
• Black desert – see pyramid-shaped mountain and many geometrically formed iron pyrites.
• Golden valley mummies and museum – ancient Egyptians – Roman cemetery with numerous tombs accidentally discovered by a donkey in the early 19th century. Tombs are closed but various you will watch many mummies displayed in a local museum.
• English mountain – the highest elevation in the region used by English troops as an observation post during WWI it offers amazing views of the area. Overnight camping or hotel

• after breakfast, You will be transferred from your hotel From Bahariya to Cairo (around 4.5 hrs)
• you will be met & transferred to discover the pyramids of Cheops (one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world), Chephren and Mykerinus.
• Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion’s body, which dates from the time of Chephren.
• the tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the Pyramids of Chephren.
• Overnight Cairo.

• Our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza to visit Step Pyramids of Djoser, the world’s oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty around 2630 BC) for King Djoser.
• you will be driven to visit Memphis which was founded by King Menes (the oldest Capital of Egypt), it is considered to be a centre of rule and culture for over 3000 years and over there you can see the Statue of Ramses II which lies in the museum.
• Then you will be driven back to your hotel.

• After breakfast, you will be transferred from your hotel to Cairo international airport for final departure.