Day 01
Luxor West Bank and East Bank Temples and Tombs
- You will be picked up from your accommodation in Marsa Alam and driven to Luxor, the ancient capital of Thebes.
- We begin at the necropolis in the Theban Mountains at the Valley of the Kings, where you will descend into 3 Royal Tombs.
- Next, visit the mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Deir El Bahari, where you will be shown the beautiful murals of the expeditions to Punt and have time to wander around this unique temple, dedicated to the Goddess Hathor.
- Continue for a quick photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon, two statues guarding the ongoing excavation of the palace of Amenhotep III, before driving to the East Bank of Luxor.
- After lunch, visit Karnak Temple, where pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, and Ramses II performed their sacred rituals. The Karnak Temple complex contains holy lakes, hypostyle halls, obelisks, pylons, and shrines.
- Visit Luxor Temple, which gracefully decorates the banks of the River Nile and is dedicated not to a deity or pharaoh, but to the Rejuvenation of Kingship.
- Relax at night in a 5* hotel.
