Day 01
Cairo to Luxor and the Ancient Wonders of Thebes
- You will be picked up from your Cairo accommodation and taken to Cairo International Airport for your domestic flight to Luxor International Airport.
- Upon arrival, you will be met and begin your visit to Luxor, the ancient capital of Thebes.
- Start 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 the beautiful murals of the expeditions to Punt will be pointed out, and you will 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.
- Lastly, visit Luxor Temple, which gracefully decorates the banks of the River Nile and was dedicated not to a deity or pharaoh, but to the Rejuvenation of Kingship.
- Relax at night at a 5-star hotel.
