Private Luxor Day Tour from Cairo by plane


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From $550.00

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 10 hours

Departs: Cairo, Cairo

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

This full-day, private, guided tour allows you to explore Luxor, a city on the east bank of the Nile River in southern Egypt and the site of ancient Thebes, the pharaohs’ capital at the height of their power. Today's city surrounds two huge, surviving ancient monuments: graceful Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple as well as royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. There is a maximum of 15 travelers for this tour and lunch is included.


What's Included

Buffet lunch

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Private air-conditioned transport

Private qualified Egyptologist guide

What's Not Included

Drinks

Entrance fees to sites not specified

Gratuities


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 1
  • CHILD: Age: 2 - 11
  • ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
  • Comfortable walking shoes recommended
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Cairo
You will be picked up from your hotel between 4-5:30am in an air conditioned bus and will be taken to Cairo Airport for your morning flight to Luxor

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Luxor
Arriving in Luxor at 7am, subject to flight schedule, you will be met by your guide for the day.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Valley of the Kings
Head to the west Bank, it is known as the city of dead and is the funerary complex of the  Ancient Egyptians. You will visit the valley of kings, the ancient cemetery of pharaohs of the new kingdom.  Hidden in the mountains between the tow limestone hills of Gurna, the valley of kings holds 63 registered tombs and where three more tombs have recently been discovered.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Visit the Hatshepsut Temple, a mortuary temple with a unique design as it is the only temple in Egypt built in terrace formation into the cliff face. Hatshepsut was a famous female pharaoh who wore a false beard and all the trappings of male pharaohs in order to claim the throne for herself. 

Next, visit the Memnon statues. They are the only remaining statues in front of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III and show the pharaoh sitting on his throne.

Then cross the Nile to the East Bank for Lunch at  a local restaurant (drinks not included). 

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Karnak Open Air Museum
Your last stop in this tour is the Karnak Temples, the largest ancient temple complex in Egypt.  Karnak Temple complex is one of the major sites of Egypt and within its bounds the sacred energies of Ancient Egypt can still be felt.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included






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