1 day
Specific Tour
100 people
English
Where as Cairo has the great pyramids, Luxor’s most spectacular site is arguably the Valley of Kings, where for nearly 500 years the kings of the New Kingdom were buried in spectacular tombs constructed especially for them along with their treasures to take with them to the after-life.
The tombs were decorated with amazing scenes from Egyptian mythology and give clues to the beliefs and funerary rituals of the period.
As well as the Valley of the Kings, our excursion to Luxor by Plane will also take you to see spectacular temples such as the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut which is considered one of the “incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt”.
We’ll pick you up from your hotel in the early morning and transfer you to Sharm el Sheikh airport, from here you will fly to Luxor where upon arrival you will be met by our English speaking tour guide who will join you during your day tour in Luxor. We pride ourselves on our fantastic tour guides, which are all very friendly, knowledgeable and speak excellent English – just read through our reviews to see what people have said about them!
You’ll start the tour of Luxor by crossing over to the West Bank to visit the Valley of Kings where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, amazing tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom of Egypt. One of the most remarkable archeological destinations in the world, the valley is known to contain 63 tombs and chambers ranging in size from a simple pit to a complex tomb with over 120 chambers.
On our tour of the Valley of the Kings we’ll explore these magnificent tombs, belonging to past kings such as King Tutankhamamun and the Sons of Ramsesses II. As we look around these intircately decorated tombs you’ll find informative signs at the entrance to each tomb, as-well as having a expert SharmExcursions.com tour guide for as much information as you’d like to know.
Just as with the Pyramids, looking around the Valley of the Kings our guests reguarly feel strong emotions of disbelief and intrigue at just how old the structures are, and how ahead of their time they were for such an ancient civilization.
“As for all men who shall enter this my tomb… impure… there will be judgment… an end shall be made for him… I shall seize his neck like a bird… I shall cast the fear of myself into him”
Since the 19th century authors and documentors have argued that the curse of the Pharohs is real, but it wasn’t untill the opening of King Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter that the belief became more widespread. The man who sponsored the expeditions pet bird was eaten by a snake, and at the time he died in Egypt of delirious fever, his pet dog died back in England.
A rich American died of Pneumonia after visiting the tomb, and a member of the excavation team died of arsenic poisoning!
We’ll let you decide if the curse is real, or simply “clap-trap” as others have described it!
Next up we’ll continue our tour of Luxor by making the short journey to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
Widely considered one of the “incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt“, the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut is located beneath the cliffs at Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings.
Comprising of three layered terraces connected by long ramps, this enormous temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is fantastic condition due to modern rennovation.
Your tour guide will detail this magnificent temples history, including why it’s so historically and architectually important.
The Colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past 3400 years they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. The 2 massive structures always leave our guests asking our tour guides the same question – how did they do it?
After seeing the sights of the West Bank of Luxor, we’ll head back to the East Bank to fresh up and have a delicious buffet lunch with a variety of options to suit all tastes.
Built in the ancient City of Thebes, what we today call Luxor, the Karnak Temples is one of the six great ancient Egyptian Temples. To the rear of the temple you’ll find chapels built to Tutmosis III and Alexander the Great, reminding visitors of the Temples past life as a Roman legionary fortress during the Roman era. Throughout history centuries of rubble from the Cities built up around the exmple slowly built up, partly burying it untill work began to excavate it in 1884.
After an amazing day in Luxor you will then be transferred to Luxor airport and fly back to Sharm where upon landing you will be met by your driver to be taken back to your hotel.
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