Day Trip To Luxor From Sharm El Sheikh By Flight, Sharm El Sheikh Trips

Tour Itinerary:
Pick up from your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, transfer to Sharm El Sheikh airport, fly to Luxor. The flight to Luxor will take around 50 minutes. Meet in Luxor airport by our professional English speaking private tour guide and transer by air-conditioned van to the West bank of Luxor. The West Bank of Luxor is known as Thebes and city of dead. It is the funerary complex of the ancient Egyptians. Here you have the opportunity to let go off anything that has died and no longer serves you using the power of the god Anubis, jackal headed god of the underworld. Explore the cycles of birth, death and rebirth which are rooted in Ancient Egyptian mythology. Tour to visit the famous Valley of the Kings ( 3 tombs ). The Valley of the Kings is the ancient cemetery of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom and is hidden in the mountains on the West Bank of Luxor, between the two limestone hills of Gurna. It was named by Francois Champollion as Valley of the Kings. All of the tombs were robbed in antiquity, except for the tomb of the boy king, Tutankhamun which was found completely intact in 1922 by Howard Carter. The Valley of the Kings holds 63 registered tombs and recently 2 more tombs have been found. Your visit includes entry into 3 tombs, however if you wish to see either the tomb of Tutankhamun or Ramses 6, there is an additional ticket cost.
Hatshepsut temple Tour at el Deir El Bahary
Hatshepsut temple is a mortuary temple with a unique design as it is the only temple in Egypt built in terrace formation into the cliff face. Hatsheptsut was a famous female pharaoh who wore a false beard and all the trappings of the male pharaohs in order to claim the throne for herself. There are chapels dedicated to Hathor the goddess of motherhood, joy, love, peace, happiness and music, and chapels dedicated to Anubis, the god of mummification and death, and Amun-Ra the king of the gods. On Hatshepsut temple walls are reliefs showing the first commercial trading expedition to Somalia (ancient land of Punt ).
Trip to visit The Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon are the only remaining standing statues fronting the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III and show the pharaoh sitting on his throne. The temple itself was destroyed in an earthquake and much of the ruins were used in other building works by other pharaohs. However, in recent years, new excavations have revealed many statues and other artefacts buried underground, including many statues of the goddess Sekhmet. Lunch meal will be served during Luxor trip in a high quality local restaurant in Luxor.
Visit the famous Karnak temple
Karnak Temple is the largest ancient temple complex in Egypt measuring 62 acres. It was in use continuously for 1700 years. The main temple area was dedicated to Amun-Ra, the patron god of Luxor and it has the largest Hypostyle Hall (columned hall) in the world which is unrivalled. Within the complex is the small chapel dedicated to the goddess Sekhmet and the chapel of the Divine Adoratrice which is often known as the Osiris chapel. Karnak Temple complex is one of the major sightseeing of Ancient Egypt and within its bounds the sacred energies of Ancient Egypt can still be felt.
Free time and opportunity for shopping tour in Luxor to the Old Market and Famous Bazaars. Back to Sharm El Sheikh. At the end of the day transfer to Luxor airport and from there fly back to Sharm El Sheikh, direct transfer to your hotel in Sharm.

Tour Includes:
- Pick up and drop off services from your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh
- All transfer by air-conditioned van class in Sharm El Sheikh and Luxor
- Admission fees to the sightseeing in Luxor as per tour itinerary
- Lunch during Luxor trip at local restaurant in Luxor
- Egyptologist English speaking private tour guide in Luxor
- 1 Mineral water and soft drink during Luxor tour.

Tour Excludes:
Optional tours in Luxor
Personal expenses in Luxor.

Tour guide
Egypt guided tours are highly recommended and our guides are knowledgeable Egyptologist guides who have academic qualifications to make your tour to Egypt extra special

Vehicles used
Vehicles are new branded air-conditioned with a professional driver, but drivers in Egypt do not speak English and they cannot act as tour guides for the Egyptian monumental sights

For more details and prices please contact:

Magdy Abdel Ghany
Tour Consultant

Albaraa Travel Egypt-Hurghada Branch
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