Discover the history of Ancient Egypt with this full tour of Luxor. You will visit the temples of Luxor and Karnak, the Valley of the Kings and the Queens, the Colossi of Memnon and the Temple of Hatshepsut.
At 6:30 a.m., we will pick you up at your hotel or boat in Luxor and begin the full tour of one of the main Egyptian destinations on the banks of the River Nile.
First, we will visit the Temple of Luxor, which occupied a Privileged place in ancient Thebes. In this outstanding archaeological site, declared a World Heritage Site, we will see its main corners. Among them, the avenue of the sphinxes, the forest of colonnades and the great sculptures of Egyptian pharaohs such as Ramses II stand out. The next stop will take place at Karnak, the largest temple in Ancient Egypt. In this great monumental complex, which housed the spectacular sanctuary of Amun, we will look at the details inscribed on the obelisks of Tuthmosis I and Hatshepsut. We will also enter the hypostyle hall, one of the most sacred places.
After visiting the Karnak temple, we will cross to the other bank of the Nile River. There the Valley of the Kings awaits us, which guards the tombs of pharaohs such as Tutankhamun or Ramses II. We will discover what funeral rites were like at that time and, in addition, we will visit the Valley of the Queens to see the burial places of the princesses and wives of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom.
We will continue the tour in the temple of Hatshepsut, known as “the sublime of the sublime”. It is a grandiose monument dedicated to the only woman who ruled Egypt during the 18th dynasty: the period of greatest splendor of the pharaonic civilization.
Finally, we will go to the Colossi of Memnon to see these two huge statues representing Pharaoh Amenhotep III.
Finally, at 2:00 p.m. we will return to your hotel or ship in Luxor.