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Best Luxor Day Trip From Hurghada

Amazing Luxor day trip from Hurghada. Travel by road from Hurghada to Luxor (Ancient Thebes) for a day trip to discover its major highlights with your professional tour guide. Explore the largest temple in the world, the Temple of Karnak. Discover the impressive tombs of the Valley of the Kings. Witness the grandeur of the Colossi of Memnon, and the Temple of the female pharaoh, Hatshepsut. Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant.

Price Includes

Hotel pick up and drop off
Entrance fees of all sites of the tour
Licensed Egyptologist tour guide
Lunch at a local restaurant
Police permits
All service charges and local taxes

Price Excludes

Gratuities
Travel insurance
Tombs of Seti I and King Tutankhamen in the Kings Valley

Price Per Person

01 person: 230 USD
02 people: 145 USD
03-07 people: 115 USD
08-16 people: 100 USD

Children Policy

Children from 0 – 5 years are free of charge

Children from 6 – 11 years get 50% off

Children from 12 years are considered adults

Itinerary

Luxor Day Trip From Hurghada By Road

Enjoy the best of Luxor with our exclusive Hurghada day tours. Your Luxor day trip from Hurghada begins when Our driver/representative picks you up from your hotel in Hurghada to travel toward the historical City of Luxor. You will meet your guide in Luxor to commence your tour to;

Luxor Day Trip From Hurghada to Valley of the Kings

Your first stop of your Luxor day trip from Hurghada is at the Valley of the Kings. It is one of Egypt’s main sights, not only in Luxor, and must be viewed for a better understanding of the nature of religion and the construction of the tomb in ancient Egypt.

Egyptian tombs in Ancient Egypt suffered a lot from grave robbery. New Kingdom pharaohs tried to conceal their graves from the grave robbers, deciding to avoid constructing the pyramids and to cut their graves deep within the mountain instead.

The Valley of the Kings up till July 2024 contains 65 tombs. The first pharaoh who cut his tomb in the site was Tuthmosis I (1506-1493 BC) of the 18th Dynasty, while Ramses XI (1107-1078 BC) of the 20th Dynasty was the last pharaoh to be buried in the Valley of the Kings.

You are permitted to visit three tombs out of 10 tombs that are open to the public. Your guide will recommend visiting the best three of the opened tombs. You will be impressed by the nature of the colors, inscriptions, and reliefs of every tomb you visit. Some of the reliefs depict the underworld and the fate of the pharaoh.

Hatshepsut Temple

Second stop of your Luxor day trip from Hurghada is at the unique Temple of the Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Hatshepsut was one of the few females in ancient history who ruled Egypt. She ruled for about 20 years, following her brother and husband Tuthmosis II. Her name is immortal because of her temple that we are visiting at Deir El-Bahari in Luxor today.

Her temple is also unique amongst the Egyptian temples in its architecture. The temple was built on three terraces and this temple’s main purpose is to honor Hatshepsut as a male pharaoh or king.

The temple’s first terrace isn’t open to the public because of its damaged state. On the second terrace, you will find some fascinating stories such as her divine birth from the god Amun and her commercial trip to the land of Punt (modern Somalia). Some of Hatshepsut’s statues represent Osiris in mummy form. On the third terrace, the female features of Hatshepsut’s face are easy to recognize.

Colossi of Memnon

Continue with your Luxor day trip from Hurghada to the Colossi of Memnon for a photo opportunity.

The Colossi of Memnon are two colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, they stood originally in front of his temple’s main entrance, “The millions of years of pharaoh Amenhotep III”. A massive 27 BC earthquake hit the colossi which caused some cracks on the statues.

At dawn, dew goes down into the cracks and used to make noises when the wind blows down. The Greeks heard these noises and thought these noises to be the voice of Memnon’s mother who mourns him. From that time, the colossi were wrongly called Memnon.

Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant.

Explore Karnak Temple

You will conclude Luxor day trip from Hurghada at the impressive Karnak Temple. Karnak Temple is the world’s largest religious complex. It encompasses over 300 acres. Many generations of pharaohs shared the temple construction. The construction began in the time of Senwosret I in around 2000 BC and stopped in 343 BC after Nectanebo II’s death.

The complex’s main temple is dedicated to Amun, and two small temples are dedicated to his consort Mut, and to his son Khonsu. There is a huge sphinx avenue that connects Karnak Temple to Luxor Temple, used in the Opet festival, to take Amun’s golden statue to Luxor Temple to confirm the pharaoh’s kingship.

Wrap up your Luxor day trip from Hurghada with a transfer back to your hotel in Hurghada. Enjoy your scenic travel back to Hurghada.