Private Day Tour to Luxor Temple & Karnak Temple from Safaga Port

Itinerary
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Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt

At the morning at 05:00 am our representative will pick you up from your cruise ship at Safaga Port . After your arrival in Luxor, your guide will welcome you and take you on a memorable tour. to see Luxor Temple, built by Amenhotep III from Nubian sandstone. You will also visit the other great monument of the East Bank, Karnak Temple, said to be the 2nd most visited site in Egypt after the Pyramids of Giza. Your first stop will be at the 3,400-year-old Colossi of Memnon. The giant statues have once been the guardians of the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III. Then, head into the Valley of the Kings, where the kings and powerful noblemen of Egypt had been buried for over 500 years.

Then you will move on to Mummies of some of the most famous persons of pharaonic times have been found here. Descend into the graves of the great Egyptian rulers and admire the walls decorated with colorful paintings and hieroglyphs that are still preserved today. Visit the Temple of Queen Hatschepsut, a remarkable ruler who strikingly proved that she was able to reign over an empire as a woman. Admire the exceptional mortuary temple with its columned terraces, a column hall and various statues, paintings and relieves.

Finally, visit Karnak Temple, one of the world's temples that is well worth seeing. Even after thousands of years, it is still well preserved, so that it will be easy for you to travel back in time and immerse yourself into the history of this impressive sanctuary.. Used primarily for the burials of Pharaohs, from approximately 1539 BC to 1075 BC, the Valley of the Kings contains at least 63 tombs, while the nearby Valley of the Queens, where the wives of the Pharaohs and the princes and princesses were buried, contains some 70 tombs.

Duration: 8 hours