TWO DAYS LUXOR TOURS FROM SAFAGA PORT

Itinerary

Day 1: Tour to Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple.

Stop At: El-Karnak, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
The largest place of worship ever built and the greatest example of worship in history. Within the complex, the great "Hypostyle Hall" is an incredible forest of giant pillars consists of 134 gigantic stone columns with 12 larger columns standing 80 feet (24 m) high.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The Temple of Luxor was the center of the most important festival, the festival of Opet. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Rameses II, the temple’s purpose was a setting for the rituals of the festival. The festival was to reconcile the human aspect of the ruler with the divine office.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at 5* hotel based on bed and breakfast.

Day 2: Tour to Valley of the Kings

Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
The final resting place of Egypt's rulers from the 18th to the 20th dynasty, it is home to tombs including the great pharaoh Ramses II and boy pharaoh Tutankhamen. The tombs were well stocked with all the material goods a ruler might need in the next world. Most of the decoration inside the tombs still well preserved.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
An impressive temple dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut, the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
Two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned in Egypt since 1350 BC. The statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which comes from 675 km north of Luxor.

Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.