Luxor Attractions Tour from Makadi Bay

Duration

15 hours

Trip Runs

Everyday

Tour type

Private

Location

Luxor

Start From

$100

Overview

Private Day Tour to Luxor from Makadi Bay is an incredible opportunity to immerse yourself in the splendor of ancient Egyptian Civilization with Egypt tours. Makadi Bay Excursions offers Luxor attractions to some iconic sites like the Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings with Tutankhamun's tomb. Luxor, the World's Greatest Open-Air Museum is very rich with Pharaonic temples, and Pharaonic tombs. Actually, this Makadi bay excursions are your way to know about architecture in ancient Egypt, sculpture and Festivals in ancient Egypt. Moreover, the ancient Egyptian Mythology, legends and Myths, the art of paintings, and the daily rituals in the Egyptian temples.

Besides, the amazing sites you will see like the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut, the White Chapel of Senusret I, Hatshepsut Obelisk, and Festival Hall of Thutmose III. Also, in your Egypt day tours you can visit the tomb of Tutankhamun and Hatshepsut temple with its beautiful scenes about agriculture, trading, Music and dance in ancient Egypt. Book your Private Day Tour to Luxor from Makadi Bay and please your heart and mind.

Tour itinerary

Your guide will meet you at your hotel lobby early morning to start your full-day tour of Luxor attractions. The distance between Hurghada and Luxor is approximately 300km takes around 4 hours of driving with a coffee break on the way. Once, you reach Luxor, you will start your tour from the west bank of the Nile River. Your first stop will be the easiest stop of the day, the Colossi of Memnon.

Memnon Colossi

Memnon Colossi are two massive stone statues of Amenhotep III once decorating the entrance of his mortuary temple. Unfortunately, the temple is almost in ruins but the statues still there show the Pharoah sitting on his throne and his mother and wife standing long his legs.

Valley of the Kings

Your next stop will be the Valley of the Kings with the amazing tombs cut inside the mountain. Once, these tombs had the mummy of the king and the Funerary objects they put with him for the afterlife. Valley of the Kings has the tombs of all the Pharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty, Nineteenth Dynasty and Twentieth Dynasty. Listen to your guide about the tomb's decorations, tomb robbers, Egyptian gods, and funerary beliefs. With your entrance ticket, you can visit 3 tombs and you can shoot photos inside for free. These three tombs could be 3 of the following tombs:

(KV 02) Rameses IV
Tomb of Ramses III (KV 11)
Ramses IX Tomb KV 6
Merenptah tomb (KV 8)
The tomb of Tausert and Setnakht (KV 14)

Hatshepsut temple

Hatshepsut's engineer Senmut built this Hatshepsut temple at Deir El Bahri near the Mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II surrounded by the tomb of Nobles. However, the carvings on the walls of the temple show amazing scenes for the Punt Expedition and the Divine Birth of Queen Hatshepsut. Also, you need to see the beautiful Anubis Chapel, Hathor Chapel, and the god Amun holy of holies.

Lunch: enjoy your freshly cooked lunch at a local restaurant as part of your Egypt tours.

Karnak temple

Karnak temple on Luxor's east bank will be your last stop in your Luxor day tours. Honestly, Karnak is like a book about ancient history during the New Kingdom. Meanwhile, the wall reliefs show ancient gods, daily rituals, education, and astrology. The temple of Karnak was dedicated to the god Amun, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu. In addition, there are so many gods worshiped here like Seshat, Ptah, Osiris, Sekhmet, and Khnum. At the end of your Egypt tour, it's time to start your way back to your hotel in Makadi Bay with a short break for toilet, drink, or stretch your legs for a while.