1 DAY
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This majestic day tour to Luxor from Marsa Alam offers you an incredible opportunity to explore some of Egypt’s most important and awe-inspiring ancient sites, often referred to as the ‘open-air museum’ of Egypt. Luxor is home to an immense concentration of temples, tombs, and monuments from ancient times, giving you a glimpse into the splendor of the New Kingdom of Egypt.
Karnak Temple Complex: The tour begins with a visit to the Karnak Temple, the largest religious complex ever built. Dedicated primarily to the god Amun, this complex is a masterpiece of ancient architecture. Your guide will lead you through the hypostyle hall, where you’ll marvel at the forest of massive columns decorated with hieroglyphs. The Sacred Lake, Avenue of Sphinxes, and various temples and chapels within the complex will transport you back to the grandeur of ancient Thebes.
Hatshepsut Temple: Next, you’ll visit the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, one of the most impressive mortuary temples in Egypt. Built into the cliffs of the desert, this temple honors Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s longest-reigning female pharaoh. The temple’s terraced design and intricate reliefs depicting Hatshepsut’s divine birth and expeditions to Punt showcase her accomplishments and legacy.
Valley of the Kings: Your journey continues to the Valley of the Kings, the final resting place of many New Kingdom pharaohs, including the famous tomb of Tutankhamun. You will have the opportunity to explore several elaborately decorated tombs, adorned with vibrant wall paintings that illustrate the pharaohs’ journey to the afterlife. The guide will explain the significance of the valley and the incredible archaeological discoveries made here.
Colossi of Memnon: Before concluding your tour, you’ll stop by the iconic Colossi of Memnon, two massive stone statues representing Pharaoh Amenhotep III. These statues have stood for more than 3,400 years and are the remnants of Amenhotep’s mortuary temple. They provide an excellent photo opportunity, with the vast desert landscape in the background.
The trip from Marsa Alam to Luxor takes approximately four hours by car, with air-conditioned transportation ensuring a comfortable ride. You’ll travel through the scenic Eastern Desert and along the Nile River, with time to rest or enjoy the view. A lunch break at a local restaurant in Luxor will allow you to recharge with a delicious meal before continuing your exploration.
Our Rep will accompany you from your hotel in Marsa Alam to visit Luxor.
Upon arrival , your tour guide will wait for you to Start your tour by exploring the West Bank and visit the Valle of the kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon.
The Valley of the Kings
also known as the “Valley of the Gates of the Kings” in Egypt, it was used for 500 years in the period between the 16th and 11th centuries BC. to build tombs for the pharaohs and nobles of the modern state. This site was chosen for the burial of kings, because the sun god descends (dies) in the western horizon to be reborn and rejuvenated in the eastern horizon, and the royal tombs are notable for containing drawings and inscriptions from ancient Egyptian mythology. .
The Temple of Hatshepsut or Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut is an Eighteenth Dynasty temple of Egypt and the best remaining temples were built about 3,500 years ago in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. The walls of the temple were covered with scenes representing temple rituals and religious festivities, the scenes more distinct than those in the central balcony, which represents Hatshepsut’s mission in Puntland. You can also visit the hall sacred to the god Amon and the hall of celebrations, where the procession of the queen moved from the temple of the valley to this temple.
The Colossi of Memnon are two huge statues that were built around the year 1350 BC, and are all that remains of a temple in memory of the pharaoh (Amenhotep III), located in western Thebes, Egypt. They belong to King Amenhotep III, one of the kings of the 18th dynasty, which is the strongest ruling family in the history of ancient Egypt.
The height of the two statues reaches 19 meters and a third of a meter. The statues are also called singing statues, due to the strange sounds that are formed during the passage of air through the fissures inside them.
Then you will have lunch at an excellent local restaurant and proceed to the East Bank of Luxor to explore Karnak temple.
Karnak Temple
The complex of religions, built by 30 pharaohs. Karnak Temple Complex, known as Karnak Temple, is a stunning temple complex of unrivaled beauty, as Karnak comprises the temples of the god Amun, his wife, the goddess ‘Mut’ and his son, the god ‘Khonsu “, which is considered the second most visited historical site in Egypt, after the pyramids of Giza. The “Road of Rams” represents the main gate of the temple, and is composed of two rows of statues of a group of rams, where on both sides of the road are 1,200 statues in the shape of a ram-headed sphinx, that head it symbolizes the god Amon, and was placed in this way as a sort of protection for the temple. And in the center of Karnak is the “Sacred Lake”, that lake which is still considered one of the secrets of the Pharaohs today, with its calm waters which do not dry up throughout the year, despite its distance from the Nile River.
At the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to Marsa Alam
