Your Memphis Tours English speaking Egyptologist Guide and Driver will pick you up from your exit point of the Ship at
Port Safaga in the morning holding a sign with your name. Your private shore excursion from Port Safaga to
Luxor will be by road (approximately 3 hours) in an air-conditioned vehicle with a rest stop on the way. Then proceed to visit the world famous
Karnak Temple the largest place of worship that was ever built ! Its ancient name Ipet-isut means ‘the most sacred of places’. The Temple, or, more correctly, the complex of Temples, was built more than two thousand years ago by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great “Hypostyle Hall” is an incredible corridor of giant pillars.Following your tour of Karnak Temple. This will be followed by a tour of
Luxor Temple which was once linked to Karnak Temple by the ‘Avenue of Sphinx’ ( now under reconstruction). Lunch will be served at good quality restaurant in Luxor, and then you will be accompanied by your Tour Guide to visit the majestic Luxor Temple which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for rituals and festivals dedicated to the God Amun. Later you will take a relaxing sail on the River Nile by ‘
Felucca’, a typical Egyptian sailing boat, for a romantic trip with sunset views. From there will be transferred to your Hotel in Luxor for check in with free leisure time at the Hotel overnight.
Please note - There is an optional tour to attend the fabulous
Sound and Light show at Karnak Temple in Luxor with transfer included to and from your Hotel.
Breakfast at your Hotel in Luxor, then your private English speaking Egyptologist Guide will take you to West Bank of the Nile River in Luxor to visit the
two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), and then to explore the hidden tombs of the
Valley of the Kings. Here the magnificent tombs were discovered carved deep into the desert rocks, richly decorated and filled with the treasures for the Pharaohs after life in which he believed he needed for his life to come. Then you will have the chance to visit 3 tombs inside Valley of the Kings along with
Hatshepsut’s Temple at El Deir El Bahary, an impressive Temple dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut the only female Pharaoh. The Temple rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. Finally lunch enroute then escorted by your Guide back to your cruise ship in Safaga Port ( 220km ).