A unique opportunity to visit the most famous ancient sites of Luxor ( The old capital of Thebes), on this fascinating day tour from Hurghada to Luxor by road. Visiting the largest Temple at Karnak on the East Bank and on to the West Bank for the most visited sites of tombs, temples and monuments in Upper Egypt.
Pick up from your Hotel in Hurghada by your Memphis Tour Manager and drive to Luxor where you will be met and accompanied by our expert Egyptologist Tour Guide then travel in a private air-conditioned vehicle to visit the magnificent Karnak Temple the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means ‘The Most Sacred of Places’. The Temple or more correctly, the complex of Temples, was built over more than two thousand years ago by generation after generation of Pharaohs. Within the complex, the great ‘Hypostyle Hall’ is an incredible forest of giant pillars. You will have lunch on the way at a good quality restaurant and then enjoy a trip to the West Bank of the Nile River in Luxor to visit the two enormous and impressive Colossi of Memnon the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III then a journey into ancient Egyptian history at the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent Tombs were discovered . These Tombs were carved deep into the desert rock,richly decorated and filled with treasures from the afterlife of the Pharaohs and include a visit 3 Tombs. Then you will continue your tour to Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahary. This impressive Temple was dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut the only female Pharaoh, rising out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs.Transferred to your air conditioned vehicle for your drive back to Hurghada then transfer to your Hotel. Lunch is included.