A full and enthralling day of discovery in this wonderful Luxor tour of the East and West Banks of the Nile. An informative insight into the original home of the Old Capital Thebes.
Accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide, your first visit of the day will be on the East Bank of the Nile in Luxor to the famous 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 by generation after generation of Pharaohs. Within the complex, the great “Hypostyle Hall” is an incredible forest of giant pillars. Then continue the tour to visit the majestic Luxor Temple which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the God Amun. continue to the West Bank, the site of the two colossal statues of Amenhotep known as the Colossi of Memnon, and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs were discovered, including the boy King Tutenkhamun. These tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the Pharaohs. You will visit 3 tombs, then continue the tour to visit Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahary. This impressive Temple is dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female Pharaoh rising out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs. Finally, some free time for shopping in Luxor.