Two Day Trip to Luxor from Safaga port

Egypt , Cairo

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Overnight trip to Luxor from Safaga port visiting Luxor Temple, Karnak temples and Valley of the Kings and more

Duration

1 Day Trip

Tour Type

Private

Transportation

Bus

Description

Safaga Shore Excursions: Overnight trip to Luxor from Safaga port visiting Luxor Temple, Karnak temples and Valley of the Kings and more. You are going to have a private tour so everything is specially tailored made for you, such as vehicle, guide etc.

Included/Excluded

Pick up services from Safaga Port & return (at the cruise exit door)
All transfers by an air-conditioned vehicle
Accommodation for a night at 5* Hotel, Sonesta St. George Luxor Hotel.
Private English Egyptologist guide
Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
Bottled water on board the vehicle during your tour
Lunch meals at local restaurant
Shopping tours in Luxor
All taxes & service charge

Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
Tipping Kitty

Tour Itinerary

Day 01: Karnak& Luxor Temples.

Luxor And Aswan Travel Representative will pick you up from Safaga Port by the cruise exit door. After that you will be transferred by a modern air-conditioned vehicle to Luxor, approximately 3 hours far from Safaga.

Then continue to the famous Karnak Temples the largest place of worship ever built and the greatest example of worship in history. It was constructed from the beginning of the Middle Kingdom to the Greco Roman Kingdom. Within the complex, the great "Hypostyle Hall" is an incredible forest of giant pillars.

Continue your tour with a drive to Luxor Temple, originally built during the reign of Amenophis III over 5,000 years ago. Also you will witness some of the best preserved art work in Egypt.

Optional tour, enjoying the spectacular Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temples & overnight in Luxor.

Day 02: Luxor West Bank & Optional tour: Hot Air Balloon Over West Bank of Luxor

After breakfast in a hotel, you will be transferred into the West Bank of the River Nile to visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III ( Colossi of Memnon ), and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs were discovered. Those 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.

Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut, the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it.

After that return to your hotel for a quick check-out and lunch before making the return journey to Safaga and the ship.