Luxor East and West Banks Overnight Shore Excursion From Safaga Port

[Ebrahim]

Day 1: Morning time upon your arrival, we will pick you up from your cruise by your own private Egyptologist guide with an air conditioned van and drive around 3 hours 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 forest of giant pillars. Then you will enjoy a relaxing Lunch en route and then you will be accompanied by your tour guide to visit the majestic Luxor temple which built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for rituals and festivals that was dedicated to the God Amun. Later on you will take a relaxing sail on the River Nile by Felucca “Typical Egyptian sailing boat” for a romantic trip with sunset view. From there will be transferred to your hotel for check in with free time at leisure at the hotel. Optional tour to attend the fabulous sound and light show at Karnak temple in Luxor then you will be transferred back to your hotel for an enjoyable overnight stay

Day 2: Enjoy your breakfast in the hotel in Luxor then after breakfast your private Egyptologist guide will take you to West Bank of the Nile River to visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with the treasures for the pharaohs for his afterlife in which he believed he needed for his life to come. Then you will have the chance to visit 3 tombs . Then you will visit the Hatshipsut temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple was dedicated to the Queen Hatshipsut the only female pharaoh who rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it and then your lunch en route is included. Finally you will be escorted by your guide back to the cruise in Safaga Port.

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