Tour To Luxor From Aswan

World Gate Tours Driver / Guide will pick you up from your hotel in Aswan and Start your Aswan day tour to Luxor, drive for about 3 – 4 hours.

Upon arrival, start Luxor day tour through transferring to the west bank of the River Nile where you will enjoy a photo stop by the two colossi of Memnon, marks the remains of the funerary temple built by king Amenhotep III.

Move on to visit one of the most famous archeological sites in the world, the remote and barren Valley of the Kings, used for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, where rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful noble. The most known tombs are King Ramses IV, Merneptah, Ramses III, Siptah, Tuthmosis III, Amenhotep III, Tausert & Setnakht as well as the tombs of Tutankhamun, Ramses VI, and Seti I.

Proceed to visit the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahri, which was built by Queen Hatshepsut, one of the most successful pharaohs of ancient Egypt. The temple setting and construction were unique among the landmarks of ancient Egypt. The Temple was built into the face of steep cliffs in the valley basin of Deir el-Bahari, surrounded by steep cliffs.

Enjoy having your lunch at a local restaurant, before moving to visit Karnak Temple complex on the east bank of the Nile. Enjoy walking along the avenues of sphinxes and halls of gigantic columns of the magnificent Temple of Karnak. Karnak is a massive and simply astounding site, reflecting the combined achievements of many generations of ancient Egyptians.

Continue to visit Luxor Temple, you will enter the temple through the great pylon where two enormous statues of King Ramses II still stand, along with a pink granite obelisk (its mate stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France). The temple was built by king Amenhotep III and Ramses II, and it was constructed over hundreds of years, beginning around 1400 BC. After finished, you will be transferred to Luxor train station for your first class seated train to Aswan (almost 3 hours travel), on arrival, pick up and transfer to your hotel in Aswan