subject: Luxor Sightseeing Tour From Taba By Flight [print this page] Overday excursion from Taba to Luxor to visit famous sightseeing in East bank and West bank as Karnak temple, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut temple, Colossi of Memnon. Tour is by private vehicle with private guide in Luxor.
Tour Itinerary:
Our Luxor trip will start with pick up service from your hotel in Taba, where our REP will meet you with aboard reflecting your name, then from Taba you will be transferred by air-conditioned vehicle to Sharm El Sheikh airport for 1 hour flight to Luxor. There you will be accompanied by private Egyptologist guide and have first step of your Luxor trip to the Valley of the Kings - burial place of pharaohs, hidden in the rocks, decorated with scences and funerary rituals of the period for afterlife of pharaohs. Valley of Kings is famous for Tutankhamen tomb and its treasures, discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter. Next sightseeing of your visiting trip in Luxor will be Hatshepsut temple at El Deir Al Bahari, dedicated to the queen Hatshepsut - famous female pharaoh, temple with three layered terraces connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens. Inside Hatshepsut temple you can see text and picture of an expedition to exotic country calls Land of Punt. Proceed Luxor trip to Colossi of Memnon, two colossal statues, was stayed guard at entrance of Amenhotep III temple in ancient times, and only remaining nowadays. Name 'Colossi of Memnon' means 'Ruler of the Dawn' and was probably given, because of 'singing' at dawn one of the statue. Lunch meal will be served during Luxor trip at a good quality restaurant in Luxor. Continue Luxor trip to Karnak temple, dedicated to the God Amon-Ra, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. In Karnak temple each pharaoh tried to perpetuate his name. One of the famous area in Karnak temple - Hypostyle hall with 134 massive columns with over three meters in diameter. Free time in Luxor, and then you will be driven to Luxor airport to fly to Sharm El Sheikh, with direct transfer to your hotel in Taba.
Tour Includes:
- Pick up and drop off services from your hotel in Taba
- Transfer from Taba to Sharm
- Transfers by air-conditioned vehicle in Taba, Sharm and Luxor
- Airfare from Sharm to Luxor and back with Egypt Air
- Entrance fees to the sightseeing in Luxor as per itinerary
- English speaking Egyptologist tour guide in Luxor
- Lunch meal during Luxor trip at local restaurant in Luxor
