VALLEY OF THE KINGS, QUEENS & HATSHEPSUT TEMPLE

Visit ancient Egypt’s most famous historical sites and attractions on the West bank of the River Nile in Luxor. See the Colossi of Memnon, the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut Temple, and Valley of the Queens attracting millions of tourists worldwide arriving annually to partake in this famous pilgrimage in Egyptian ancient civilization.

Start your Luxor tour through transferring to the west bank of the River Nile where you will enjoy a photo stop by the 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 (extra tickets on spot).

Proceed to visit the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahri, 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 in the valley basin of Deir el-Bahari, surrounded by steep cliffs.

Continue to visit the Valley of the Queens, where the wives, princes, princesses of Pharaohs were buried. You will visit three tombs like the tombs of Amun-her-khepeshef, Seth-her-khopsef, Khaemwaset and of a Ramesside Queen called Tyti. But the most notable are those of Queen Nefertari, the favourite Royal Consort of Pharaoh Ramses II. (Extra special ticket on spot).

After finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Luxor.

• Pick up services from your hotel in Luxor and return

• All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle

• Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites

• Qualified Egyptologist tour guide

• Bottled water during the tour

• All service charges & taxes

• Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary

• Entry inside Tutankhamun, Ramses VI, Seti 1 tombs in the Valley of the Kings and Tomb of Queen Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens (Payable on spot in Egyptian Pounds).

• Tipping