Private 4 days tours in Luxor & Aswan to cover the highlights of ancient Egypt during this culturally rich journey through Luxor and Aswan, an ideal introduction for first-time travelers. Tick off all of the top attractions without skimping on comfort, traveling in a private, air-conditioned vehicle as you’re whisked between blockbuster sights like the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Luxor Museum….
Including:
Pickup & Drop Off.
Private Modern A/C Vehicle.
Private Professional Driver.
Private Expert Tour Guide.
Entrance Fees for All Mentioned Sites.
Lunch At Nice Restaurant.
Snacks Bag Included Water Bottles.
Domestic flights Tickets from Cairo to Luxor & From Aswan Back to Cairo.
Visiting King TUT Tomb in The Valley of The Kings in Luxor.
Excluding:
Personal Items.
Optional Tours.
Hotels Accommodation in Cairo & Luxor & Aswan.
Gratuities Recommended.
Our representative will meet you at your hotel to pick you up to Cairo Airport to take your flight to Luxor and upon your arrival to Luxor Airport you will find our representative waiting for you holding sign of Egypt Royal Tours to start your first day tour in Luxor to visit the East Bank of Luxor by visiting Karnak Temple & Luxor temple, which you will stop firstly at Karnak Temple complex which the construction of the complex of the Temple began during the middle kingdom 12th dynasty time of king Senusert the first in 1950 BC & continued into the Patlomaic period (305 - 30 BC) also the extant building date to the new kingdom in fact Karnak Temple & the area that surrounding the complex known as (Ipet - Isut) Which means the most selected places & it was the main center of worshiping the thyban triad (Amon, Mut & Khunso) among the complex of El Karnak Temple are the Great hypostyle Hall, the Pylons, the Pillared Hall, the Festival Hall of King Thutmoses the third the sacred lake which it was used for the ritual purification of the priests of the temple, the sacred scarab where located in the middle of the temple symbol of God Khipri the God of Existence according to the Ancient Egyptian beliefs & the obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and King Thutmoses and other small Temples & shrines that were built by the greatest pharaohs of the new kingdom. During the Time of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in 323 Ad, he gave his order to close all the pagan temples throughout the Roman Empire that why this temple was closed and ignored for A While and the Christian churches were founded among the ruins which we have here the most famous example of the reuse of the Festival hall of King Thutmoses the third which was painted and decorated with Coptic inscriptions and saints. Then you will be headed to see the largest Temple in Luxor City known as Luxor Temple which was constructed approximately in the 14th BC (1400 BC) during the new kingdom and it was known in Ancient Egypt as (Ipet - Resyt) means the southern sanctuary although Luxor Temple wasn’t dedicated to worship the main gods of Thebes but for the rejuvenation of kingship, it may many of the pharaohs were crowned as kings on Egypt throne in it or for the annual opet festival of the kings the Temple was constructed by the greatest kings from 18th dynasty to 20th dynasty and it contained on the two statues of king Ramses the great, the Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut and king Ramses two Obelisk but unfortunately the Obelisk the Queens one stands nowadays in De Le Concorde in Paris which it was a gift to the king of France by King Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1830 AD, the chapels of king Amenhotep the third, but during the Roman time the chapels were converted to churches to serve the new faith and the long avenue of the sphinxes that were located between Karnak and Luxor Temple which they are represented with kings heads and some of them with ram headed symbol of God Amon Ra the main God of Thebes also we have here Islamic Mosque known as Abu El Hagag Mosque that located within the Temple & was built on some of the columns of the Temple also it was church then converted to be a mosque during the 7 century. Then you will have your lunch then transfer to your hotel to check in.
You will meet our tour guide in your hotel lobby to head to Dair El Bahari Temple, the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut which is known as (Djeser -Djesrw) (the Holy of the Holiness) was erected by the great architect Senenmut & the most favorite person to the Queen which he hold high positions during the time of Queen as a deputy, close advisor, overseer of the royal buildings, & Tutor of her daughter Princess Nefru Ra, actually the Temple was built in the honor of glory of God Amon & for her posthumous worship, Senenmut the architect took the Mortuary Temple of King Montuhotep the second from the Middle Kingdom as an example of building the Mortuary Temple of the Queen we would say it a copy of it and located also next to it which it is cut the native rocks of the mountain cliffs & designed as terraces reached by ramps and staircases lead to colonnade hall, gardens, avenue of the Queens sphinxes and its halls have statues represent the Queen kneeling in front of the god and stinging ones too but the most paintings here for the divine birth tale of the Queen to be legal to rule Egypt which for the first time in Ancient Egypt for a lady to rule Kemet & the punt expedition that was sent by the Queen to bring the rare trees and the offerings from South East of Africa, also you can the pillars capitals represent the cow head or goddess Hathor. Then You will go to see the Two Colossal Statues of King Amenhotep the third known as Memnon's statues according to the Greek myth of Memnon the giant great warrior which they were constructed in front of the great Temple of Amenhotep the third but the Temple in ruins & the Statues in bad condition but they still largest Statues found on the West Bank of Thebes which their height 18m and made of quartzite & date back to 1350 BC. Then you will go to see the Valley of the Kings known as the Valley of the gates of the Kings, it is the necropolis of the most famous Kings of the new kingdom which it was used as burial place from time of King Thutmoses the first and Amenhotep the first too until King Ramses the 11th (1540 -1074 BC) which that location was chosen by the pharaohs after the Hyksos invasion and was selected carefully to keep & preserve the tombs from the hands of the invaders & the treasure hunters too which they cut the tombs underground in the mountain & were designed as very deep long passage way leaded to many rooms & the most deep one was to hold the funerary objects of the dead pharaoh, actually we have found about 65 tombs for the royal families & the nobles & the walls of these tombs were painted with all aspects of the next world such as hymns, magical spells, book of the dead texts to ensure passing the dead person soul on the next world & to escort his journey to the heaven & to be protected from the harm & the most famous one known for King Tut the Golden Boy King that was found in 1922 intact by Howard Carter. Also, we found 91 tombs in the Valley of the Queens here known as (Ta - set-nefrut) means the place of the beauty) also we have 91 tombs here but the tomb of Queen Nefertari the great wife of King Ramses the great considered the most beautiful tomb in the Valley & the most expensive one. Then you will have your lunch then You will be headed to Aswan city & our driver will drive you to your hotel in Aswan to check in.
Our tour guide will meet you to start your first tour in Aswan to see Philae temple that located in Philae Island in Aswan which originally was built in the days of the late period time of king Taharqa from the 25th dynasty 690 BC & King Pasmatic the second then was modified & became larger in the days of the patlomaic era time of King Ptolemy the second which was dedicated for worshiping goddess ISIS goddess of Magic love joy & motherhood in Ancient time in fact till 1970 the ruins of the Temple was located here but the UNESCO organization put this Temple & others Temples of the Nubian or Aswan City in project of moving the Temples & relocated them cause of the danger of the flood & the submerge due to the High Dam project and Naser Lake which it was moved to another Island called Igilika Island & they took time 8 years to be moved & that Temple has great significance which was the most Ancient Egyptian Temple became survived & ceremonies were practiced after the Christianity appearance in the time of the Roman about in 550 AC. Then you will go to see the High Dam of Aswan which it was constructed in the days of the most beloved president Nasser in 1970 AD & it was one of the most important national projects in the country at that time which helped the country to control the flood & power generation resource of the electricity & water storage for the irrigation really it has had a significant effect on the economy of Egypt & we took time 10 years to build it and its capacity 11000 m3 cubic. Height 111 m & its length 3830 m. Then you will go to see the Unfinished Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut that considered the largest one that found in Ancient Egypt dates back to time of Queen Hatshepsut 1450 BC located on the north region of the stone quarries of Aswan its length 42 m 1090 tons weight which the obelisk creators began to carve & cut it directly of the bed rock stone but cracks appeared in the granite & the project was abandoned but the bottom side of the Obelisk is still attached to the bed rock actually the Obelisk offers unusual insights into Ancient Egyptian stone working techniques. Then you will have lunch then be back to your hotel.
In early morning you be headed to Edfu Temple that located on the West Bank of the Nile River in Edfu & was dedicated for God Horus who was identified as the Greek God Apollo & that Temple was built in the days of the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 BC & 57 BC by King Petolmy the third & King Ptolemy the 12th it contained on falcon bird statue that located in front of the Temple gate & pillared hall, transverse hall sanctuary of Nectanob the first, shrine of Horus, the ruined pylon, & on one of the walls of the Temple we have the foundation text of the Temple as it was erected on 23 of August 273 BC & the mythical story of Horus & his avenger from his uncle god set & kiosk of Trajan & the East part of the Temple roof offer the burning of the Temple during the Roman time during the time of the appearance of the Christianity religion in the Roman Empire. Then you will go to see Komombo Temple that was erected by King Ptolemy the 6th 180 BC & completed by King Ptolemy the 13th 47 BC & dedicated to God SET, & Horus the elder & God Sobek the crocodile God of the fertility & Hathor & khonsubtoo that Temple contained on the double entrance gate that leads to the pillared hall, the pylon, the rooms duplicated for SET & Horusvthe elder. The most decoration on the wall of the Temple the Ancient Wgyotain calendar & the surgical instruments. Then you will move to Abu Simbel Temple of King Ramses the second that located on the West Bank of Naser Lake which was dedicated for the defied King Ramses the great & it was built in 1265 BC & took time to be built about 20 years with another Temple that was dedicated for the greatest and beloved wife of King Ramses Queen Nefertari which the two Temples were cut in the native bed rocks of the mountain the great Temple of the King shows the iconic statues of the King & his family & inside the Temple the statues of the King as Osiris figures & the walls Temple depicted the heroic battle of Qadesh & the victory of the King against the hitites people & the first peace treaty that conducted in the history & it has the hypo style hall & the defied statues of the King, & God Ptah, God Rahorakhty & God Amon Ra. This Temple has an important annual event which the solar alignment or the astronomical Phenomenon happens every year twice on 22 of October & on 22 of Feb which the Sun Rays illustrate on the statues faces of Sanctuary except God Ptah statue who was rented with realm of the dead & must be remained in dark that an evidence as the Ancient Egyptians were very skillful in astronomy science the Temple was saved by UNESCO among of the Nubian Temples from the submerging of the Temple due to the flood danger which in 1967 the project of relocate & moving the Temple was started & successfully made by them. Then having the lunch then be transferred to Aswan airport for your flight back to Cairo. And upon your arrival to Cairo Airport, you will find our representative be waiting for you to drive to your hotel in Cairo.
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