Luxor East bank Tour to Karnak and Luxor Temples

Experience a half-day private tour to Karnak and Luxor Temples with a qualified Egyptologist tour guide. Explore Luxor East Bank temples and see two of the most impressive temples in Upper Egypt - Karnak and Luxor, while learning about ancient Egyptian history from your own personal Egyptologist tour guide

Itinerary
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Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt

Your Expert Egyptologist tour Guide will pick you up from your Luxor Hotel / Nile Cruise Lobby, and Start your tour to visit Karnak and Luxor Temples in Luxor east bank.

Start your Tour with a visit to Karnak temple complex, walk along the avenue of Sphinxes as your tour guide explains how the massive facade was constructed. Karnak temple is the largest religious temple ever built in Egypt.

Enjoy walking through the fantastic avenue of sphinxes with Lion's body and Ram's head, the Great Pylons, the great hypostyle hall with 134 columns, the obelisks, the sanctuary of Philip II arrhidaeus of Macedon, The Akh Menu of Tuthmosis III (1479–1425 BC) and the sacred lake. And then enjoy free time to explore at leisure

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt

Continue to visit Luxor temple, which was once joined to the Karnak Temple by a three-kilometer long Avenue of Sphinx, a portion of which marks the entrance to the temple. Dominated by statues of the great warrior pharaoh Ramses II, (1290 –1223 BC).

Luxor Temple has survived Nile floods, foreign invasion and thousands of years exposed to the elements. Luxor temple construction was strarted by Amenhotep III (1386 to 1349 BC), while other pharaohs like Tutankhamun, Hormohep and Alexander the great added to the Temple's construction. After a fantastic guided tour to Luxor temple enjoy free time at leisure


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Luxor Market, El-Souk, Luxor City, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Later on, you will have the opportunity to discover Luxor city tourist Souq, enjoy some free time for shopping in Luxor market, for some fun bartering with the local stall holders and get some lovely hand crafted gifts.

After finishing, you will be transferred to your Luxor hotel / Nile Cruise.

Duration: 1 hour