Discover Luxor’s West Bank major sites in a half-day tour. Explore the magnificent tombs of the Valley of the Kings, the unique Temple of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut and the giant Colossi of Memnon
At your hotel reception.
I will pick you up from your hotel reception to commence your tour to the Valley of the Kings.
The Valley of the Kings is one of Egypt’s main sights, not only in Luxor, and must be viewed for a better understanding of the nature of religion and the construction of the tomb in ancient Egypt.
Egyptian tombs in ancient Egypt suffered a lot from grave robbery. New Kingdom pharaohs tried to conceal their graves from the grave robbers, deciding to avoid constructing the pyramids and to cut their graves deep within the mountain instead.
The Valley of the Kings up until August 2020 contains 65 tombs. The first pharaoh who cut his tomb in the site was Tuthmosis I (1506-1493 BC) of the 18th Dynasty, while Ramses XI (1107-1078 BC) of the 20th Dynasty was the last pharaoh to be buried in the Valley of the Kings.
You are permitted to visit 3 out of 10 tombs that are opened to the public. I will recommend visiting the best 3 of the opened tombs. You’ll be impressed by the nature of the colors, inscriptions, and reliefs of every tomb you visit. Some of the reliefs depict the underworld and the fate of the pharaoh.
Then proceed to the unique Temple of the Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut.
Hatshepsut was one of the few females in ancient history who ruled Egypt. She ruled for about 20 years, following her brother and husband Tuthmosis II. Her name is immortal because of her temple that we are visiting at Deir El Bahary in Luxor today.
Her temple is also unique amongst the Egyptian temples in its architecture. The temple was built on three terraces and this temple’s main purpose is to honor Hatshepsut as a male pharaoh or king. The temple’s first terrace isn’t open to the public because of its damaged state. On the second terrace, you will find some fascinating stories such as her divine birth from the god Amun and her commercial trip to the land of Punt (modern Somalia). Some of Hatshepsut’s statues represent Osiris in mummy form. On the third terrace, the female feature of Hatshepsut’s face is easy to recognize.
Next, we stop at the Colossi of Memnon for a photo opportunity.
The Colossi of Memnon are two colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, they stood originally in front of his temple’s main entrance, “The millions of years of pharaoh Amenhotep III”. A massive 27 BC earthquake hit the colossi which caused some cracks on the statues. At dawn, dew goes down into the cracks and is used to make noises when the wind blows down. The Greeks heard these noises and thought these noises to be the voice of Agamemnon’s mother who mourns him. From that time, the colossi was wrongly called Memnon.
I will drop you off at your hotel at the end of your half-day tour.
At your hotel.
Hotel pick up and drop off.
Transportation.
Entrance fees of all sites of the tour.
Licensed Egyptologist tour guide.
Gas & parking fees.
Service charges & local taxes.
Gratuities.
Tombs of Seti I and Tutankhamen in the Kings Valley.
Drinks & meals.
Please feel free to contact me for any arrangement. I am happy to make a customized plan for you!
Flat shoes, sunglasses, sun creams, and hats are required.
Cell phone photography is for free in the Valley of the Kings, while camera photography is for 300 EGP. So bring some Egyptian cash if you are interested.
Here is the price of the extra tombs if you want to visit an extra tomb:
Tomb of Ramses V & VI is for 100 EGP.
Tomb of Tutankhamen is for 300 EGP.
Tomb of Seti I is for 1400 EGP.
TLDR; A fantastic organization that delivered everything they promised. Mohammed our guide, and our driver were very professional. They met us at the airport and the tour started from our first meeting with Mohammed. A great day seeing everything we wanted to see and then being dropped off at our hotel at the end of the day. Thanks so much Mohammed. I would also like to thank the people behind the scenes who helped organize our Luxor trip. Everyone's communication was a credit to gowithguide
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Everything worked smoothly, great experience
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Essam showed us around luxor for a day. He arranged everything, and picked us up at the airport. Halfway through the day it was hot, everyone wanted to go for a swim so he arranged a boat to take us up the river where we all went swimming. He also did all of this on very short notice, as we arranged it only 24hrs prior to arriving. It was an awesome day. Nate
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