Go for a personalized experience with your own Egyptologist guide to explore the east bank of the Nile in Luxor. You will visit the most beautiful and impressive temples in the south of Egypt. The great complex of Karnak temple and the temple of Luxor.
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Visit the complex of Karnak Temple. It is dedicated to the God Amon. Walk along the Ram-headed sphinxes Avenue to enter the complex through the massive gates and pylons. On entering the Temples of Ka...
Visit the complex of Karnak Temple. It is dedicated to the God Amon. Walk along the Ram-headed sphinxes Avenue to enter the complex through the massive gates and pylons. On entering the Temples of Karnak, you will see different structures added and left by the various pharaohs as the complex had many extensions along the ages. Your guide will explain everything about the place while you walk through the Great Court into the Great Hypostyle Hall; it is hard not to be overwhelmed by a forest of 134 columns. On the backside and the biggest carved piece for the sacred scarab. Your Egyptologist will give you free time for photography.
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Carry on to Luxor Temple, which was once joined to the Temples of Karnak by a three KM long Avenue of Sphinx, a portion of which marks the entrance to the temple. Luxor Temple was built by Amunhot...
Carry on to Luxor Temple, which was once joined to the Temples of Karnak by a three KM long Avenue of Sphinx, a portion of which marks the entrance to the temple. Luxor Temple was built by Amunhotep III, and it was completed by king Ramesses II, watch the beautiful paints of the festival which was made by the ancient Egyptian every year during the annual visit of Amun to his wife Mut in Luxor temple. Luxor Temple used to have two red granite obelisks originally standing in front of the Temple. There is only one now as the other was moved to Paris where it now stands in the center of the Place de la Concorde. At the end of your tour transfer back to your hotel in Luxor.
Bottled water
Qualified Egyptologist guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transport by private vehicle
Gratuities
Food.
Any personal expenses.
