Private Tour To Karnak And Luxor Temples
- 6 Hours
- Maximum Capacity: 10
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Description
Explore the two principal archaeological sites on Luxor East Bank of the Nile, the Temples of Karnak, and the Temple of Luxor on a half day tour. Karnak Temple is the largest religious cult Temple ever built in Egypt. The massive temple of Karnak was the principal religious center of the god Amun-Re in ancient Thebes. And Luxor Temple is amongst the most beautiful temples in Egypt.
Visiting the Karnak And Luxor Temples with a private guide means the flexibility to explore at your own pace, with pickup and drop-off at your accommodations, and multiple departures available throughout the day.
Duration
6 Hours
Group Size
8
Language
Operated in: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian
Highlights
- Admire the Temple of Karnak, known for its age-old pylons and chapels.
- Explore Luxor Temple
Included
- 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
Excluded
- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
- Tipping
Travel Itinerary
7:30 am - Karnak and Luxor Temples Tour
Your Luxor Egyptologist guide will pick you up from your Hotel and Start your tour to visit Karnak and Luxor Temples in Luxor east bank.
Start 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.
Karnak is a massive and simply astounding site, reflecting the combined achievements of many generations of ancient Egyptians. And then enjoy free time to explore at leisure Continue to visit Luxor temple, which was once joined to the Karnak Temple by a three-kilometer long Avenue of Sphinx. You will enter the temple through the great pylon where two enormous statues of King Ramses II still stand, along with a pink granite obelisk (its mate stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France).
The temple was built by king Amenhotep III and Ramses II, and it was constructed over hundreds of years, beginning around 1400 BC.
Luxor Temple is at its most stunning at sunset, when it is illuminated with the golden glow of the setting sun.
After finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Luxor.
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