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Luxor, Luxor, 1340420, Egypt
Get your discount tickets for the Private Luxor West Bank: Valleys of the Kings, Temple of Hatshepsut, Memnon, save up to 9% !
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Overview
Explore the highlights of the West Bank monuments and landmarks in Luxor on this 5-hour, private tour. Visit the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and more. Relax with convenient hotel pickup and drop off service.
Pickup Information
You must contact the local supplier for exact pick-up time and location (contact details will be provided on your voucher)
Language Offered
Arabic-GUIDE
English-GUIDE
Itinerary
1. Luxor Travels
Pickup provided from your hotel. Explore the highlights of the West Bank monuments and landmarks in Luxor on this 5-hour, private tour.
Visit the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings, and three tombs with your Egyptologist guide. See the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as a Pharaoh. Go to the Colossi of Memnon, home to two of the largest ancient statues of Egypt.
Return to hotel at the conclusion of your tour.
2. Valley of the Kings
First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. It consists of tombs embedded in the mountain Thebes. Here, you visit 3 tombs of various dynasties. Your Egyptologist tour guide will be on hand to recommend and advise you as to which tombs to visit
Duration: 120 mins
3. Tomb of Ramses III
The tomb of Ramesses III, designated as KV 11, is a complex system in the Valley of the Kings. It has been known since antiquity,the wonderful decorations include colourful painted sunken reliefs featuring the traditional ritual texts (Litany of Ra, Book of Gates etc) and Ramses before the gods. Unusual here are the secular scenes, in the small side rooms of the entrance corridor, showing foreign tributes, such as highly detailed pottery imported from the Aegean, the royal armoury, boats and, in the last of these side chambers, the blind harpists that gave the tomb one of its alternative names: ‘Tomb of the Harpers’
Duration: 25 mins
4. Tomb of Ramases IX
Tomb of King Ramesses lX was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. His name prior to assuming the crown was Amonhirkhopshef. He was the fifth son of Ramesses III and was appointed to the position of crown prince by the twenty-second year of his father's reign when all four of his elder brothers predeceased his promotion to crown prince .
The tomb has so much colour and detail even the ceiling above the sarcophagi with its goddess Nut stretching across the space. The sarcophagus is one of the largest in the valley, even though some of the paintings have deteriorated this is one of the most decorated.
Duration: 25 mins
5. Tomb of Merenptah
In Egyptian mythology, Ptah is the demiurge of Memphis, god of craftsmen and architects. In the or simply in its falcon form of the new deity, began to be placed in tombs to accompany and protect the dead on their journey to the West of Luxor .Tomb 8, which is located in the Valley of the Kings, was the burial place of the Pharaoh Merneptah and is the model of royal tombs Merneptah was a son of Ramesses II and Queen Isis-Nofret.the tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903. Of coursethere is a material decrease in the number of lateral rooms, and a dramatic increase in the height of the corridors and rooms. He did away with the jogged axis used since the time of Horemheb and instead built the entire tomb on a single axis. Also, for the first time, the entrance was made considerably wider than earlier tombs .
Duration: 25 mins
6. Tomb of King Tutankhamun (KV62)
Entrance fees to the tomb of Tutankhamun 360.00 EGP) (optional)
King Tutankhamun, the most famous king in the world. This young king from the New Kingdom was around 10 years old when he ascended the throne and died when he was only 19. You will get the chance to be face to face with his royal mummy in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings
Duration: 25 mins
7. Temple of Hatshepsut
After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahari), the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh. This queen was an ancestor of King Tutankhamun and belonged to the same dynasty.Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh
Duration: 60 mins
8. Colossi of Memnon
the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.
Duration: 20 mins
Inclusion
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
Qualified Egyptologist guide
Exclusion
Gratuities
Entrance fees
Cancellation Policy
Refundable tickets
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
- 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Luxor Travels
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