2-Day Trip to Luxor from Cairo by Flight

• AroundEgyptTrips representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo by air-conditioned modern vehicle to Cairo Airport for your flight to  Luxor , where you will be accompanied by your own Egyptologist tour guide to visit the famous  Karnak  temple.

Karnak  temple:

• No site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak  . It is the largest temple complex ever built by man and represents the combined achievement of many generations of ancient builders and pharaohs. The Temple of Karnak  is actually three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples situated on 247 acres of land.
  Luxor Temple:
• The Temple of Luxor was the center of the most important festival, the festival of Opet. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Rameses II, the temple’s purpose was as a setting for the rituals of the festival. The festival was to reconcile the human aspect of the ruler with the divine office.
  Lunch will be served in a local restaurant in Luxor with a Nile view.
• In the Evening you can Enjoy An Optional Tour Sound and Light Show at Karnak  : The show starts with a historical introduction covering the birth of the great city of Thebes and the erection of the Karnak  .
  The show narrates the glorious achievements of some great Pharaohs as you listen to a magnificent and poetic description of the artistic treasures and great legacy which the Karnak  encloses.

From there will be driven to your hotel for check-in, leisurely free time in Luxor , and overnight stay in Luxor in Nile Palace
Meals: Lunch

Optional trip to the balloon ride from Luxor – 65 $

Breakfast at your hotel then you will be accompanied by your private tour guide and a private air-conditioned vehicle to visit:

Valley of the Kings:

• The final resting place of Egypt’s rulers from the 18th to 20th dynasty, it is home to tombs including the great pharaoh Ramses II and boy pharaoh Tutankhamen.
  The tombs were well stocked with all the material goods a ruler might need in the next world. Most of the decoration inside the tombs is still well preserved.
  Hatshepsut  Temple:
• It is one of the most beautiful & best preserved of all of the temples of Ancient Egypt. The temple was built on three levels with two wide ramps in a central position joining the levels together.
  Colossi of Memnon:
• Two massive stone statues of king Amenhotep III are the only remains of a complete mortuary temple.
  The statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which exist in  Cairo  then moved 700 KM to   Luxor
  Have your lunch at a Nile View restaurant before
• Fly back to Cairo from Luxor and transfer to your hotel in Cairo