This morning meet your
EE Travel Tour Guide for your transfer to the Airport to board your Private Plane departing for Luxor - Thebes of Old.
Upon arrival at Luxor airport, your Private Egyptologist-Guide will take you and cross the river to the
West Bank cross the Nile to explore Western Thebes - the almost unbelievable necropolis of Thebes itself. - Here you will enter several of the gorgeously painted tombs of powerful pharaohs in
the Valley of the Kings - and that of the boy-king
Tutankhamun! ; -
Then stop at the imposing
Colossi of Memnon; - and the splendid
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut set at the foot of the majestic cliffs of Deir El Bahri!
Lunch will be served at
Hilton Luxor Resort.
After lunch drive to the great temple visit
Karnak, a complex of temples. Here you will visit the many sanctuaries, shrines, and the famous sacred lake. Walk through mazes of pylons and obelisks of staggering height, including the 134 columns of
the Great Hypostyle Hall considered the Eighth Wonder of the World! At Karnak, the temple of
Amon is the largest columned temple in the world.
This afternoon visit the temple of
Amon-Ra, known as the
Luxor Temple. This great temple was joined to that of Karnak by a long dromos paved in stone, a processional avenue flanked by human-headed sphinxes. You will marvel at the magnificence of the decorations of the temple entrance, and you will drift back in time as you study the gigantic wall relief scenes depicting life in ancient Egypt.
After your tour transfer to Luxor Airport to board your Private Plane for your return flight
.
Upon arrival at your
Egyptian Express Tour Guide will escort you back to your cruise ship.
Upon arrival at Luxor airport, your EE Travel Private Egyptologist-Guide will take you and cross the river to the West Bank cross the Nile to explore Western Thebes - the almost unbelievable necropolis of Thebes itself.