Luxor Overnight by Sleeper Train from Cairo
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Luxor Overnight by Sleeper Train from Cairo

2 Days / 1 Night from $385.00

Overview

Luxor is located on the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Waset, known to the Greeks as Thebes. Luxor has frequently been described as the world’s greatest open-air museum, as the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor stand within the modern city. Immediately opposite, across the River Nile, are the monuments, temples and tombs of the west bank necropolis, which includes the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens and Hatshepsut Temple.

What's Included

  • Pick up and Drop off
  • Transfer by modern air conditioned private car
  • Expert Egyptology tour guide speaks your language
  • Entrance fees for all sights mentioned in the itinerary
  • Bottled water onboard
  • snacks
  • Wifi on board
  • All taxes
  • Return sleeping train ticket Cairo - Luxor - Cairo
  • One night accommodation in a hotel
  • Meals as mentioned in the itinerary

What's Excluded

  • Personal needs
  • Any extra not mentioned
  • Tipping

Itinerary

The day before, at about 6:30 PM, drive to the railway station to catch your sleeper train for the roughly 9-hour trip to Luxor (dinner and breakfast on board).

Once you arrive, you will find our expert tour guide waiting for you, holding a sign with our company name, to start your tour.

 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

 

Start your tour at the Colossi of Memnon of Amenhotep III, which are located on the west side of the River Nile, across from the modern city of Luxor.

Then drive to the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, which was built for Queen Hatshepsut. It is located beneath the cliffs at Deir el-Bahari on the west bank of the Nile, near the Valley of the Kings. This mortuary temple is dedicated to Amun and Hatshepsut and is situated next to the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II.

After you finish, you will have a date with history at the Valley of the Kings, a natural old valley on the west bank of Luxor. The ancient pharaohs began to use it to hide and bury their mummies in beautiful tombs for a period of nearly 500 years, from the 16th to the 11th century BC. Rock-cut tombs were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom. The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes, in the heart of the Theban Necropolis. It has 63 tombs and chambers.

 

Have lunch at a good-quality local restaurant.
 

* Check in  to your hotel

Optional Tours 

Relax, and in the afternoon drive to Karnak Temple to enjoy the stunning, unique sound and light show (optional, $55 per person).

Then drive back to your hotel.

 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Early in the morning, after breakfast, you will visit the Karnak Temple Complex, which comprises a vast mix of ruined temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings near Luxor. Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusert I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the existing buildings date from the New Kingdom. The area around Karnak was the main place of worship of the Eighteenth Dynasty Theban Triad, with Amun at its head.

Then finish your tour with a visit to the beautiful Luxor Temple, which was constructed approximately 1400 BC. It was dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship. At the rear of the temple are chapels built by Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty and Alexander.

 

Have lunch at a good-quality local restaurant.

 

You will finish your trip with an amazing experience: a felucca sailboat ride on the River Nile (optional, $35 per person).

 

 Hot air balloon (optional): $95 per person

 

Finally, drive to the railway station to catch your sleeper train back to Cairo.

Price List

Service Price
Single from USD 560.00
Person 2-4 from USD 455.00
Person 5-8 from USD 425.00
Person 9-15 from USD 385.00

Tour Details

Duration

2 Days / 1 Night

Price (Adult)

from $385.00

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