Two day trip to Luxor from Safaga Port

Day 1 : Karnak & Luxor Temples

Our representative will pick you up from Safaga Port upon your cruise ship arrival in the morning. Then you will be transferred by a modern air-conditioned vehicle to Luxor. Start Luxor tour visiting the East Bank of Luxor to see two of the most impressive temples in Upper Egypt - Karnak and Luxor - on entering the Temples of Karnak you will see each legacy left by the various pharaohs as the complex grew even larger. The deeper you go into the complex, the further back in time you will travel, with the oldest ruins dating back over 3,000 years. Walking through the Great Court into the Great Hypostyle Hall, it's hard not to be overwhelmed by the 134 columns towering above you like an ancient forest. Lunch at local restaurant. Continue to Luxor Temple, was built by Amenophis III on the foundations of a previous religious structure, it is a pure Egyptian temple, the inner walls and columns are decorated with intricate hieroglyphics. Find out how Alexander the Great wrote himself into Luxor Temple's history, and see one of the original pair of obelisk, the second of which now stands on the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Transfer to hotel and overnight in Luxor.

Day 2 : West Bank

Breakfast at hotel – Crossing the Nile River to the West Bank, you'll visit the necropolis of the ancient city of Thebes. Arriving at the Valley of the Kings, burial place of the kings of Thebes (ancient Luxor), was first used as a royal necropolis by Thutmosis I, although it was his predecessor, Amenhotep I, who was considered the patron-god of the valley by the actual builders of the tombs. Leaving the hot sands of the Valley of the Kings, you will visit the Temple of Hatshepsut, one of the most striking monuments in Egypt. Hatshepsut the famous female ruler of Egypt who posed as a male to gain the throne. Lunch at local restaurant. There will be time for a brief photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon, which mark the site of the funerary temple of Amenhotep III. These two giant statues standing tall and proud on the West Bank are all that remain of the ancient complex. At the end of your day tour, drive back to your cruise ship in Safaga port.