Luxor 2 Days Private Tour by Road from Hurghada

Luxor 2 Day Tour from Hurghada This fantastic overnight tour allows you to see more of Luxors fantastic sights at a great price. Day 1 Itinerary: We'll start the tour by picking you up from your hotel in Hughada and travel to Luxor, known as the world's largest open-air museum for a good reason. Karnak Temple On arrival to Luxor together with your Egypt Excursions highly trained, knowledgable and friendly tour guide we'll explore Karnak - "the greatest example of workmanship in history". The Karnak Temple complex - known simply as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of temples, chapels and other buildings dating back as far as the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom. The area surrounding Karnak was the ancient Egyptian's main place of worship of the eighteenth dynasty. Our guided tour will take you around the impressive and vast open-air museum of Karnak, the second largest ancient religious site in the world and the second most visited historical site in Egypt after the Great Pyramids of Cairo. The size, diversity and complexity of the ancient buildings of Karnak are due to the length of time Karnak was developed over, with approximately 30 pharaohs contributing to it over their respective reigns of Egypt, this is unheard of from any other temples in Egypt. Walking around Karnak you'll see a staggering amount of carvings all over the stone built temples, representing the gods and figures worshipped from the very ancient to the different gods worshipped in the later stages of ancient Egyptian civilisation. Almost all our customers comment on how intricately detailed the carvings on Karnak temple are, bearing in mind the enormous size of the complex, and describe a feeling of awe similar to that of seeing the great Pyramids up close. Questions of "How did they achieve this!?" are regularly asked, especially when you consider the age of the temple. One of the more notable things you'll see as you make your way around Karnak is the Hypostle Hall, an enormous hall area of 5,000m2 with 134 massive 10 meter tall columns arranged in 16 rows. The architraves on top of these columns weigh 70 tons, so the general theory is that they were built using massive levers requiring a great level of balance and time to get the massive stones to such a great height. There are many alternate theories to explain the building of Karnak, if you're interested then feel free to ask our guide. Check in to a Comfortable Hotel Once we've completed our tour of Karnak we'll transfer to a comfortable and hotel in Luxor for a good nights rest. Day 2 Itinerary: On your second day you'll visit the City of the Dead in the amazing Valley of the Kings as-well as the Colossi of Memnon, the only remains of the temple of Amenophis III, the magnificence of the grandeur of architecture and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only Pharaonic women who reined ancient Egypt and then we will ride a Felucca on the river Nile to witness the amazing sunset view around Banana Island before returning to Hurghada. Valley of the Kings The Pyramids of Giza were built for the Pharaohs of Egypt's Old Kingdom, but the Pharaohs of the New Kingdom wanted to be closer to the source of their dynastic roots in the south and so built splendid crypts in the barren dessert hills to the west of Luxor, in the Valley of the Kings. The ancient Egyptians built massive public monuments to their pharaohs, but they also built hidden underground mausoleums that no one was ever meant to see, it's these tombs now excavated in the Valley of the Kings that we'll be seeing on our tour. The Valley of the Kings became a royal burial ground for the Pharaohs such as Tutankhamen and Ramses II, as well as other royal figures in society such as queens, high priests and other elites of the 18th,19th and 20th dynasties. These ancient tombs tell of elaborate preparations for the next world in which pharaohs would need their bodies as they join the gods and so would require mummification to keep it in good order. Within these well hidden tombs was also vast amounts of treasure, food, linen, flowers, beer, wine and everything else a kings would need in the next world even including beloved companions from this life. It was widely believed that the Valley of the Kings had given up all it's secrets and that all the tombs had been found throughout the thousands of years since their construction, however Howard Carter's find of king Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922 proves that there may still be tombs waiting to be found. Ride a Felucca down the Nile at Sunset ( Optional ) Whilst in Luxor we couldn't let you miss riding down the lifeblood of Egypt - the Nile on an authentic Felucca as the sun sets on this ancient City. You'll moore up at the beautiful and interesting "Banana Island" where you'll get a short tour of the Island, some delicious Egyptian tea and some of the sweetest bananas you'll ever eat!. Return to your Hurghada Hotel After seeing Luxor's most impressive sights on a this 2 day tour of Luxor from Hurghada we'll travel back to your hotel in Hurghada by air conditioned coach. �

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