Luxor to Abu Simbel Short Break

Welcome to Luxor, Egypt. You’ll be met and assisted on arrival at Luxor International Airport, and transferred to your hotel. At hotel, you will be assisted with a smooth check-in and confirm pick-up times for each tour. The rest of the day is free to relax, or if you arrive early you may like to take and optional tour to enjoy a spectacular sound and light show at Karnak temples complex. (Available to book locally on arrival).

Meals: Dinner

Breakfast at your hotel, then your Luxor private tour guide will pick your up to visit the west bank of the Nile. Your first stop will be at the Colossi of Memnon, the only remains of the funerary temple of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (1390–53 B.C).

Head to the Valley of the Kings, is a burial ground for the pharaohs and powerful nobles, during the New Kingdom of Egypt (from 1550 to 1080 B.C), including Tutankhamun, Ramses II, Tuthmosis III, and Seti I. Whilst here, you have the chance to visit inside the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun (Extra ticket on spot).

Proceed to the Temple of Hatshepsut consider one of the finest in Egypt, located beneath the towering cliffs at Deir el Bahari. This colonnaded structure has a much different appearance than many other temples in Egypt.

After Lunch at a good quality local restaurant, move on to explore the east bank of the Nile. Start at the Karnak Temple, the largest ancient religious complex ever constructed in Egypt. Entering the complex through a ram-headed avenue of sphinxes and uncover a vast array of temples, chapels, pylons and other ancient buildings as you soak up the unique atmosphere and let your imagination run wild as you learn about cult and beliefs in Ancient Egypt.

Continue to Luxor Temple was dedicated to the triad of gods, Amun, Mut and Khonsu. You will enter the temple through the great pylon where two enormous statues of Ramses II still stand, along with a pink granite obelisk (its mate stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France). After finished, you will be transferred back to your Hotel in Luxor and free time to relax.

Optional: You have the choice to rise very early to see the West Bank of Luxor from above on an optional Sunrise hot air balloon ride.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Check out after breakfast and then your tour guide will pick you up and drive to Aswan hotel. Drive for two hours to Edfu, you will visit the Temple of Edfu dedicated to Horus the falcon headed god. It is the most complete and the best preserved of all Egyptian temples. The Temple was constructed between 237 and 57 BC. Move on to Kom ombo located south of Edfu, visit the unusual double Temple of Kom-ombo dedicated to both Haroeris the falcon god and Sobek the crocodile god. Enjoy fantastic scene of the ancient Egyptian Calendar, the Medical instruments and more. You will proceed to Aswan and enjoy Lunch at god quality local restaurant.

Proceed with your tour to visit the unfinished obelisk in Aswan. It was ordered by Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh (1490–1470 BC). The obelisk never completed due to a flaw appeared in the stone. If completed it would have measured around 42 m long and would have weighed nearly 1,200 tons. Enjoy a motor boat ride to the Temple of Philae, explore the most ancient structure in the Island. The three principal monuments on the island all date from the Pharaonic, Ptolemaic and Roman periods, like the temple of Nectanebo I, the Kiosk of Trajan, the Temple of Hathor and the great Temple of Isis. Later on, transfer to your hotel in Aswan and overnight

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Early in the morning, your private guide will collect you from your hotel in Aswan for the 3-hour drive south in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle for the temples of Abu Simbel, one of the masterpieces of architecture in ancient Egypt.

The complex consists of two rock-cut temples were constructed during the reign of the great Pharaoh Ramses II, in the 13th century BC. The larger one is dedicated to Ra-Harakhty, Ptah and Amun-Re, Egypt’s three state deities of the time, and features four large statues of Ramesses II in the facade. The smaller temple is dedicated to the goddess Hathor, personified by Nefertari, Ramesses’s most beloved wive. The entire temple complex was dismantled and rebuilt on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir. Take time to marvel at the exquisite detail as you wander through the temples yourself. Later on, transfer back to Aswan, followed by transfer to Aswan airport.

NB: Your flight has to be after 14:00 to be able to do this tour or consider staying an extra night in Aswan. We can assist you with additional services like extra accommodation and transfers.

Meals: Breakfast