2 days tour to luxor from el gouna

2 days tour to luxor from el gouna

Day_1: El Gouna to Luxor(East Bank)

After picking you up from your hotel in  El Gouna  by a private A.C. Car, you will be transferred to  Luxor  for an overnight trip to  Luxor  from El Gouna . Upon arrival you will meet your private tour guide who will join you to explaine :


Karnak Temple:
no site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak . It is the largest temple complex ever built by man and represents the combined achievement of many generations of ancient builders and pharaohs. The Temple of  Karnak is actually three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples situated on 247 acres of land.

Luxor  Temple:
The Temple of  Luxor  was the center of the most important festival, the festival of Opet. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Rameses II, the temple's purpose was as a setting for the rituals of the festival. The festival was to reconcile the human aspect of the ruler with the divine office.

Lunch will be served in a local restaurant in  Luxor  with a Nile view

Overnight at 5stars Hotel

Day_2: Luxor(West Bank) to El Gouna

Breakfast at your hotel then you will join your tour guide to visit:

Valley of the Kings:
The final resting place of Egypt's rulers from the 18th to 20th dynasty, it is home to tombs including the great pharaoh Ramses II and boy pharaoh Tutankhamen.
His tombs were well stocked with all the material goods a ruler might need in the next world. Most of the decoration inside the tombs still well preserved.

Hatshepsut  Temple:
It is one of the most beautiful & best preserved of all of the temples of Ancient Egypt. The temple was built on three levels with two wide ramps in a central position joining the levels together.

Colossi of Memnon:
Two massive stone statues of king Amenhotep III are the only remains of a complete mortuary temple.
The statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which exist in   Cairo  then moved 700 KM to Luxor.

Lunch will be served in a local restaurant in  Luxor  with a Nile view

At this point you end your Two day trip to Luxor from El Gouna. Then return back to your hotel in El Gouna.

Optional tour:

1. Sound and Light Show at Karnak
2. Felucca trip