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Nile & Aswanthen Luxorthen Abu Simbel
8 nights · 9 days · As a couple
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- Day 4 Luxor Hot Air Balloon at Sunrise · About 1.5 hours including transfers
- Day 5 Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 6 Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut · 5–6 hours
Nile & Aswan
Days 1–2 · 2 nightsWhat to know about Nile & Aswan
- How long
- 4–5 nights recommended. Temples by day and the river between them: choose a boat by its name and its hours ashore, and the Nile does the rest.
- What deserves priority
- A cruise or dahabiya, Philae and time in Aswan.
- Aswan High Dam
The monument that ended ancient Egypt's calendar.
- Edfu Temple
The temple of Horus, whose walls are a library turned outwards.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Elephantine
A granite island at the first cataract, where Egypt used to end.
Open 08:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Kom Ombo Temple
A temple built twice over, side by side, for the crocodile and the falcon.
Open 07:00–21:00 · checked 15 September 2026
- Lake Nasser
An archive of ancient Nubia that nobody can visit.
- Nubian Village
A living Nubian village on the west bank at Aswan, facing the island of Sehel.
Luxor
Days 3–9 · 6 nightsWhat to know about Luxor
- How long
- 2–3 nights recommended. Stay in Luxor and you reach the West Bank tombs in the cool of the morning, with Karnak in the afternoon light.
- What deserves priority
- Valley of the Kings, West Bank and Karnak.
- Colossi of Memnon
Two seated colossi of Amenhotep III, the gatekeepers of a temple the flood once filled.
- Karnak
Not a temple. A temple city.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Luxor Temple
The temple the god came to visit.
Open 06:00–20:00 · checked 15 September 2026
- Medinet Habu
Ramesses III's temple and fortress, where the builders of the royal tombs came to demand their pay.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026
- Temple of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut's terraced temple against the cliffs, facing Karnak across the river.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- The Ramesseum
The temple and grain store of Ramesses II, where the fallen colossus of Ozymandias lies.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 17 October 2026
- Day 3Travel to LuxorTravel estimate: about 3–3½ hours by road.See day
- Day 4Dendera and Abydos Day Trip from LuxorSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo chapters of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity in one day.See day
- Day 5Luxor Hot Air Balloon at SunriseSuggested · About 1.5 hours including transfersFrom the air, the plan of Thebes is plain: the river down the middle, the temples of the gods on the east bank, and on the west the hills where the kings were buried.See day
Our suggestion for this day
Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu
- Tombs of the Nobles
- Tomb of Rekhmire
- Tomb of Sennefer
- Deir el-Medina
- Tomb of Sennedjem
Add to day 6More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- Short drives between three sites on the West Bank
- At the sites
- About 4 hours, most of it at the sites
- Format
- Private
- Best time
- Early morning, before the West Bank heats up
- Published departure window
- Morning pickup from your Luxor hotel
- Medinet Habu Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026
Our tip Take this after the Valley of the Kings, not instead of it: it makes more sense once you have seen the royal tombs these people built.
The full tour pageCompatible tours for day 6 (3)
- Luxor East and West Bank Private Day Tour
- Valley of the Kings
- Colossi of Memnon
- Hatshepsut's temple
Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut- Valley of the Kings
- Hatshepsut's temple
- Colossi of Memnon
Luxor Hot Air Balloon at Sunrise- Valley of the Kings
- Hatshepsut's temple
- Colossi of Memnon
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- Day 7Luxor East and West Bank Private Day TourSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo banks, one idea.See day
- Day 8A free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 9Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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- Nile & Aswan2 nights
- Luxor6 nights
- Abu SimbelA visit from Nile & Aswan
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- 8 nights · 9 days
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- As a couple
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