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Fayoumthen Alexandriathen Luxor
19 nights · 20 days · As a couple
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- Day 13 Luxor Hot Air Balloon at Sunrise · About 1.5 hours including transfers
- Day 14 Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 15 Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut · 5–6 hours
Fayoum
Days 1–2 · 2 nightsWhat to know about Fayoum
- How long
- A day from Cairo, or a night. About two hours from Cairo each way. A day covers Wadi El Rayan or the Valley of the Whales; a night by Lake Qarun lets you see both without rushing.
- What deserves priority
- Wadi El Rayan's lakes and waterfalls, and the whale fossils of Wadi El Hitan.
- Wadi el-Hitan
A desert valley of fossil whales with legs, from a sea that covered Egypt forty million years ago.
Alexandria
Days 3–11 · 9 nightsWhat to know about Alexandria
- How long
- A long day from Cairo, or a night. Catacombs, a Roman theatre and the Mediterranean seafront. A day trip from Cairo is about six hours on the road in total; a night gives you an evening on the Corniche.
- What deserves priority
- The catacombs, the Roman theatre and Qaitbay Fort.
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Alexandria's modern library, built as a successor to the most famous library of the ancient world.
- Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa
A tomb built for the rich that grew into a city of the dead.
- Kom el-Dikka
Roman Alexandria at street level, uncovered in the middle of the modern city.
Open 09:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Pompey's Pillar
A single column of red granite, standing alone among the ruins of one of Alexandria's great temples.
- Qaitbay Fort
A Mamluk fortress built on the ruins of the Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders.
Open 09:00–20:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Day 3Travel to AlexandriaTransfer time reservedSee day
- Day 4A free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 5Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 6Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 7Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 8Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 9Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 10Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 11Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
Luxor
Days 12–20 · 8 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 12Travel to LuxorTransfer time reservedSee day
- Day 13Dendera and Abydos Day Trip from LuxorSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo chapters of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity in one day.See day
- Day 14A free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 15Luxor East and West Bank Private Day TourSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo banks, one idea.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 16More 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 16 (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 17Luxor 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
- Day 18Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 19Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 20Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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- Fayoum2 nights
- Alexandria9 nights
- Luxor8 nights
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