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Luxorthen Nile & Aswanthen Abu Simbel
5 nights · 6 days · As a couple
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- Day 2 Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 3 Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut · 5–6 hours
Luxor
Days 1–3 · 3 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
Nile & Aswan
Days 4–6 · 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.
- Day 4Travel to Nile & AswanTravel estimate: about 3–3½ hours by road.See day
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Abu Simbel Day Trip from Aswan
- Abu Simbel
Add to day 5More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- About 3.5 hours each way by road
- At the sites
- Ask us: time at the temples depends on your departure slot
- Format
- Private
- Best time
- A later departure for fewer people; the earliest one for the morning light
- Published departure window
- Daily, between 5:00 am and 9:00 am
- Abu Simbel Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
Our tip Choose an early departure if cooler sightseeing matters most, or request a later, gentler start. Allow about 3.5 hours to reach the temples; an early pickup is not a promise of sunrise on site.
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- Luxor3 nights
- Nile & Aswan2 nights
- Abu SimbelA visit from Nile & Aswan
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