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Luxorthen Fayoumthen Abu Simbel
19 nights · 20 days · As a couple
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- Day 2 Luxor Hot Air Balloon at Sunrise · About 1.5 hours including transfers
- Day 3 Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 4 Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut · 5–6 hours
Luxor
Days 1–9 · 9 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 1Arrival in LuxorTime reserved for arrivalSee day
- Day 2Dendera and Abydos Day Trip from LuxorSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo chapters of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity in one day.See day
- Day 3A free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 4Luxor East and West Bank Private Day TourSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo banks, one idea.See day
- Day 5Luxor's Other West BankSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe New Kingdom hid its kings in the Valley of the Kings.See day
- Day 6Luxor 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 7Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 8Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 9Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
Fayoum
Days 10–13 · 4 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.
Abu Simbel
Days 14–20 · 6 nightsWhat to know about Abu Simbel
- How long
- From an Aswan base. Ramses II's colossal temple on Lake Nasser, reached from Aswan by an early road trip of about six hours there and back, or by a short flight.
- What deserves priority
- The temples of Ramses II and Nefertari.
- Abu Simbel
Two temples cut into a cliff above the Nile, taken apart and rebuilt higher to save them.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Day 14Travel to Abu SimbelTransfer time reservedSee day
- Day 15A free day in Abu SimbelOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 16Another free day in Abu SimbelOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 17Another free day in Abu SimbelOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 18Another free day in Abu SimbelOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 19Another free day in Abu SimbelOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 20Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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- Luxor9 nights
- Fayoum4 nights
- Abu Simbel6 nights
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