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Luxorthen Fayoumthen Abu Simbel
12 nights · 13 days · as a couple
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Luxor
Days 1–8 · 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 1Luxor's Other West BankOur suggestion · Half day · about 4 hoursSee day
- Day 2Luxor East and West Bank Private Day TourOur suggestion · Full day · about 8 hoursSee day
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Fayoum
Days 9–11 · 3 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 12–13 · 1 nightWhat 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

