Thebes from the sea
Luxor Day Trip from Hurghada: Karnak, the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut
Full day · about 14 hours door to door · Luxor · Private
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From the coast of the Red Sea to Thebes, where Egypt's kings stopped building pyramids and cut their tombs into a hidden valley instead. The day follows that change: Karnak's temple for the living god, then the tombs and memorial temples on the west bank.
Details checked
- Travel time
- Several hours by road each way from Hurghada
- Time at sites
- About 6 hours in Luxor
- Best time to go
- October to April; summer days in Luxor are extremely hot
- Intensity
- Active
Proposed highlights
- Karnak, the temple city of Amun
- The Valley of the Kings
- The Temple of Hatshepsut
- The Colossi of Memnon
Places you visit
- Karnak
- Valley of the Kings
- Temple of Hatshepsut
- Colossi of Memnon
- Entrance tickets
- To be confirmed in your quote
- Optional / extra
- To be confirmed
- Tour format
- Private
How the day runs
From the coast of the Red Sea to Thebes, where Egypt's kings stopped building pyramids and cut their tombs into a hidden valley instead. The day follows that change: Karnak's temple for the living god, then the tombs and memorial temples on the west bank.
Early morning
Early pickup
Collection from your Hurghada hotel before dawn for the drive to Luxor.
Morning
Karnak
Not a temple. A temple city. The temple city of Amun and its hypostyle hall.
Midday
The Valley of the Kings
The royal cemetery of the New Kingdom, cut into a dry valley beneath a pyramid-shaped peak. Royal tombs cut into the valley on the west bank.
Afternoon
The Temple of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut's terraced temple against the cliffs, facing Karnak across the river. The terraced memorial temple at Deir el-Bahari.
Evening
Return to Hurghada
Past the Colossi of Memnon and back across the desert.
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Complete this day
We place these around the tour’s real timing. Anything that cannot fit cleanly stays an untimed request until we confirm it.
Karnak and the West Bank
A photoshoot in Luxor's temples
A photographer who knows Karnak's columns and quieter corners, and the hours when the light comes through them.
Late afternoon · About 2 hours. At opening time or in the last hours before closing.
We confirm the photographer and their portfolio, temple permissions, the edited set and the delivery date.
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Photo: Djehouty, CC BY-SA 4.0
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