On arrival at Luxor Airport or the Train station, you will be greeted and assisted by our representative of Nile Dream Tours. Then be transferred to the hotel.
Luxor ''Promo'' - 3 nights /4 days
Luxor, known as Tabet which means the Guarded land, Wast the sceptre of the great God Amun and the seat of the pharaohs' throne such as Ahmos, Amenhoteplll, Hatshepsut, Thotmsis lll, Horemheb, the capital of the Egyptian empire which lasted from 16th century BC to 11th century BC. Mentioned in the Homer's Iliad,(Thibeth of Hundred gates) named by Arab historians Alksoor means the palaces, the monuments established on the both Nile banks in Luxor represent a third of the human heritage still standing on the globe, UNESCO started a big project in Luxor in 2005 to make the city as the largest open museum in the world, which excavated the most of the great Avenue of Sphinxes connects between Karnak temples and Luxor temple, so far it is worthy to set aside enough time of your holiday planner to cover as much as you can of its highlights. Nile dream tours has a variety of programs to cover all interests,
According to this itinerary ''Luxor Promo'' you visit the most important sites of that ancient city Code / 369
On arrival at Luxor Airport or the Train station, you will be greeted and assisted by our representative of Nile Dream Tours. Then be transferred to the hotel.
You will start your private tour after breakfast as you will meet your private qualified Egyptologist tour guide and get on your private, modern A/C van to start your tour as following.
Valley of the Kings is one of the oldest Royal burial places in all over the world. It consists of more than 60 rock-cut tombs carved out of a big mountain which looks like a huge natural Pyramid overlooking the Nile on the west bank of Luxor, more than a third of this number of tombs used for burying the great pharaohs ruled Egypt from the 16th century to 11th century B.C which considered the glamorous days of Ancient Egypt known as the New Kingdom period (18th, 19th and 20th dynasties), such as the famous pharaohs Thotmosislll, Sityl Ramsisll, Ramsislll, etc.
Each tomb consists of 3 or 4 large corridors decorated with bright and colorful scenes, paintings and carvings representing philosophical ideas and future vision of the Hereafter, which explained and illustrated in 9 Holly books such as the book of deads, the book of caverns etc..., those large corridors end by the most important point of the tomb which is the burial chamber supposedly to have the most valuable objects of the treasure buried around the Pharaoh's mummy, as well we can see a very large painting of goddess Nut the goddess of the Sky and the journey of day and night, some of these burial chambers still has the sarcophagus you hardly believe it is cut out of single piece of granite brought from Aswan quarries 130 miles south of Luxor and taken dawn more than 300fts into the mountain, So many excavators worked in Valley of the Kings, such as Howard Carter who discovered the discovery of the discoveries of the 20th century which is the intact tomb of King Tut Ankh Amon occurred in 4th of November 1922.
Lunch in a local restaurant later you will visit the temple, The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut it's called "the Holy of Holies”. It is one of the best architecture buildings. It consists of three levels connected with each other by ramps and has different scenes on its walls depicting the divine birth of the Queen and her Commercial expedition to Punt Land. The temple is mainly dedicated to worship the supreme god Amon-Ra finally you stop by the two Colossi of Memnon which are two massive statues representing King Amenhotep III in a seating position. Then going back to the hotel, you have the possibility to enjoy an optional tour to Sound and light show in Karnak
After breakfast, you will cross the Nile once again to the west bank to visit Medina habu complex here Ramses III constructed his larger memorial temple the whole temple complex was surrounded by a massive fortified enclosure wall, with an unusual gateway at the eastern entrance, known as the pavilion gate. This structure, a copy of Syrian Migdal fortresses is something you would not expect to see in Egypt.
Later you visit the tombs of the nobles are more than 400 tombs belonging to nobles from the VI dynasty to the Greco-Roman period, decorated with scenes of their daily lives.
Afterwards, you visit the village of Deir el-Medina was a special village for craftsmen working on the royal tombs, and for their families. It functioned for almost 500 years. The oldest burials on the site date back to the time of Hatshepsut but there are tombs of the XVIII Dynasty found elsewhere. After the visit, you will return to your hotel.
After breakfast, you visit the East bank
The Egyptians believed that towards the end of the annual agricultural cycle the gods and the earth became exhausted and required a fresh input of energy from the chaotic energy of the cosmos, to accomplish this magical regeneration the Opet festival was held yearly the procession began at Karnak and ended at Luxor Temple
Karnak Temple, a city of temples built over 2,000 years It is the largest religious building ever made, covering about 1.5 km by 0.8 km could hold ten average European cathedrals. The great temple at the heart of Karnak is so big that St Peter’s, Milan, and Notre Dame Cathedrals would fit within its walls. with the largest number of pylons in all the Egyptian temples dedicated to the sacred triad of Thebes Gods, Amun, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu
Luxor Temple, Lying at the other end of Thebes connected with Karnak by the avenue of sphinxes the temple was built by Amenhotep III completed by Tutankhamun and Horemheb from the XVIII dynasty and finally Ramses II from the XIX dynasty added the first pylon later the sanctuary was reconstructed by Alexander the Great
Lunch in a local restaurant then you will be transferred to the airport or the train station
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Category | Single | From 2 to 4 Pax | From 5 to 8 Pax | More than 8 |
4* | $ 615 | $ 415 | $ 350 | Check |
5* standard | $ 685 | $ 460 | $ 400 | Check |
Luxury | $ 800 | $ 575 | $ 450 | Check |
Hotel Category | Hotel Name |
4* | Mercure Luxor Karnak or similar |
5* standard | Sonesta san gorger or similar |
Luxury | Jolie ville Luxor or similar |
Price per person in a double room.
Booking policy
Nile dream offers flexible down payment just 50% to start preceding your booking, such as hotel room, cruise cabin, domestic flight ticket etc. As for the rest either money transfer 2 days before your arrival date, or in cash to be handed to Nile dream rep. upon arrival
Children Policy
• 1 - 03.99 Free of Charge
• 4 - 5.99 pay 25% of tour price
• 6 - 11.99 pay 50% of tour price
• 12+ pay full tour price as per adult
Children less than 12 years will pay the cost of domestic flights if the tour includes it.
Cancellation policy
It will be a Cancellation fee charged according to the following scale.
• 2 months 60 days before your arrival date you will be charged 10%of the total price.
• 1 month 30 days before your arrival date you will be charged 20% of the total price.
• 2 weeks 14 days before your arrival date you will be charged 50% of the total price
• Less than 14 days before your arrival date you will be charged 100% of the total price. Any Cancellation to a domestic flight Ticket for any case and any time during your stay, you will be charged a Cancellation fee according to the Airline's company Cancellation policy
Emergency Cancellation policy
Nile dream tour is very concerned about the safety of our customers, so for some reasons such as government travel warning and Airline issues and any other safety issues you will be informed about full refund Cancellation policy
Tipping system
Tipping is a common way of showing appreciation and satisfaction to good service in Egypt. So, it is a way of life and expected. Nile dream tour set a Kitty system. Instead of giving it individually which is exhausting to your budget, kindly requested hand the set amount kitty to Nile dream rep. upon arrival, it includes drivers, porters, Nile cruise staff etc. It does not include tour guide; you can hand your appreciation directly to him.
Precautions against Covid-19
Regarding avoid the spread of Covid-19. We will apply the following precautions
1- Guests are obliged to wear masks from the start to the end of the tour, including the members of the service (guide, drivers etc...) it will be provided to whom they need it during the tour
2- The temperature of the guests will be measured daily, excluding those maintaining in quarantine and display fever or symptoms, those with a temperature of more than 37 degrees Celsius (99 Fahrenheit) will be full refunded.
3- we should respect one-meter safe distance as possible as we can and the tour consists of not more than 6 persons
4- Disinfection gel and Alcohol will be available before, during and after the service moreover, the transportation will be cleaned very well by disinfection solutions before and after each service.
• Meet and greet service by our representatives upon your airport arrival.
• Transfers in private vehicle with air conditioning.
• 2 Airport transfers.
• English-speaking tour guide during your excursions
• 1 Bottled mineral water every day
• 3 Day Tours
• Main Entrance Fees
• Excursions according to the itinerary.
• This itinerary could be changed in order according to the circumstances of service not to be canceled• 3 meals during visits at a local restaurant
• 3 meals in a local restaurant
• Accommodation in Luxor for 3 nights, including daily breakfast.
• Tourism Police Permission
• Tax
• International airfare to Egypt
• Entry Visa to Egypt
• Personal spending.
• Optional Activities.
• Drinks
• Tipping.
• Anything not mentioned above.
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This page would have not appeared without the voluntary efforts and extreme cooperation from Nacho Ares and the philologist Maty Guerrero, thanks to the materials provided by both of them such as photos, videos, links and ideas