private Tour to Luxor from Cairo by Sleeper Train

Itinerary

Day 1: Cairo

Stop At: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Upper Egypt Tours representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo at 6:30 pm by air-conditioned modern vehicle to Cairo or Giza train station for your board to Luxor which takes about 9 hours including dinner and breakfast.

Duration: 9 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Luxor

Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Arrive to luxor where you will be accompanied by your own Egyptologist tour guide to visit the famous Karnak temple the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means “the most sacred of places.” The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great “Hypostyle Hall” is an incredible forest of giant pillars. On the way you will enjoy lunch at quality restaurant and then you will be accompanied by your tour guide to visit the majestic Luxor temple which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun, then visit the West Bank of The Nile River you will be visiting the two Colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. Proceed to have your lunch at local restaurant , then you will be transferred to your hotel accommodation in Luxor.

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Luxor

Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Upper Egypt Tours representative will pick you up from your hotel to discover the ancient sites. First, drive 80 KM to Dendera to visit the Temple of Hathor, goddess of love and joy.The temple is located in Dendera which is situated at the north of Luxor , then move to The mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu is an important Kingdom period structure in the west bank of luxor in egypt . Aside from its size and architecture and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting during the region of Ramsses III. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch After that return back to Luxor train station to get your Sleeper Train to Cairo or Giza train station
then drive back to your hotel after arriving Cairo or Giza train station.

Duration: 6 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.