Day Trips & Excursions in Egypt

Explore the important landmarks and attractions of the East Bank and Luxor Temple during this 2-hour private tour from Luxor. With your dedicated Egyptologist guide, tour the Luxor Temple, dedicated to the Theben Triad of Amun-Ra, Mut and Khonsu. See the impressive granite statues of Ramses the Great and enjoy free time to explore on your own. Learn about the history and archaeology of the area through your guide's informative commentary. All entrance fees and round-trip transportation from Luxor are included.

Full day tour visiting the old Cairo, which is known as the Cairo Coptic (Christian and Islamic). Highlights include Citadel of Saladin, Alabaster Mosque, Mohamed Ali Pasha Palace, Mosques of Sultan Hassan, Al-Rifai, Churches of Hanging, St Sergio's, St. Barbara; Ben Ezra and Lunch included in the price.

Explore the great antiquities of Karnak and Luxor Temple on this 3-hour East Bank private tour from Luxor. Travel by private minivan to Karnak, a vast complex built by over 30 pharaohs from around 2,000 BC. Walk the Avenue of the Sphinxes, and behold the giant Hypostyle Hall columns and more as you discover their history. Then, admire the carved chambers and huge Ramses II statues of Luxor Temple. Hear the temple's story from your Egyptologist guide and discover how an avenue of ram-headed sphinxes once linked it to Karnak.

See Luxor's temples, tombs and monuments on a full-day tour to the East and West Banks of the Nile with an Egyptologist guide, and explore the highlights of this ancient world. Discover royal crypts in the Valley of the Kings then visit the elegant Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's first female pharaoh. Take in the lonely colossi of Memnon and cross the Nile for lunch at a local restaurant; walk stone paths through the sprawling Karnak Temple then follow an imposing sphinx-lined road into Luxor, Upper Egypt's "˜southern sanctuary.'

Your tour guide will pick you up from the lobby of the hotel by private air conditioned car at 06:00 am to visit temple of Danderah.This beautiful Ptolemaic is dedicated to the Goddess of love called Hathor.Here there are striking bas-reliefs of Cleopatra and her son Caesarian ,the only temple in Egypt to portray this famous queen and her son. Danderah is also the only temple in Egypt where the roof is accessible to enable you to enjoy a view of the area,from Denderah ,drive on through the lush countryside and villages to visit Abydos, the renowned temple of Seti 1st.Here you will see the famed 'Tablet of Abydos' which lists seventy six Egyptian kings in chronological order.A fascinating day to experience two distinctly different styles of temples,drive back to the hotel.

Ancient Egypt's two most critical sites, Luxor and Cairo, lie over 400 miles (644 kilometers) apart by road. But even if you're pressed for time, you can still see the Valley of the Kings. This fantastic full-day private tour by plane checks off all of Luxor's signature sites: the temples of Luxor, Karnak, and Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon, and, of course, the majestic valley where Tutankhamun's remains were found.

THIS PRICE IS per BOOKING -OR- per GROUP. Memphis: Temple of Ptah Temple of Hathor Temple of Apis Museum: Statue of Ramses II Saqqara (from Beni Saqqar, a local Berber tribe): Mastaba (bench) of Ti Step Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser); Pyramid of Unas Serapeum (northwest of Saqqra): Temple dedicated to the syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian god Serapis, who combined aspects of Osiris and Apis Tombs of the Apis bulls Dahshur (south of Saqqara): Red and Bent Pyramids (Sneferu, father of Khufu)

Step back 4,000 years in time on a 6-hour tour of the Nile's West Bank antiquities from Luxor. Traveling by air-conditioned minibus with an Egyptologist guide, journey to the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens to explore some of the underground tombs of pharaohs and their wives. View the still-colorful paintings in the chambers, and learn about the ancient Egyptian belief in the afterlife. Visit the spectacular Temple of Hatshepsut, a rare female pharaoh; and see the Colossi of Memnon, two towering statues of Amenhotep III.

Experience the ancient treasures of Luxor on a full-day private trip from Hurghada by road. Travel through Egypt's Eastern Desert mountains by air-conditioned vehicle, and explore Luxor's historical highlights with a qualified Egyptologist guide. Awe at the massive columns and halls of Karnak, descend into colorfully painted royal tombs at the Valley of the Kings, and admire the Colossi of Memnon and Temple of Hatshepsut as you learn the stories and secrets behind the sites. Your tour includes lunch and all entrance fees.

Leave Sharm El Sheikh for an off-road, full-day Jeep safari to the Colored Canyon and the Blue Hole, and discover two of the Sinai's most iconic sites. Take a downhill walk through the canyon's fantastical swirls of rock, and clamber through narrow stone passages. Slide and climb over steep dunes and continue to the Blue Hole; dine alongside the infamous dive site, then swim through the sunny shallows "” bring a mask and fins to explore the area's thriving reefs. Pause in Dahab's shops and cafes, then set out across the desert and return to Sharm El Sheikh.

Take a private tour of Luxor with a Qualified Egyptologist guide. Visit Valley of the Kings, Necropolis of Thebes, the Colossi of Memnon, and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman ever to rule Egypt as pharaoh. To top off the day, go for a camel or horseback ride before heading back to your hotel. This is a great tour for first time visitors.

Discover Egypt's most iconic sites on a full-day trip from Cairo to the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus, then visit the ancient city of Memphis and its necropolis at Saqqara. Explore the sandy Giza Plateau, visit the enigmatic sphinx then pause for lunch at a local restaurant; see Djoser's distinctive stepped pyramid and elegant funerary complex, then wander the stones, statues and ruined temples of Memphis, the open-air remains of a city that once dominated Lower Egypt.  

Devote a day to the wonders of the West Bank on this full-day sightseeing tour from Luxor. With a qualified Egyptologist guide to show you the sights, travel to the Nile's western shores and investigate the age-old treasures scattered around the valleys and mountains. Explore three tombs at the Valley of the Kings, see the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon and Temple of Ramses III. Plus, explore the Valley of the Artisans, where the ancient tomb builders once lived. The tour includes a delicious lunch and air-conditioned transportation.

Wander through thousands of years of ancient history in Egypt during this full-day private trip covering the Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Sakkara and Dahshour. Follow your Egyptologist guide on an exploration of the iconic Giza Pyramids and Sphinx, learning about their construction and connection to the empire's pharaohs. Continue to the lesser-known, but still impressive, pyramids and tombs of Sakkara before finishing with a look at the pyramids of Dahshour. Your trip also covers a private vehicle, lunch, entrance fees and round-trip hotel transport.