A tour to the Valley of the Queens from El Gouna is a full-day adventure. The 16-hour trip starts with a 4:30 AM hotel pickup for a 4-to-5-hour drive to Luxor. You explore the West Bank and return to your hotel around 9:00 PM.
Valley of Queens Luxor Tour El Gouna is an exceptional excursion to see the temples of Luxor with a visit to the Valley of Queens from El Gouna, Egypt! We recommend the trip because it typically allows tourists to discover many ancient Egyptian attractions and learn about the country’s history.
Highlights Luxor & Valley of Queens Excursion from El Gouna
- Admire Karnak Temple in the city of the living.
- Lunch.
- The Colossi of Memnon at the Temple of Amenhotep III.
- Visit the temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
- Also, the Valley of the Queens at the City of the Dead.
Itinerary of Luxor Trip
A day trip from El Gouna to Luxor specifically featuring the Valley of the Queens is an immersive 16-hour journey that spans roughly 280 kilometers each way. While standard group tours focus exclusively on the Valley of the Kings, this tour allows you to substitute or add the Valley of the Queens to see historic highlights like the vibrantly colored royal tombs.
- The Landious Travel representative will pick you up from the El Gouna hotels at approximately 03:00 am.
- After taking all the passengers, the bus leaves for Luxor, passing the cities of Safaga and Qena. The resort town of Safaga is 45 miles south of Hurghada on the Red Sea coast. At the same time, Qena is located 220 km away in the Nile Valley. The journey from the centre of Hurghada to Luxor takes about 5 hours.
Schedule in Eastern Luxor
- As soon as you arrive at Luxor, we will show you the Karnak temple, which is dedicated to the god Amun. It is the largest in Egypt and the whole ancient world. This temple strategically stands in the City of Living – Eastern Luxor. Initially, your guide will launch into the explanation in this temple. Next, he will show you the frequently visited places of this massive complex. The complex itself contains other temples and buildings. Your guide will have a task to describe all these temples. Besides, our guide will give you free time to take a picture.
- After visiting the Karnak temple in Eastern Luxor, you can shop for some time.
- Then, you start a boat picnic through the Nile River with a visit to Banana Island. It is a secondary program; you can order it in advance through us! Once the boat picnic ends, you will be in the Western Luxor – the City of the Dead.
Program in Western Luxor
- Naturally, the trip will continue in Western Luxor. The first stop there will be at the Colossi of Memnon. These are the two majestic statues that stand at the entrance of the temple of Amenhotep III. Your guide shows them and allows you to take a picture.
- Further, the bus goes to the magnificent temple of Queen Hatshepsut. It is an impressive temple located in Deir El-Bahari. The builders of this temple cut it professionally into the rock. Also, it consists of three floors. Around this temple, you will see all sorts of tombs and two temples. On the right-hand side, you will discover the temples of Thutmose III and Amenhopa Neb Hept Ra. Once again, the guide gives information and gives free time for investigating the place.
- Consequently, the program allows you to see how artisans prepared antiquated statues. The tourists undoubtedly get this idea in the factory alabaster.
- Before the end of the program in Western Luxor, you visit the Valley of the Queens. This place is so great and exciting! Pharaohs built tombs for their wives and sons in the Valley of the Queens.
Departure
- Finally, our bus returns to Hurghada after such a program in the glorious city of Luxor.
- This Excursion to Luxor, including a visit to the Valley of the Queens from El Gouna, ends at approximately 22:00.
What Does the Price of Luxor & Valley of Queens Excursion El Gouna Include?
- Tickets for visiting temples.
- Lunch.
- Guide.
- Also, transfer to Luxor and go back to the hotel.
What does the Valley of Queens & Luxor Excursion El Gouna program not include?
- Additional excursion programs.
- Also, Drinks.
Here are some recommended items to bring along for your trip
- Breakfast box.
- Also, put on suitable clothes for the season.
Luxor & Valley of Queens Excursion El Gouna Booking Days
- Sunday from 04:00 – 20:00.
- Tuesday from 04:00 – 20:00.
- Also, Thursday from 04:00 – 20:00.
What can you Expect to see during Excursion Luxor & Valley of Queens from El Gouna?
Monuments on the eastern bank of the River Nile
Karnak Temple
It is the largest temple complex in the ancient world. Amazingly, it represents the achievement of many generations of ancient builders and pharaohs. Its old name is Ipet-isut, meaning “the most sacred of places”.
Unceasingly, this complex temple’s building lasted over two thousand years. It comprises three principal temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples on 247 acres of land. Within the great “Hypostyle Hall” haunt an incredible forest of giant pillars.
Luxor Temple
The Temple of Luxor remained the centre of the most important festival—the festival of Opet. Amenhotep III and Ramses II founded this majestic Luxor temple dedicated to the god Amun. This festival reconciled the ruler’s human aspect with the divine office.
Monuments on the western bank of the River Nile
Valley of the Queens
In this Dolmen Valley, there is a preserved road along which workers of Deir el-Medina moved to the Valley of the Queens. Along this road, you will see a rocky temple built in honour of Ptah and Meritseger.
Hatshepsut Temple
At El Deir El Bahary, Hatshepsut Temple is an impressive temple dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut, the only female pharaoh. Impressively, it rises out of the desert with a series of terraces. It merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. It is one of the most beautiful and best-preserved temples of Ancient Egypt.
Temple of Tuthmose III
The temple construction occurred during the last decade of Thutmose III’s reIII’sWe can guess that it was around 1435-1425 BC. Most probably, the temple was destroyed by an earthquake. It happened at the beginning of the twenty-first dynasty. Many discoveries took place eventually. One of them was the fragments of walls covered with relief decoration.
Also, Colossi of Memnon
The significant remains of a vast mortuary temple are two massive mono-stone statues of King Amenhotep III.