4 Days Luxor & Aswan

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1. 1
   Day 1 · LuxorArrival in Luxor and Karnak

   Arrival. A guide meets you at Luxor airport, and the private air-conditioned vehicle takes you to the hotel, where you check in. You arrange your own flight into Luxor and tell us the time.

   Afternoon. You walk through Karnak with your Egyptologist guide. The Great Hypostyle Hall has 134 columns, 12 of them 21 m high, and the guide explains how the hall is laid out. Entrance fees are included. Lunch and dinner are not included, and the guide can suggest places to eat.

   • ReceptionMeet and assist at the airport
   • Pick-upPrivate transfer to your hotel
   • MealsNone included

   Overnight in Luxor
2. 2
   Day 2 · LuxorWest Bank and Luxor Temple

   Morning. After breakfast you cross to the West Bank. The Valley of the Kings holds tombs from about 1539 to 1075 BC, and your guide explains the ones you visit. The tombs of Tutankhamun, Seti I and Ramesses VI carry extra tickets and are not included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, and the guide helps you choose a place. Hatshepsut's temple at Deir al-Bahari and Medinet Habu, built for Ramesses III, follow. Entrance fees for these sites are covered.

   Evening. Luxor Temple is the evening visit, and then you return to the same hotel in Luxor for a second night.

   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsBreakfast

   Overnight in Luxor
3. 3
   Day 3 · Luxor to AswanRoad to Aswan via Edfu and Kom Ombo

   Morning. After breakfast you check out, with your luggage in the private vehicle, and start the road to Aswan, about 220 km in all. At Edfu the Temple of Horus took from 237 BC to 57 BC to build and stands on the west bank. Your guide explains the temple as you walk through it.

   Afternoon. At Kom Ombo the temple has two sanctuaries side by side. Lunch is not included, and the guide helps you choose a place. With two temples and lunch, the road day fills most of the day. Then you reach Aswan and visit Philae, where the Temple of Isis was rebuilt on Agilkia Island.

   Evening. You check in at your hotel in Aswan for the night. Entrance fees for Edfu, Kom Ombo and Philae are included. Dinner is not included.

   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsBreakfast

   Overnight in Aswan
4. 4
   Day 4 · AswanHigh Dam, obelisk and Nubian Museum

   Morning. After breakfast you check out and visit the High Dam, built from 1958 to 1970, which created Lake Nasser. Your guide then takes you to the Unfinished Obelisk in the east-bank quarry, which was meant to be about 41.7 m tall.

   Afternoon. The Nubian Museum, opened in 1997, closes the visit. Lunch is not included, and the guide helps you choose a place. Entrance fees for all three sites are included.

   Departure. The private vehicle takes you to Aswan airport at the time your flight needs. You arrange your own flight out of Aswan.

   • Drop-offPrivate transfer to the airport or station
   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsBreakfast

   Departure

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