Luxor Day Trip from Cairo: Valley of Kings & Flights Included

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Duration14h 30m

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · AR +3

PickupAt your hotel

One Hour by Plane, Then Five Temples in a Single Day

You're picked up from your Cairo hotel at 6 a.m., flown to Luxor, and guided through five major temples plus the Valley of the Kings with a professional Egyptologist. Lunch and a felucca ride on the Nile break up the walking. Return flight and hotel drop-off are included, getting you back by evening.

14h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Full-day Luxor tour from Cairo

Pick up from Cairo hotel
Transfer to Cairo Airport
Fly from Cairo to Luxor
Meet guide at Luxor Airport
Visit Valley of the Kings
Visit Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Visit Medinet Habu temple
See Colossi of Memnon
Lunch at local restaurant
Felucca sail on Nile River
Visit Karnak Temple
Visit Luxor Temple
Transfer to Luxor Airport
Fly from Luxor to Cairo
Meet delegate at Cairo Airport
Transfer to Cairo hotel

The Experience

Most people spend weeks planning a Luxor trip. You'll do it in a day — and see more than travelers who stay overnight. The flight from Cairo takes just over an hour each way, which means you land in Luxor by mid-morning with a professional Egyptologist guide waiting at the airport with your company sign. From there, the itinerary moves fast but never feels rushed: Valley of the Kings first, where pharaohs were buried in rock-cut tombs for nearly 500 years, then the three massive terraces of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple rising straight out of the desert floor at Deir el-Bahari.

After Hatshepsut, you stop at Medinet Habu — Ramses III's burial temple, with an entrance 63 meters wide carved with the pharaoh himself punishing prisoners — and then the Colossi of Memnon, where you break for lunch at a local restaurant before the Nile part happens. That's the felucca ride, a traditional sailing boat where you actually sit down, have a drink, and let the river slow everything down for an hour. It's the only moment in the day that isn't about walking through stone, and it lands exactly when you need it.

The east bank temples come after: Karnak first, the biggest temple in Luxor, dedicated to Amun and his family, then Luxor Temple itself, completed by Ramses II in the 18th Dynasty. By late afternoon you're back at the airport for the return flight to Cairo, where a driver meets you and takes you back to your hotel. The whole day is private — just you, your guide, and an air-conditioned vehicle between sites — which means no waiting for group departures and no strangers setting the pace.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup from Cairo or Giza, round-trip flights to Luxor, private air-conditioned vehicle transportation between all sites, entry fees to the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Medinet Habu, Colossi of Memnon, Karnak Temple, and Luxor Temple, lunch at a local restaurant, a felucca ride on the Nile River with a drink, and a professional English-speaking Egyptologist guide for the entire day. Hotel drop-off in Cairo or Giza is included at the end.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

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Is this one for you?Book this if you're based in Cairo and want to see Luxor's main temples without staying overnight or arranging separate flights, transport, and tickets — the private guide and fixed schedule compress a multi-day trip into one manageable day.