Luxor Day Trip from Hurghada: Valley of Kings & Nile Boat

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Duration12h–15h

GroupUp to 30

LanguagesEN · DE

PickupAt your hotel

A 4:15am pickup takes you 280km inland to pharaonic Luxor in one day

You get picked up before sunrise, driven to Luxor, guided through Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings with three tomb entries, cross the Nile by boat, eat lunch on the riverbank, and see Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossi of Memnon before returning to Hurghada in the evening. Hotel pickup and drop-off, guide, and lunch are all included — you just need your passport and a willingness to start very early.

12h–15h

Step-by-step itinerary

Full day Luxor tour from Hurghada

Pickup from hotel at 04:15am
Drive to Luxor
Stop for bathroom and breakfast
Visit Karnak Temple Complex
Boat crossing Nile to west bank
Buffet lunch at Hawaii restaurant
Explore Valley of the Kings tombs
Visit Temple of Hatshepsut
See Colossi of Memnon statues
Visit alabaster factory and souvenir shop
Rest stop for bathroom or dinner
Return drive to Hurghada hotel

The Experience

Your driver arrives at the hotel before dawn. The road stretches south through the desert for about three hours, and around 7am there's a rest stop where you can use the bathroom or grab breakfast if you ordered a box from your hotel the night before. By mid-morning you're standing in front of Karnak Temple Complex on the east bank of the Nile — a sprawl of decayed temples and pylons that takes time to walk through, and your Luxor guide meets you there to explain what you're looking at. The scale of it doesn't hit until you're inside.

After Karnak, you cross the Nile by boat — a four-minute ride to the west bank where the rest of the day tour happens. Lunch is a buffet at a local restaurant on the Nile (drinks cost extra, around 2 EUR). Then you head to the Valley of the Kings, where your entrance ticket lets you visit three tombs. The valley itself is a dry gorge where pharaohs were buried in rock-cut chambers for nearly 500 years, from the 16th to 11th century BC. You walk between the entrances, and the heat builds as the day goes on. After the tombs you stop at the Temple of Hatshepsut, a mortuary temple built into the cliffs at Deir el-Bahari, and then at the Colossi of Memnon — two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III that have stood there since 1350 BCE. There's an alabaster factory visit where you can see how they work the stone and buy souvenirs if you want; the bathroom is free and they offer free soft drinks.

The return drive to Hurghada takes the same route. You'll be back at your hotel around 10pm or later, so order a late dinner from the hotel when you book your breakfast box — you'll want it. The whole day is about 14 to 16 hours door to door, and it moves fast because the sites are spread out and there's a lot of ground to cover. A local guide walks you through each stop, so you're not reading plaques on your own.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off from Hurghada, El Gouna, Makadi or Soma Bay, a local guide for the Luxor sites, entrance fees to Karnak Temple, the Valley of the Kings (three tombs), Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon, a four-minute Nile boat crossing from the east bank to the west bank, and a buffet lunch at a local restaurant on the Nile.
Drinks with lunch are an extra charge.
The tour runs from approximately 4:15am until 10pm or later.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Ramashka Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see Luxor's main pharaonic sites in one day from Hurghada without arranging your own transport, guide, or tickets — the early start and fixed itinerary are what fit five major attractions and a Nile crossing into a single trip.