Luxor Day Trip from Hurghada: Valley of Kings & Tutankhamun Tomb

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Duration12h–14h

GroupPrivate

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PickupAt your hotel

Two 67-foot statues stand guard over Luxor's royal tombs—and you'll see them in one day from the Red Sea

You visit four major Luxor sites in one day with a private Egyptologist guide who stays with your group, not a rotating schedule. Hotel pickup and drop-off in Hurghada, lunch at a local restaurant, and all transport in an air-conditioned vehicle are included. The full day takes about 12 hours, so you leave early and return in the evening.

12h–14h

Step-by-step itinerary

Full day Luxor temples and tombs tour

Travel from Hurghada to Luxor
Visit Karnak Temple Complex
Explore Valley of the Kings
See Tomb of Tutankhamun
Visit Temple of Hatshepsut
View Colossi of Memnon statues
Return to Hurghada

The Experience

The Colossi of Memnon are the first thing you notice when you arrive in Luxor's West Bank—two massive limestone figures of Pharaoh Amenophis III, weathered and commanding, rising from the desert floor like sentries. They mark the entrance to a landscape that holds more pharaonic history than almost anywhere else on earth. On this private day trip from Hurghada, you start there and move through the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, Karnak Temple Complex, and the tomb of Tutankhamun, all with your own Egyptologist guide who can linger wherever you want instead of keeping to a group schedule.

The day begins with hotel pickup in Hurghada and a private air-conditioned drive to Luxor—about 280 kilometers south, which takes time but gets you there without the noise of a bus full of strangers. Your guide meets you and walks you through the Valley of the Kings first, where rock-cut tombs honeycomb the cliffs. Tutankhamun's tomb is the centerpiece: four chambers, an entrance corridor, and the weight of nearly 3,300 years of burial intact. The tomb itself is small and crowded, but standing in front of the sealed doorway and hearing the details of its discovery in 1922 makes the scale of it real in a way no photograph does. After that, the Temple of Hatshepsut rises in terraces against the cliff face—a mortuary temple built during the reign of a female pharaoh, which was unusual enough to matter. The Karnak Temple Complex comes later, a vast sprawl of decayed pylons, chapels, and sanctuaries that took centuries to build.

Lunch happens at a local restaurant in Luxor, where you eat Egyptian dishes without having to figure out where to go or what's safe. Bottled water is included throughout the day. Because this is a private tour, you set the pace—if you want to spend an extra hour at one temple or move quickly through another, your guide adjusts. The drive back to Hurghada happens in the evening, and you're dropped at your hotel.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off in Hurghada, private air-conditioned transport to and from Luxor, entry to the Valley of the Kings, Tutankhamun's tomb, Temple of Hatshepsut, Karnak Temple Complex, and the Colossi of Memnon.
A qualified Egyptologist guide accompanies you throughout, lunch at a local restaurant in Luxor, and bottled water are included.
This is a private tour, so only your group participates.

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Easy physical levelInfant seats available

Operated by Visit Luxor Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see Luxor's main pharaonic sites in one day without arranging transport, hiring a guide separately, or keeping to a group's fixed schedule—the private format is what lets you spend extra time where it matters to you.