Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut Private Tour

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Duration4h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · AR +5

PickupAt your hotel

Three Hours Across the Nile to Egypt's Royal Tombs

You cross the Nile with a private Egyptologist guide, spend the morning at the Valley of the Kings tombs and Hatshepsut's temple on the West Bank, and return with a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon. Hotel pickup and air-conditioned transport are included; you set the time at each site, and the guide explains what you're seeing without entering the tombs themselves.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Luxor West Bank highlights

Cross Nile to West Bank
Visit Valley of the Kings
Stop at visitors center
Tour Temple of Hatshepsut
Free time to explore temple
Photo stop at Colossi of Memnon

The Experience

The guide shows up at your hotel before sunrise, and you cross the Nile in an air-conditioned minivan while the West Bank is still quiet. He knows the rhythm of the morning — when the crowds arrive, when the light hits the temple walls — and he's timed the route so you're at the Valley of the Kings when the site opens. Your guide can't go inside the tombs themselves (Egyptian law keeps them guide-free), but he walks you through what to look for in the painted burial chambers: the boat scenes, the hieroglyphic texts, the way the ancient artists filled every inch of stone. If you want to see Tutankhamun's tomb, that's an extra ticket you buy on the spot.

From there you drive to the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the scale of it stops you. Three terraces stacked against the cliff, colonnades stretching across the courtyard, and your guide tells you the story of the woman who ruled Egypt by pretending to be a man — how she dressed as a pharaoh, how her successor tried to erase her from history, how her temple survived anyway. You get free time to walk the courtyards yourself, read the hieroglyphics carved into the walls, stand in the shadows where the columns are thickest. The heat builds as the morning goes on, but the minivan is cool when you need it.

On the way back to Luxor, there's a stop at the Colossi of Memnon — two massive stone statues sitting alone in the fields, all that's left of a temple that's been gone for centuries. Your guide explains what stood there once, and you take a photo. The whole tour runs a few hours, flexible: you spend as long as you want at each place, and the guide adjusts the pace to what you need. Hotel drop-off happens mid-morning, and you're back with the rest of your day ahead.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off in an air-conditioned minivan, a private Egyptologist guide, entry to the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut Temple, and a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon.
The guide does not enter the tombs but explains the hieroglyphics and burial chamber layouts.
Additional entry to Tutankhamun's tomb is available for a separate fee paid on-site.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by South Sinai Travel

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the main West Bank sites without arranging your own transport or timing — the private guide and flexible pace mean you spend as long as you need at each temple and tomb, and the early morning start gets you there before the crowds.