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2-Day Private Tours to Luxor and Dendera from Cairo by Sleeper Train

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Length

4 days

Itinerary

4 days planned

Group

Max 20

Guides

Arabic, English

Overview

Getting from Cairo to Luxor can be tough because it takes more than eight hours if traveling by car. Choose instead to travel by train during this overnight tour to Luxor from Cairo by sleeper train. Along with Cairo hotel pickup and drop-off, you’ll also have your meals provided and train ticket, too. See top attractions in Luxor including Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, and the Temple of Hatshepsut. Visit the temple of Goddess Hathor at Dendera and the temple of Madient Habu in Luxor west bank. Door-to-door transfers, one night at 4 star hotel, Sleeping train tickets round-trip are included.

Day by day itinerary

  1. 1Cairo train station transfer and overnight sleeper Train to Luxor⌄

    Our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo at 6:30 pm by air-conditioned vehicle to Cairo or Giza train station for your board to Luxor which takes about 10 hours including dinner and breakfast.

    Meals: Dinner

    Overnight: Overnight in the sleeping train

  2. 2Arrive Luxor, Luxor East and West bank tour⌄

    Arrive to Luxor where you will be accompanied by your own Egyptologist tour guide to visit the famous Karnak temple the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means “the most sacred of places.” The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great “Hypostyle Hall” is an incredible forest of giant pillars.

    and then you will be accompanied by your tour guide to visit the majestic Luxor temple which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun. On the way you will enjoy lunch (Optional)

    then, drive for 40 minutes to the West Bank of The Nile River, where you will be visiting the two Colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs

    Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut temple at El Deir El Bahari, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. Then you will be transferred to your hotel accommodation in Luxor.

    Meals: Breakfast: Breakfast on the train

    Overnight: 3 star hotel in Luxor

  3. 3Dendera Temple and Overnight train to Cairo⌄

    Our tour guide will pick you up after breakfast from your hotel around 7 am to discover the ancient sites. First, drive 80 KM to Dendera to visit the Temple of Hathor, goddess of love and joy.The temple is located in Dendera which is situated 65 km, at the north of Luxor, 90 minutes driving.

    Drive back in comfort to Luxor to wait at the lobby of your hotel for the evening pick up to take the Overnight sleeping train back to Cairo.

    Meals: Breakfast · Dinner

    Overnight: Overnight at the sleeping train

  4. 4Transfer to your hotel in Cairo or Giza⌄

    Once you arrive at Giza train station, our driver will be waiting for you to drive back to your hotel in Cairo or Giza.

    Meals: Breakfast

What's included

  • ✓Dinner
  • ✓Breakfast
  • ✓One night at 4 star hotel in Luxor.
  • ✓English Speaking Egyptologist guide
  • ✓Pick up services from your hotel & return.
  • ✓2 dinners, 2 breakfast at sleeper train.
  • ✓2 full day private tour to Luxor east and west banks and dendera temple

Not included

  • ✕Entrance fees to the mentioned sightseeing
  • ✕Tipping to the guide and driver.
  • ✕Available to pick Travelers at Cairo airport, 6th.Oct or New Cairo hotels with extra 15$ USD per.p.
  • ✕Available to drop Travelers at Cairo airport, 6th.Oct or New Cairo hotels with extra 15$ USD per.p
  • ✕Lunch is optional during the day tours in Luxor.

Good to know

Cancellation: All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • You will need to pay the entrance fees to the sightseeing by card.
  • Other languages are available with extra charge upon your request.
  • Upon booking, please provide us with your passport copy to buy the sleeping train tickets.

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