Half-Day Luxor East Bank Tour: Karnak Temple & Luxor Temple with Tickets, Transfers and Optional Lunch

4 hoursEnglish, Spanish, French, Italian +12Luxor, Egypt

Free cancellation

Your experience

Explore Luxor’s ancient wonders on a guided shared or private half-day tour, including lunch and visits to Karnak and Luxor Temples.

Getting started

Meet your professional guide at the designated location in Luxor. After a brief introduction, your guide will outline the day’s itinerary before leading you to the first temple.

What to expect

Visit Karnak and Luxor Temples on a guided journey through ancient Thebes. Explore grand halls, sacred spaces, and centuries-old carvings as your guide brings each site’s history and symbolism to life.

Features

• Hypostyle Hall: Walk among towering columns adorned with intricate hieroglyphics, showcasing the artistry and engineering of ancient Egypt.

• Sacred Lake: View the ceremonial lake used for ritual purification, reflecting the temple’s spiritual importance.

• Avenue of Sphinxes: See the impressive row of sphinx statues that once connected Karnak to Luxor Temple, symbolizing royal power.

• Courtyard of Ramses II: Explore the open courtyard flanked by massive statues, representing the grandeur of one of Egypt’s most celebrated pharaohs.

• Temple Sanctuary: Discover the inner sanctum where rituals honoring the gods and pharaohs took place, a focal point of ancient worship.

• Round-trip hotel transfers: Enjoy hassle-free transportation to and from your accommodation in Luxor.

• Egyptian lunch: Savor a delicious local meal during the tour prepared with fresh ingredients and traditional recipes.

Cover Luxor's East Bank in a relaxed half-day tour, with round-trip hotel transfers linking you effortlessly between Karnak and Luxor Temples.
An expert multilingual guide leads your temple visits, sharing ancient myths at Karnak and Luxor in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Explore Karnak Temple's immense pylons, courtyards, and intricate hieroglyphs while your guide reveals how pharaohs expanded this sacred complex.
At Luxor Temple, walk ceremonial avenues, towering colonnades, and vast courtyards as your guide decodes royal statues, reliefs, and temple rituals.
Upgrade to add entry at both temples, have a delicious local Egyptian lunch, or a private tour experience.

Included

Guided visits to Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple
Round-trip transfers
Expert multilingual guide in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish
Entry to Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple [as per option selected]
Visit to the Hypostyle Hall, Sacred Lake and Avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak Temple
Lunch [as per option selected]

Not included

Drinks during lunch
Gratuities
Pickup from hotels outside central Luxor, available at an additional cost upon request

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Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly. Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point. Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.

Good to know

Photo ID: Bring a valid photo ID matching the name on your booking in case it is requested.
Footwear: Wear comfortable walking shoes, as the tour involves significant walking.
Sun protection: Carry a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun.
Water: Bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated during the tour.
Wheelchair access: This experience is not wheelchair accessible.
Mobility needs: The tour includes uneven surfaces and steps, which may not suit guests with mobility impairments.