In the early morning before the sunrise @ 04:15 AM, you will be picked up
from your hotel for a Hot Air Balloon Ride.
You will cross the river Nile and go to the west bank by a motor-boat where
your balloon awaits you. Get your cameras ready and enjoy the unique
opportunity to view the magnificent panorama of Luxor town from a unique
angle. Enjoy the scenery of the sunrise from around 100 feet in the air.
Be amazed by the great views of sites like The Mortuary Temple of Queen
Hatshepsut, Valley of the Kings, Colossi of Memnon and the villages of Luxor.
The balloon ride is around 45 minutes long.
You will then return back to your hotel to have breakfast.
After having your breakfast our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel or
Nile Cruise to go on one of the extraordinary excursions to visit the 3
magnificent sites of the west bank of the Nile.
You will start your tour with discovering one of the largest well-preserved
memorial temples in Luxor – Medinet Habu. The temple was constructed to
commemorate king Ramesses III “the last great warrior pharaoh of the new
kingdom” after his death, by orders of the king himself. The temple is
decorated with scenes and texts illustrating the military victories of the king,
as well as the rituals performed and festivals celebrated here.
One of the most wonderful scenes engraved on the back of the southern tower
of the temple’s pylon is the oxen hunt, which depicts Ramses III leading his
chariot and hunting wild oxen.
After that you will proceed to witness the memorial temple of the great
warrior king Ramesses II called the Ramesseum. It was dedicated to God
Ra. Most of the walls of the temple are illustrated with scenes of military
campaigns of king Ramesses II especially the great battle of Qadesh in which
the king defeated the Hittites. In front of the ruins of the first pylon, there
once stood a colossal statue of Ramesses that was more than 1000 tons in
weight and 18m high. The remains of it are still visible today.
After this site you will visit the last site in our tour where you will see the
remains of the ancient Workmen’s Village in Deir el-Medina.
The village was founded during the reign of King Thutmose I (from the 18th
dynasty) and flourished until the end of the 20th dynasty. It was the home of
artists, craftsmen and workers who built and ornamented the royal tombs in
the Valley of the Kings. Above the settlement, hidden within the cliffs, are
the workers’ tombs. They include some of the finest decorated private tombs
in all of Thebes. Among them are the tombs of Sennedjem, Inherkau and the
tomb of Peshedu.
At the end of the tour our tour guide will transfer you back to your hotel in
Luxor.
* The tour to the west bank will be a private tour (with a private
tour guide and a private car) but the hot air balloon ride will be a
group tour