Private Guided Tour to Valley of the Kings

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Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt

In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel in central Luxor or harbor by an air-conditioned vehicle for a full guided trip of about 8 hours. First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. There you visit four royal tombs, including the Tomb of Ramses, the Tomb of Horemheb, the Tomb of Merenptah .Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Tomb of Ramses III, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Luxor Egypt

The tomb of Ramesses III, designated as KV 11, is a complex system in the Valley of the Kings. It has been known since antiquity,the wonderful decorations include colourful painted sunken reliefs featuring the traditional ritual texts (Litany of Ra, Book of Gates etc) and Ramses before the gods. Unusual here are the secular scenes, in the small side rooms of the entrance corridor, showing foreign tributes, such as highly detailed pottery imported from the Aegean, the royal armoury, boats and, in the last of these side chambers, the blind harpists that gave the tomb one of its alternative names: ‘Tomb of the Harpers’

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Tomb of Merenptah, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Thebes, Luxor Egypt

In Egyptian mythology, Ptah is the demiurge of Memphis, god of craftsmen and architects. In the or simply in its falcon form of the new deity, began to be placed in tombs to accompany and protect the dead on their journey to the West of Luxor .Tomb 8, which is located in the Valley of the Kings, was the burial place of the Pharaoh Merneptah and is the model of royal tombs Merneptah was a son of Ramesses II and Queen Isis-Nofret.the tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903. Of coursethere is a material decrease in the number of lateral rooms, and a dramatic increase in the height of the corridors and rooms. He did away with the jogged axis used since the time of Horemheb and instead built the entire tomb on a single axis. Also, for the first time, the entrance was made considerably wider than earlier tombs .

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Tomb of Ramases IX, Valley of the Kings., Luxor Egypt

Tomb of King Ramesses lx was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. His name prior to assuming the crown was Amonhirkhopshef. He was the fifth son of Ramesses III and was appointed to the position of crown prince by the twenty-second year of his father's reign when all four of his elder brothers predeceased his promotion to crown prince .

The tomb has so much colour and detail even the ceiling above the sarcophagi with its goddess Nut stretching across the space. The sarcophagus is one of the largest in the valley, even though some of the paintings have deteriorated this is one of the most decorated.

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Tomb of King Tutankhamun (Tut), Valley of the Kings, Luxor Egypt

Entrance fees to the tomb of Tutankhamun (250.00 EGP) (optional)

King Tutankhamun, the most famous king in the world. This young king from the New Kingdom was around 10 years old when he ascended the throne and died when he was only 19. You will get the chance to be face to face with his royal mummy in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt

Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt, 10 minutes

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Tombs of the Nobles, Thebes, Al Asasif Egypt

Tombs of the Nobles, Thebes, Al Asasif Egypt, pass by without stopping

Pass By: Howard Carter House, N/r Valley of the kings West Side, Luxor Egypt

Howard Carter House, N/r Valley of the kings West Side

Pass By: Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II), West Bank, Luxor Egypt

Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II)

Pass By: Temple of Merenptah, West Bank of Luxor, Luxor Egypt

Temple of Merenptah, West Bank of Luxor

Pass By: Tomb of Ramses VI, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Luxor Egypt

Tomb of Ramses VI, Valley of the Kings

Pass By: Valley of the Nobles, West Bank near Ramesseum Gurna, Luxor Egypt

Valley of the Nobles, West Bank near Ramesseum Gurna,

Pass By: Temple of Seti I, Past the road to the Valley of the Kings, towards the village of el-Tarif. This is a Temple not a Tomb, Luxor Egypt

temple of Seti I, Past the road to the Valley of the Kings