We have our Breakfast on board then we will join our Egyptology guide to drive through Luxor highlights.
The Valley of the Kings: the burial ground of the pharaoh's rulers from the 18th to 20th dynasty, for a period of 500 years beginning in the 16th century BC, tombs were built along this valley for pharaohs, including that of the great Pharaoh Ramses II and boy Pharaoh Tutankhamen. Found in 1922 by British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter, then it's time for a break in one of the best local restaurants in Luxor after our lunch break we head to The Temple of Hatshepsut: Temple of Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt’s first female pharaoh, she came to power during the New Kingdom after the death of her father, Thutmose I, and her half-brother and husband, Thutmose II, who succeeded her father on the throne.
The Colossi of Memnon: enjoy a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon, two massive stone statues of king Amenhotep III are the only remains of a complete mortuary temple. The statues are made from blocks of quartzite stone which exist in Cairo then moved 700 KM to Luxor.