Luxor is the largest open-air museum on Earth, and it deserves more than a rushed morning. This is where the ancient Egyptians built their capital of Thebes, and where the East and West Banks of the Nile still hold two entirely different worlds — temples of the living on one side, temples of the dead on the other.
What sets a Deluxe Travel Egypt Luxor tour apart. We schedule the Valley of the Kings for early morning, before the heat and the crowds, and we choose which tombs to enter based on what’s currently open and worth the extra ticket — not a fixed list from a decade-old brochure. Your guide is a trained Egyptologist who can read the wall texts, not just describe them.
Highlights included across our Luxor itineraries:
- Karnak Temple’s Hypostyle Hall and the Avenue of Sphinxes
- Luxor Temple, especially striking lit at night
- The Valley of the Kings, including Tutankhamun’s tomb (optional extra ticket)
- Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari
- The Colossi of Memnon, with optional extensions to Medinet Habu and the Valley of the Queens
Luxor works well as a standalone 2–3 day city break flown in from Cairo or Hurghada, or as the starting point of a Nile cruise south to Aswan. We arrange private Egyptologist guiding, hot-air balloon sunrise flights over the West Bank, and comfortable Nile-view hotels — everything built around how much time you actually have.
Luxor Museum & Mummification Museum Guided Tour
Luxor Hot Air Balloon & Full-Day Private Tour of the East and West Banks
