Start another day in Luxor after having your breakfast at the hotel to experience your tour to the west bank of Luxor, you will be transferred to the Valley of the kings (the selected site by the new kingdom Pharaohs to be their burial tombs hidden between the hills), not like the old kingdom pharaohs who built immense pyramids that can be visited through the usual tour to Giza Pyramids.
Excavations are still in progress in some of the tombs, and they are of the best preserved in terms of the wall paintings, scenes, and engraving, but most of the royal tombs are open for visits except for two tombs that require an extra ticket. The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922 completely intact, and the exhibits are now displayed in Cairo you can see it with our Egyptian Museum tour.
Then visit Queen Hatshepsut Temple (the temple of El Deir El Bahri or the northern Monastery), one of the most amazing temples we have in Egypt. It had been cut into the mountain and was built by Hatshepsut, one of the few and most famous female pharaohs of Egypt.
Now you will see the impressive Colossi of Memnon which are two large seated statues carved during the reign of King Amenhotep III. They are considered the only remaining standing statues fronting the mortuary temple of the King that used to be standing once at the same place!
At the end of your Overnight Luxor Trip from Hurghada, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Hurghada after you finish Luxor excursions.
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