Luxor Temple

An iconic temple that was built approximately 1400 BC. Many kings contributed in building the temple including Tut ankh Amon, Ramesses the second and Alexander the great. The temple can be visited in the evening while it’s lit up which gives you a totally different feeling.

Located in the city centre on the east side of Luxor.
Opens daily 6 a.m – 9 p.m.
It takes about 10-15 minutes to get there by car.

Felucca Ride on the Nile

Enjoy relaxing and watching the birds while floating on a sail-boat with a view of Luxor from The Nile. The boat will take you to the Banana Island on the other side of The Nile while you can explore the little island with all the banana and citrus trees grown by the farmers, plus visiting the crocodile pools and other animals they have.

The Unfinished Obelisk

The largest obelisk of Egypt, which unfortunately left unfinished at the quarry of granite due to some natural cracks that appeared in the stone. If the ancient Egyptians managed to extract and erect that obelisk, it would have been the single heaviest piece of stone in history as it weighs about 1167 tonnes. A visitor to the quarry gets to see the marks of other obelisks and artifacts that had been extracted and moved to the different temples of Egypt.
Located in Aswan about 1.5 km far from town across the street from an old Fatimid Cemetery.
Opens daily 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
It takes about 10-15 minutes to get there by car.

Hatshepsut Temple (also known as Deir El Bahary temple)

The beauty immense temple of Hatshepsut that’s sunk in the heart of the limestone cliffs; partly carved into the mountains, was built around 1478 BC. A master piece of architecture, that was commissioned by the strong lady who ruled Egypt as a king for 22 years.

Located on the west side of Luxor.
Opens daily: 6 a.m – 5 p.m.
It takes about 30-45 minutes to get there by car. Only a few minutes ride from the valley of the kings.

The High Dam

The rock-fill dam is Egypt’s most important and impressive achievements in modern history. That engineering miracle took about 10 years to be built; work started in 1960 and was inaugurated in January 1971. The dam’s construction required about 44 million cubic meters of building materials, and a workforce of about 34000 people with an investment of 1$bn.

From the top of the dam you can gaze across Lake Nasser which was created by the dam and considered to be one of the biggest man-made lakes in the world; it extends all the way into the Sudan with a total length of about 340 miles (550 km). It serves the irrigation needs of both Egypt and the Sudan, controls flooding, generates power and helps navigation on the river Nile all year round.

Edfu Temple

One of the most beautiful temples of Egypt, due to its completeness and state of preservation. Edfu temple is the best example of the Ptolemaic temples in Egypt which dates back to Ptolemy III 237 B.C. The entrance to the temple is marked with 2 huge towers which are so called the pylon; each is about 118 ft high.

Located halfway between Luxor and Aswan, about 70 miles (115 km) of each.
Opens 6 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Visitors from cruise ships get to the temple on a horse-carriage that takes about 15 minutes each way. Also possible to visit by road from either Luxor or Aswan.

Philae Temple: (Isis Temple)

No doubt that Philae temple has one of the most attractive locations among all monuments in Egypt, since it’s built on one of the islands in the reservoir of the Old Aswan Dam, therefore the only way to get there is by a little motor boat. Approaching the island, the scenery is beyond words with the temple presiding over the new island Agilika as it had to be moved due to the rising water of the dam.

Philae temple was built and dedicated to the goddess Isis in 690 BC, and it was the last place where the ancient Egyptian religion was practiced up until 550 A.D. A sound & light show adds more charm to the island at night.

Located on Agilika island close to the old Aswan Dam and only reachable by motor boats.
Opens daily 7 a.m – 4 p.m.
It takes about 25 minutes to get there by car and another 15 minutes for the boat ride.

Karnak Temples complex

The largest monumental complex on earth that covers and area of 200 acres and a history of 2000 years. The extraordinary complex is considered to be an open air museum that houses temples, shrines, obelisks, columns, sphinxes and a lot more.

Located on the east side of Luxor.
Opens daily: 6 a.m – 5:30 p.m.
It takes about 15-25 minutes to get there by car.

Giza Pyramids & The Sphinx

The last remaining wonder of the ancient world which are about 4000 years old; today they stand to prove the might, organization and achievements of the Ancient Egyptians, leaving people speechless with so many unanswered questions.

The Pyramids are part of the Giza necropolis which dates back to the 4th dynasty in the Old Kingdom period of the Egyptian history. The biggest pyramid belongs to king Khufu which took about 20 years to be built, while the other two belong to Khafre and Menkaure (well known by other Greek names).

The Sphinx is a limestone structure; a mythical creature represented in the lion’s body and human’s head. It’s also one of the world’s largest monuments measuring 240 feet (73 meters) long and 66 feet (20 meters) high. It was built by King Khafre around 2600 BC.

Located about 8 miles (13 km) southwest of the city center of Cairo.
Opens daily 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
It takes about an hour or less to get there by taxi from the city center depending on traffic.