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Columns and ruined gateways of Karnak Temple under a blue sky©Amwaj Tour

Half-day tour: Karnak and Luxor Temple

This half-day Karnak and Luxor Temple tour covers the two great temples of Luxor's East Bank. A professional Egyptologist guides you, with pickup from your hotel or Nile cruise.

From $90 per personView tour
Hot-air balloons in the morning sky above the Nile at Luxor©Amwaj Tour

Sunrise hot-air balloon ride over Luxor

This Luxor hot air balloon ride gives you 45 to 60 minutes in the air at sunrise. You look down on the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut's temple, with pickup from your hotel.

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The sun setting over the Nile behind a line of palm trees©Amwaj Tour

5-day dahabiya cruise: Luxor to Aswan, with Edfu, Kom Ombo and Philae

This dahabiya cruise Luxor to Aswan sails for four nights on a traditional Nile sailing boat. It includes Egyptologist-guided visits and all meals on board.

From $1,600 per personView tour
The Temple of Philae and its kiosk reflected in the Nile under an orange sunrise sky©Amwaj Tour

Full-day tour from Luxor: Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae and the High Dam

This Aswan day trip from Luxor drives south to the temples of Edfu, Kom Ombo and Philae and the Aswan High Dam. An Egyptologist and a private car are with you all day.

From $280 per personView tour
Travelers inside a painted royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings©Amwaj Tour

Full-day tour: Valley of the Kings with Tutankhamun’s tomb, Valley of the Queens and Hatshepsut

This Valley of the Kings and Queens tour includes the royal tombs, with Tutankhamun's tomb ticket. You also visit Hatshepsut's temple and the Colossi of Memnon.

From $110 per personView tour
A traveler walking among the columns and pylons of Karnak Temple under a blue sky©Amwaj Tour

Full-day tour from Cairo: Luxor East and West Bank with domestic flights

This Luxor day trip from Cairo flies you to Luxor and back in a day. You see Karnak, Luxor Temple, the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's temple and the Colossi of Memnon.

From $280 per personView tour
The ramp and terraces of Hatshepsut's temple below the desert cliffs©Amwaj Tour

Half-day tour: Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut and Medinet Habu

This Luxor West Bank half-day tour covers the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's temple and the Colossi of Memnon. Free visits to Medinet Habu and an alabaster workshop are added.

From $110 per personView tour
Philae Temple reflected in the water under an orange sunrise sky©Amwaj Tour

5-day trip: Luxor, Dendera, Abydos and Aswan

This Luxor and Aswan 5-day tour is based in Luxor with an Egyptologist. It covers both banks, Dendera and Abydos, Tutankhamun's tomb, a felucca ride and a day trip to Aswan.

From $740 per personView tour
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Breathtaking sights

This Abu Simbel day trip from Luxor reaches the great rock temples of Ramses II above Lake Nasser in one full day. They were moved stone by stone to save them from the water.

Full day · From LuxorFull-day trip from Luxor to Abu SimbelFrom $285 per personView tour

A local friend with an Egyptologist's knowledge

Amwaj is a Luxor company built on authenticity and quality. A trip should be more than a checklist of sights, so every tour can be made private and your guide plans the day around you.

Your language. All languages available, so the temples get explained, not pointed at.
Expert guides. Licensed local Egyptologists lead every tour.

The journalTales carved in time

Treasures of Egypt · 3 min read

Karnak: two thousand years of building for Amun

Karnak is not one temple but a whole city of temples. For around 2,000 years, pharaoh after pharaoh added gates, halls and obelisks to honour the…

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Treasures of Egypt · 3 min read

The Valley of the Kings: where the pharaohs hid their eternity

For nearly 500 years, the kings of Egypt were buried in secret tombs cut deep into a desert valley near Luxor. Here is what they left…

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Treasures of Egypt · 3 min read

Abu Simbel: the temples that were moved to save them

Ramses II carved two temples into a mountain on Egypt's southern border. Three thousand years later, the whole world helped to lift them out of the…

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Treasures of Egypt · 3 min read

Philae: the island temple of Isis

Reached only by boat, the Temple of Isis at Philae was one of the last places where the old gods of Egypt were worshipped, and where…

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Famous in Egypt · 3 min read

Koshari: the dish all of Egypt agrees on

Rice, lentils, pasta, a sharp tomato sauce and a crown of crispy onions. Koshari is cheap, filling, vegan by nature, and loved in every corner of…

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Famous in Egypt · 3 min read

Ful and ta’ameya: how Egypt starts the day

Slow-cooked fava beans and crisp green falafel, eaten with warm baladi bread. Egypt's favourite breakfast has fed the country for generations.

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Molokhia: the green soup Egyptians grow up with

Finely chopped jute leaves, a rich broth, and a sizzling spoon of garlic and coriander. Molokhia is the taste of an Egyptian family lunch.

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Famous in Egypt · 3 min read

Feteer meshaltet: the golden pastry of the Egyptian countryside

Paper-thin dough, folded again and again with ghee, then baked until golden and flaky. Eat it with honey, cheese, or both.

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