Luxor East Bank Private Tour: Karnak Temple – Luxor Temple
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Let us take you to the Karnak Temple to show you the second largest religious temple in the world. The Temple complex contains holy lakes, hypostyle halls, obelisks, pylons and shrines. We carry on to the Luxor Temple, dedicated, not to a deity or pharaoh but to the Rejuvenation of Kingship and center of the Opet Festival
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Luxor East Bank Private Tour: Karnak Temple – Luxor Temple
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(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Temple of Karnak
Let us take you to the Karnak Temple to show you the second largest religious temple in the world after Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Construction of the first temple complex started about 3,500 years ago and stopped in the Ptolemaic era. The Karnak Temple is a collection of precincts for Amun Re, Mut and Monsu and contains holy lakes, hypostyle halls, obelisks, pylons and shrines. Within the walls is a separate open air museum that requires an additional entrance ticket, as does the Mut precinct. Your guide will lead you through the temple, sharing the historical highlights and giving you plenty of time to wander around between the ancient walls.
Luxor Temple
We carry on to the Luxor Temple, dedicated, not to a deity or pharaoh but to the Rejuvenation of Kingship and center of the Opet Festival. In ancient times, both temples were connected by the sphinx alley which is still being excavated. Many pharaohs were crowned here, either in reality or theoretically (like Alexander the Great who claimed he was crowned in Thebes but probably never visited the ancient capital). You will be able to gaze at the religious significance of the place, as the Theban Triad has shrines, a Roman chapel exists within the walls which was later transformed into a church and on top of the temple rests the Abu Haggag mosque.
Inclusions
- Transportation
- Entrance fees for museums mentioned in the itinerary
- Personal expenses
- Tips for services
- Entrance fees for the Mut Precinct and the Open Air Museum within Karnak Temple for 10$ per person
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Please arrive at the pick up point 20 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We will pick-up the guests from any place in Luxor.
