2 Days Trip to Luxor from Safaga Port

This 2-day private shore excursion from Safaga Port gives cruise passengers an overnight stay in Luxor to cover both the East Bank's Karnak and Luxor temples and the West Bank's Valley of the Kings and Colossi of Memnon.

After being met at the port, the group is driven roughly three hours to Luxor, arriving at the Karnak Temple Complex, once the largest place of worship ever built, with its Hypostyle Hall of towering pillars, followed by a look at Luxor Temple's preserved reliefs.

After an overnight hotel stay, the second day crosses to the West Bank, where the Colossi of Memnon stand at the entrance to further tombs and structures, before entering the Valley of the Kings to see royal burial chambers, with a shopping stop in Luxor before the drive back to Safaga Port.

The package includes port pickup and return, transfers by air-conditioned vehicle, one night of hotel accommodation, a private English-speaking Egyptologist guide, entrance fees to all listed sites, bottled water on board, lunch at a local restaurant, and all taxes and service charges. Tipping and unlisted extras are not included.

Because it spreads Luxor's East and West Bank sites over two days with an overnight stay rather than a single rushed day, this tour suits cruise passengers docked long enough at Safaga to justify the roughly three-hour drive each way for a fuller Luxor visit.