| Duration |
2 Days |
|---|---|
| Tour Location |
Cairo / Luxor |
| Tour Type |
Daily Tour |
| Pickup |
Your Hotel in Soma Bay |
The 2 Day Cairo & Luxor Tour from Soma Bay by Flight is an overnight excursion that departs from your Soma Bay hotel, flies to Cairo for a full day at the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum, then continues to Luxor on day two for the Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple. It is the only 2-day flight package from Soma Bay that pairs Cairo’s pyramids with Luxor’s Karnak Temple in a single round trip.
Pickup from your Soma Bay hotel leads to a transfer to Hurghada Airport and a flight to Cairo, where the Great Pyramids of Giza come first, followed by the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple of Khafre. From there, the day continues to the Grand Egyptian Museum and ends with an overnight stay at a 5-star Cairo hotel. Day two starts with breakfast at the Cairo hotel and a flight to Luxor, taking in the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon, followed by lunch and a final stop at Karnak Temple, before the flight back to Hurghada and the transfer to Soma Bay. If you want to explore more ways to discover Egypt from Soma Bay, browse our Egypt Day Tours for additional destinations and experiences.
No other overnight excursion from Soma Bay combines Cairo’s pyramids with Luxor’s Karnak Temple in a single 2-day flight package. For more like it, see the full Soma Bay day tours list.
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The only overnight excursion from Soma Bay that pairs Cairo's pyramids with Luxor's Karnak Temple, combining the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Grand Egyptian Museum, and the Valley of the Kings in one 2-day flight package.
Your Tripidays representative picks you up from your Soma Bay hotel for the transfer to Hurghada Airport and a flight to Cairo, where this Cairo and Luxor from Soma Bay itinerary begins at the Giza Plateau.
You stand at the base of the Great Pyramids of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, still rising over the plateau after more than 4,500 years.
Your guide walks you to the Great Sphinx, a limestone figure with a lion's body and a human head that has watched over the plateau for millennia.
From here, the tour continues to the Valley Temple of Khafre, a granite and limestone structure built for the mummification rituals tied to Khafre's burial.
You trace the complete collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures through the Grand Egyptian Museum's galleries, home to more than 100,000 artifacts from Egypt's pharaonic history.
Lunch
Your Tripidays representative collects you from the Cairo hotel after breakfast for the flight to Luxor, continuing this overnight cairo luxor trip from Soma Bay to the ancient site of Thebes.
You descend into the Valley of the Kings on Luxor's West Bank, where 63 royal tombs from the New Kingdom lie cut into the hillside.
Your guide leads you through the Temple of Hatshepsut, a terraced mortuary temple built into the cliffs for Egypt's most prominent female pharaoh.
Two seated stone figures rise 18 meters at the Colossi of Memnon, all that remains of Amenhotep III's mortuary temple.
This pyramids and Karnak temple tour closes at Karnak Temple, the largest religious complex ever built, where 134 columns fill the Hypostyle Hall alone.
You board the return flight from Luxor to Hurghada after the day's sightseeing, then complete the trip with a private vehicle ride back to your Soma Bay hotel.
Lunch
The tour includes domestic flights connecting Hurghada, Cairo, and Luxor, a private Egyptologist guide, all vehicle transfers, one night in a 5-star Cairo hotel with breakfast, and 2 lunches. Entrance fees are covered at every site listed in the itinerary, from the Great Pyramids of Giza to Karnak Temple.
It is the only 2-day flight package from Soma Bay that combines Cairo's pyramids with Luxor's Karnak Temple in a single round trip. If you'd rather add the Nile itself to your trip, see our Nile cruise from Soma Bay tour.
This tour covers the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, the Valley Temple, the Grand Egyptian Museum, and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on day one, then the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon, and Karnak Temple in Luxor on day two. For a Cairo-only version of this trip, see our 2 day cairo from Soma Bay tour.
This overnight tour runs 2 days and 1 night, starting with an early morning pickup from your Soma Bay hotel and a flight to Cairo. It ends with a return flight to Hurghada and a drop-off at your Soma Bay hotel on the evening of day two.
Yes, a private, air-conditioned vehicle handles every transfer in Cairo and Luxor, and a private Egyptologist guide accompanies you on both days of sightseeing.
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