Turn your Safaga port call into two full days of private exploration with our Safaga Port Luxor 2 Day Tour, combining Luxor’s East and West Banks with an overnight stay in the city.
The journey begins at your ship in Safaga, where your private driver and licensed Egyptologist guide meet you before travelling approximately 230 km across the Eastern Desert to Luxor. The drive takes around three hours. Instead of making the entire return journey in a single day, this overnight itinerary gives you time to explore Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple, experience the Karnak Sound and Light Show after dark, and begin your second morning on Luxor’s West Bank.
Day 2 is dedicated to the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon before lunch and your private return transfer to Safaga Port.
The tour includes one night in a 5-star Luxor hotel on a bed-and-breakfast basis, private air-conditioned transportation, a private Egyptologist guide, entrance fees to the listed sites, two lunches, bottled water and the Karnak Sound and Light Show.
Prices start from $300 per person.
Because this is an overnight shore excursion, your cruise ship must remain in Safaga overnight.
The Safaga Port Luxor 2 Day Tour gives you two days to experience Luxor rather than fitting the drive, East Bank and West Bank into one same-day journey.
From Karnak and Luxor Temple to the Sound and Light Show, the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossi of Memnon, the itinerary combines Luxor’s principal included visits with private transportation, an Egyptologist guide and a 5-star overnight stay.
If your ship remains in Safaga overnight and you would like to know whether this itinerary can work with your port schedule, fill out the enquiry form with your travel dates, number of travellers and trip details.
The Egypt Luxury Trips team can then provide more information, check the available details for your dates and discuss the journey with you before you make your decision.
Your Luxor 2 day tour from Safaga begins when your Egyptologist guide and private driver meet you at the Safaga Port exit. Your pickup time is coordinated with your ship's docking schedule and confirmed before arrival.
Travel to Luxor by private air-conditioned vehicle, crossing the Eastern Desert towards the Nile Valley. The journey covers approximately 230 km and takes around three hours. Bottled mineral water is provided during the tour.
Your first major visit in Luxor is the Karnak Temple Complex.
With your Egyptologist guide, enter through the Avenue of Sphinxes and continue into the Great Hypostyle Hall, where 134 monumental columns form one of the defining features of the complex. Your guide accompanies you through the site and explains the temples, inscriptions and reliefs you encounter.
After Karnak, enjoy an included lunch on a Nile island, reached by a short boat crossing.
Continue afterwards to Luxor Temple in the centre of the city. Explore the temple with your private guide before completing the principal daytime visits on Luxor's East Bank.
Check in to your 5-star Luxor hotel and have time to rest.
Later, your driver returns you to Karnak Temple for the included Sound and Light Show. During the performance, sections of the temple are illuminated while narration presents the history of the complex.
Show times vary according to the season and are confirmed when your place is arranged.
After the performance, return to your hotel for the night.
Accommodation: 5-star hotel in Luxor, bed and breakfast, double occupancy
Meals included: Lunch
Dinner: Not included
Begin with breakfast at your hotel before checking out and travelling to Luxor's West Bank.
Your first visit is the Valley of the Kings. The standard entrance ticket included in the tour allows entry to three tombs from the tombs open in the day's rotation.
Because tomb availability follows a rotating conservation schedule, your Egyptologist guide helps you select your three visits on the day.
The tombs of Tutankhamun and Seti I are not included in the standard ticket and require separate entrance tickets if you choose to visit them.
Continue to the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari.
Explore the temple's distinctive terraces beneath the limestone cliffs with your guide before continuing across the West Bank.
Stop at the Colossi of Memnon, the two monumental seated statues of Amenhotep III standing on Luxor's West Bank.
After the visit, continue towards the Nile for your included lunch at a Nile-view restaurant.
Following lunch, begin the private road journey back across the Eastern Desert.
Arrival at Safaga Port is planned for the late afternoon or evening according to your ship's departure schedule. Once you return to the port and board your ship, your Safaga shore excursion to Luxor comes to an end.
Meals included: Breakfast and lunch
Your party travels in its own private air-conditioned vehicle with a dedicated driver and licensed Egyptologist guide. There is no shared coach or fixed group schedule, allowing the pace of the visits to work around your party.
Pickup from Safaga Port is arranged according to your ship's docking time. On Day 2, the return journey is also planned around the ship's departure schedule, with the itinerary designed to bring you back to Safaga Port before the end of the tour.
Staying overnight means the journey between Safaga and Luxor is divided across two days rather than completing approximately six hours of road travel in a single day. It also allows the itinerary to include the evening Sound and Light Show at Karnak and an early visit to the Valley of the Kings the following morning.
Your licensed Egyptologist accompanies you throughout both days. The guide is available in the language of your choice and provides explanations before and during visits to the temples and tombs.
The two-day programme can be customised. More time can be allocated to certain visits, the West Bank pace can be adjusted, and available optional experiences can be discussed when planning your journey.
Yes. This is a two-day tour including an overnight stay in Luxor, so your ship needs to remain docked at Safaga overnight. If your cruise has only a single-day Safaga call, the separate Safaga to Luxor day trip is the appropriate alternative.
Luxor is approximately 230 km from Safaga Port. The road journey takes roughly three hours each way across the Eastern Desert.
Yes. Your party has its own private air-conditioned vehicle, driver and licensed Egyptologist guide throughout the two days. The tour does not operate as a shared coach excursion.
Yes. Included entrance fees cover Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple, Hatshepsut Temple and the standard Valley of the Kings ticket for three open tombs. The Karnak Sound and Light Show is also included. Tutankhamun and Seti I require separate tickets.
The tour includes one night at a 5-star hotel in Luxor on a bed-and-breakfast basis with double occupancy. The specific hotel is confirmed according to availability and preferences when the tour is arranged.
Yes. The two-day structure can be customised, including the amount of time spent at certain sites or the pace of the West Bank programme. Optional experiences such as the hot-air balloon flight can also be discussed.
The private format allows the pace to be adjusted. However, the Valley of the Kings includes ramped walkways and some steps, while temple grounds can be uneven. Tell the Egypt Luxury Trips team about mobility requirements when making your enquiry so the route can be adapted where possible.
The tour information recommends lightweight, breathable clothing that covers the shoulders, comfortable closed shoes suitable for uneven ground, a hat and sunscreen. A light layer is also recommended for the evening Sound and Light Show.
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