Luxor Travel Forum

We are looking for the best way to see the luxor sights and we have desided on two must see's and from our travel agents, who are Tompson, we have been quoted £53 pp to see the west bank for a total £5 hours and for Karnack £32 pp for a total of 1 hour and 15 minuets.

There is two of us going, and we want to make the most of our trip which will be our first time in Egypt and we feel that this is not enough time to see all the sights.

Does anyone have any sugestions to an alternative company or way to see the sights or are we getting the best we can out of our trip?

Thanks in adavance!

If you will be staying in Luxor for a few days go to any local travel agent and you will get a much cheaper price. You can check out the agents and you will only need to book and pay the day before your trip.
A tour to the West Bank visiting Valley of the Kings, Queens and Hatshepsuts Temple should cost approx 250le (just over £30 at the current exchange rate of 8le to £1)
East Bank tour including both Karnak and Luxor Temple should be about 200le (£25)
These prices are per person and include transport, entrance and English guide.
If you want to book in advance, try emailing one of the local agents Karnak Travel(bahaa8_1_1972@yahoo.com) or Sunrise Tours (sunrise_lux@yahoo.co.uk)others are Jolleys, Nobles or Carlson Wagonlit but I do not know their email addresses.

Thank you!

It's extremely easy and super cheap to visit on your oan. Simply hire a taxi for the day or for half a day and he'll take you to the sites. Another solution is to hire bicyles, which is a cool way of discovering the landscape and the sites. It's easy as it's flat, except for the Valley of the Kings where the road climbs.

You need at least a full day for the West bank, in 5 hours you'll be rushed to a handful of sites only.