Private Day Tour to Dendara and Abydos from Luxor

Dendara Temple | Abydos Temple | Lunch.

• Duration: 08 hour (approx.)
• Type: Private Tour.
• Availability: Runs Daily.
• Departure Point: We pick up from all centrally-located Luxor hotels and Nile Cruises.
• Departure Time: Available from 06.00 to  08.00 AM , seven days a week.
• Return details: Returns to original departure point.

Our tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor or Nile cruise to drive to Abydos is some 135 km northwards. Once there, we will guide you to,

Abydos Temple:

where the ancient Egyptian believed of god (Lord of the underworld) to be buried there. The temple was built by King Seti I, and completed by King Ramsess II, known as temple of Seti I. The paintings of the gods and Pharaohs on the walls of the Osiris Temple at Abydos are among the most beautifully preserved in Egypt. Getting to these sites you will pass by local villages and majestic sceneries for the River Nile and the fields. They are as enjoyable as visiting the temples themselves.

Lunch box, then drive back to south is some 75 km to visit,

Dendara Temple:

Temple of Hathor, the only Egyptian temple that has a colorful astronomical map on its celling, displaying stars, planets, symbols of the Roman zodiac, the north and south halves of the sky, as well as the union of Hathor and her husband – God Horus. The temple is renowned for its Dendera Zodiac, this relief on the ceiling of the portico in a chapel dedicated to Osiris. However, the Zodiac represented in the temple is just a replica, as the original one is preserved in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

After the excursion our guide and driver will get you back to the hotel in Luxor.

Price per person