Private Karnak Temple Tour by Felucca from Luxor
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Overview
Discover one of the largest temples of ancient Egypt when you embark on this private tour of Karnak Temple. Enjoy stunning views as you sail across the Nile River in a classic felucca boat. Your dedicated, English-speaking Egyptologist guide provides you with a wealth of knowledge about the ancient temple, making this a great excursion for history lovers.
Luxor · 1135 Cruises & Sailing · typical ~30,011 EGP · 947 EGP — good value
Highlights
- ✦Private tour
- ✦Hotel pickup
What's included
- ✓Air-conditioned vehicle
- ✓Private transportation
- ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off in the East Bank
- ✓Professional Private Egyptologist English-speaking guide
- ✓Felucca ride
- ✕Entrance fees to the Karnak temple (13.5 USD per person)
- ✕Hotel pick-up and drop-off in the West Bank (available at an extra cost 5 USD per person)
Itinerary
- 1Luxor
- 2The Karnak Temple
Frequently asked questions
- How long is this experience?
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- Can I cancel my booking?
- Yes — you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before it starts.
- What's included?
- Air-conditioned vehicle · Private transportation · Hotel pickup and drop-off in the East Bank · Professional Private Egyptologist English-speaking guide · Felucca ride
Reviews (40)
Even though we had misunderstandings at the beginning marolla was really helpful to solve our issues. Our tour guide Christina and felluca driver was also really attentive and nice
We booked Karnak Temple, with a felucca there and back (1 and 1/2 hour on boat in total). Both the driver and tour guide (who we met at temple) thought we were on a different trip completely. We had to explain multiple times but due to the language barrier it was not fully understood. There was no boat ride at all - we drove to and from the temple. This was extremely disappointing - we had only booked this trip because it included the boat. The tour guide had very little information, except for pointing out different symbols - there were no facts or background. It was very rushed and we nearly
Do NOT book this tour! The description is completely different than what you actually get! Also, there is NO watching the sunset on the felucca. They offer to take you back in a taxi to your hotel! First of all, the “Felucca” ride was a regular boat. The ride itself is about 5 mins or less and then they keep you in the water stalling and making you dance so they can At the end ask you to pay them for the “show” they put up with you. They demand aggressively for a tip. I wasn’t expecting to pay anything additional, I didn’t have any small bill. Then my guy in a very RUDE manner told me I should
Our Tourguide Mina was great! Very friendly, knows everything about the old and new Agypten Culture and we enjoyed the Tour very much
What a great tour! Very well organized and very informative. Mena knows what he‘s talking about and guided me with much passion. I’ve had some bad experiences with tours in Egypt but I would definitely recommend this company!
The Felucca ride to Karnak temple was really fantastic!!! The guide was friendly and informative! Great day with Great guide!
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“The boat takes 10 minutes to reach karnak. Our driver stayed with us and served as our guide. Sublime site”
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