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Overnight tour to Luxor highlights with hot air balloon experience from Hurghada
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Overnight tour to Luxor highlights with hot air balloon experience from Hurghada

4.5/5
Excellent
Based on 12 reviews
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£427.00
Free cancellation
Language: English, Italian, French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Russian, Dutch, Polish
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: 48 hours
Why you’ll love this…
  • Experience being in a hot air balloon over Luxor’s ancient treasures
  • Visit Luxor as one of the world's greatest open-air museums and home to many iconic jewels
  • Enjoy the sound and light show at Karnak temple
  • Walk through the Sphinx Avenue, built to connect the vast Karnak temple to the Luxor Temple
  • Listen to a certified Egyptologist who shares their love of history and art with you
What to expect

Have you ever flown in a hot air balloon over the amazing Luxor monuments, the Nile River, and the green fields there? If not, then get ready to live a unique experience in your life ever. Join this 2-day tour from Hurghada and discover the highlights of Luxor combined with a hot air balloon experience!

  • Day one: After an approximately four-hour drive, you head straight to the impressive Karnak Temple, followed by Luxor Temple with the Sphinx Avenue. Then it's time to rest your legs and tuck into a delicious set menu lunch followed by check-in at a 5-star hotel for overnight. In the evening, experience the sound and light show at Karnak temple, which is a 1½ hour Hollywood-style extravaganza that recounts ancient history.
  • Day two: check out in the early morning, crossing the Nile to meet your pilot, crew, and fellow passengers of the hot air balloon. Feel your excitement grows as the hot air balloon is inflated and you step into the basket. Fly over the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, plus the green fields next to local villages. Upon landing, your Egyptologist will be waiting for you to visit the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the staggering Colossi of Memnon. Another Nile experience onboard a felucca made your day while sailing towards the hotel for a delicious set menu lunch and then, driving straight away back to Hurghada.
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What's included
  • check Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • check Transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle
  • check Hot air balloon flight with a slice of cake and tea
  • check Entrance to The Valley of the Kings (except Tomb of Ramses VI and Tomb of Tutankhamun)
  • check Entrance to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
  • check Entrance to the Karnak Temple with the Open Air Museum.
  • check Entrance to Luxor Temple with the Sphinx Avenue
  • check Entrance to the Sound & Light show at Karnak Temple
  • check 1-night accommodation with breakfast and dinner at hotel Steigenberger or Iberotel Luxor
  • check Lunch on the first and second day
  • check Nile experience onboard of felucca or motorboat
  • check Entrance fees
  • check Guided tour
  • check Insurance
Where
Meeting point:
Hotel pickup service in Hurghada and surroundings is included from your hotel lobby. Please provide your hotel information, email, and phone number at the time of booking
What to remember

Not suitable for:

  • The balloon ride is unsuitable for anyone with injuries, who have had surgery, back/hip/knee problems, health concerns, walking difficulties, severe auditory problems, or is/may be pregnant
  • Infants below 2 years can join for free, but for a balloon ride the minimum age required for children is 6 years, and they need to be accompanied by an adult

Extra fees to be paid on-site:

  • Your entrance ticket to Valley of the Kings includes a visit to 3 tombs excluding the tombs of Tutankhamun and Ramses VI.
  • Please, note that the entrance tickets to the Tomb of Tutankhamun require a fee of around 700 EGP for adults and 350 EGP for children under 12. Entrance fees to the Tomb of Ramses VI are around 220 EGP for adults and 110 EGP for children under 12

Know in advance:

  • Please note that the shared tour option is only available on selected dates. The private tour takes place every day. If you book a private tour for only one person, you must have a minimum age of 12 years. The 6-people private group is open to a maximum of 15 participants
  • Balloon trip is subject to favorable weather conditions. If a balloon flight is cancelled due to weather conditions, customers will be entitled - in this case - to a partial refund
  • Flight duration is normally about 45 minutes, however, flight times can vary from 40 to 90 minutes depending on the temperature of the air
  • Although the tour is available in different languages, an English-speaking guide will be the alternative if minimum participants are not reached or unavailability of other languages
  • Tour duration and pickup time are simply guidelines subject to change due to operational conditions and your hotel location
  • Please arrange a takeaway breakfast box with your hotel reception one day before the tour date
  • If your accommodation includes dinner, then please coordinate with your hotel reception prior tour date to provide a late dinner at your room upon return
  • Please be aware that a copy of your passport will be required during the confirmation process

Remember to bring:

  • Please bring your passport
  • You should bring a sun hat, sunglasses, suncream, cameras, small bottles of water, and casual clothing
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Provider
Travco Group for Tourism
Booking fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation policy
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 48 hours before the experience begins.

What people say about this experience

Excellent

4.5/5

Based on 12 reviews from verified customers

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  • Elissa

    From United Kingdom - July 2025

    Travelled with family

     

    35 - 44 years old

    Excellent

    Overall rated

    5/5

    Our guide Reda was so knowledgeable and was polite, helpful, interesting and helped us to experience the rich Egyptian history. Our driver Johanna (J ...

  • gadsnal

    From United States of America - April 2025

    Travelled as a couple

    Excellent

    Overall rated

    4/5

    We were lucky that there were only 4 of us on the trip. The guide was very knowledgeable and a really lovely man, as was our driver. The balloon fligh ...

  • Seasoned travellers

    From United States of America - February 2024

    Travelled as a couple

     

    45 - 54 years old

    Excellent

    Overall rated

    4/5

    The Balloon ride was the highlight, and was an experience we will never forget. Our guide was fantastic and was highly knowledgeable, the position of ...

  • Sabina

    From United States of America - November 2023

    Travelled as a couple

     

    18 - 24 years old

    Excellent

    Overall rated

    5/5

    Wycieczka bardzo profesjonalnie zaplanowana i przygotowana. Widoki z balonu oraz zwiezione podczas niej zabytki zapieraja dech w piersi. Warte zobacze ...

  • Emily

    From United Kingdom - November 2023

    Travelled as a couple

     

    18 - 24 years old

    Excellent

    Overall rated

    4/5

    We felt the time spent at the hotel on the first day was excessive. We’d have preferred a later start and less down time. Hot air balloon ride was fan ...

  • Anonymous

    From Germany - November 2023

    Great

    Overall rated

    4/5

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