Private Luxor West Bank Tour: Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut

Enter the royal necropolis with your licensed Egyptologist and visit a selection of tombs open on the tour date. The guide explains why New Kingdom rulers chose this secluded western valley and how the tomb plans, painted scenes and funerary texts supported the king’s afterlife. Open tombs rotate for conservation, while some high-demand tombs require separate tickets, so exact entries are confirmed locally.

Continue to Hatshepsut’s terraced mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari, built against the limestone cliffs of the West Bank. Walk through the principal terraces and colonnades while your guide explains the monument’s relationship to Hatshepsut’s reign and its surviving relief program. The visit includes exposed outdoor spaces and steps, allowing the pace to be adjusted for heat or mobility requirements shared before departure.

Conclude at the two monumental seated statues of Amenhotep III that once marked the entrance to his mortuary complex. Your guide identifies the pharaoh, explains the original role of the statues and places the surviving figures within the much larger archaeological site around them. This is a focused outdoor visit, with its length adjusted to traffic, temperature and the confirmed return time to Luxor.