Travelling
by private taxi
Depending
on the number of persons you can either choose an old French
"Pigeot", former 403 or 404 Peugeot or other restored
antiques, for 4
persons or modern air-conditioned Toyota mini-buses
for 10 persons
maximum. Below are the details of some drivers we personally
know and whom you can trust. Youan organise with them a trip
to the North (Dendéra, Abydos,
Tell el-Amarna) or to the South (Esna, Edfou, Kom-Ombo,
Aswan
and even Abou Simbel) or also to the Red
Sea.
Principaux tarifs à titre indicatif
:
Typical
rates (indicative)
:
- Transfer airport/ Luxor
city = 50 EGP
- Transfer airport/ West bank = 100 EGP
-
West bank, half day visit = 120 EGP
- West bank, full day
visit = 180 EGP
- One day to
Abydos
via Dendera = 500 EGP
- 4 days, 3 nights in Middle Egypt (Tell
el Amarna for example) = 1700 EGP, including hotel and
meals.
Mongolfière
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We
recommend the company MAGIC HORIZON
Tel :
01-05-82-45-46.
The rate for 35 minutes above Wes
bank is 400 EGP per person; a taxi should come and pick
you up where you stay 30 minutes before sun
rise.
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Walking
in the Theban mountain
There
are a number of walking circuits in the Theban mountain, in
the footprints of the workers who built the royal tombs. For
instance:
-
"from the Valley of the Kings to the Valley of the Queens"
with a view from above onto the Valley of the Kings,
Hatshepsut temple and the Valley of the
Queens;
-
"At the gates of the desert: stones and potteries" to discover
silex and fossile shells as well as two sites where Coptic
monks lived during the first centuries of
Christianity.
The
descriptions of these circuits are available (free of charge)
at Hapy Habou
Restaurant.
To
organize your stay
Should
you need assistance to organize your stay in
Luxor
or in other places in
Egypt
(hotel reservation, guide, taxi, plane or train tickets
etc..), you can contact Oussama whom we recommend as a good
and responsible professional. Tel : +.20.1.05.05.09.61,
ossamalxr@yahoo.com.
4 wheel drive car
safari in the Libyan desert and Western oasis
Abu
El Naga H. Gabriel, a professional guide, offers a selection
of trips, in 4 wheel drive cars, to discover the Libyan
desert and Western oasis (Kharga, Dakhla, Farafra, Bahariya,
Siwa, the white desert, .)
Tel
: 00.20.1.01.24.00.80,
www.egypt-westerndesert.com,
abuelnaga58@yahoo.com.
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