After our three-day Nile cruise we finally made it to another can't-miss stop in Egypt;
Luxor. With its incredible sights and temples, while we had a great day overall,
there's definitely a few things to be aware of before visiting, but let's start from the beginning
Good morning! Another early wake-up call. At 6:30AM we checked out of our Nile River cruise
to explore Luxor for this entire day.
I'm Sayma, your tour guide for today. - Thank you so much!
Luxor has 20% of the monuments in the whole world and 60% of the monuments in Egypt is here
Here was the golden age of Egypt.
So Sayma wants us to try the Egyptian falafel which is the best falafel ever!
Agh, thank you!
It was much better than what we had at the hotel. -Really? - Yeah
The falafel is so soft and tender.
We are starting right here in the Valley of the Kings. This is where 64 Egyptian pharaohs have
been buried including the famous King Tut. So we are going to see three of the tombs included in
the main ticket price and then was 100 Egyptian pounds extra to see the Tomb of Ramsey the
fifth and the sixth. Definitely something to keep in mind when you're coming here; bring your
cash they do not accept credit card and if you want to bring a camera just like
this one, you're going to have to pay 300 Egyptian pounds extra. But again, that's all worthwhile to
have you guys along with us for the journey. So let's go see the Valley of the Kings can't wait
Unfortunately, we cannot bring our microphone with us for the camera so bear with us.
Apologies for the audio inside but we're so excited to check it out right now, let's go!
The details and the colors in the King's Tombs are incredible to see and in order to preserve them
they actually rotate the three main tombs which are open to the public also while it would have
been awesome to see King Tut's Tomb, unfortunately a lot of stuff was stolen from it since
it cost extra money to get into Sayma told us it was better to check out Ramsay the fifth too instead
We were told by our guide that this is the best one so
this is going to be the fourth tomb that we'll be visiting today
and we're excited about it
That's so big and then what is in that again?
the coffin
So unfortunately, it continued at every single tomb
there was a "security guard"
basically some guy standing outside looking for a tip even though you have a guide.
Your guide can't come in with you into the King's Tombs.
basically to keep these people employed.
I understand and respect that in these times it's really difficult for a lot of people
it is something that if you don't come here with a guy it makes a lot of sense because these people are knowledgeable about the place,
but since we had a guide it just started to get a little frustrating they tried us to stop us from filming
but Valley of the Kings is still really really beautiful and you should definitely check it out!
So we are done with the tombs and we are going to head over to where Sayma?
Yes! Where are we going? - We are going to the Queen's Temple, Queen Hatshepsut!
Lovely morning, nice to meet you!
I love tourists!
So the tour buses have definitely started to arrive here at the Valley of the King, so it pays
to be the early bird here because it gets super tight into those tombs
you don't want to be here with tour groups!
and now we are in a workman village and we can see the last generations from ancient Egyptians
What they are doing is they are bringing the stones
from the mountains, Egypt is so rich with the stones.
All different stones; basalti, granite and the most famous
Stone is the alabaster!
This is the form going to be a vase.
It's going to be a vase, okay!
Oh 10 kilograms, I'm strong!
And it becomes this! Look at that.
It's like...so light!
We're gonna ride Taftaf again!
Yep, at each place they have a nice little uh miniature train i guess
you could say to take you from the entrance all the way into the location
We're in the Queen Hatshepsut Temple
she's actually original (first female leader) Cleopatra and she had a very important rule and power in history
and this whole temple, where she was actually reigning from
and it's (now been) renovated and built again
and this is so nice to come and explore it.
So these tour buses keep following us and we keep beating them, thankfully
to all these sites we have it mostly to ourselves and then the tour buses show up
as we're leaving it's perfect timing so far thanks to Sayma in Egypt Gift Tours
So that's definitely a good thing about having your own guide and getting out early
What is the most frequently consumed animal? Buffalo, for sure the ship and goats.
Do you eat camels?
Yes we do. The best meat ever! You know why?
- Why? - Camels never get sick! If he gets sick he dies!
We beat the crowds!
Yalla! (Let's go in Arabic)
Welcome to Karnak Temple here in Luxor, Egypt. It is the second biggest temple in the entire world,
as well as the oldest temple, second biggest after Angkor Wat in Cambodia. And it is dedicated to the
God Amun-Ra and actually right behind me a little bit further up on this wall
you can see the pharaoh the king of Egypt giving a sacrifice to Amun Ra in the form of food and in
exchange Amun Ra is giving and gifting to the ancient Egyptians tools in order to help them
build society. We're standing right here in the courtyard during festival time this is the only
place that commoners like us could actually go and ever see the temple otherwise further in
just for a high priest and the king.
So it's pretty incredible just how massive these structures are and
how do they get them up like this. Who knows... I mean they've stand the test of 4 000 years but
even a little guy right behind me is like much taller than i am, so it's really fun
to look at and just how incredibly dwarfed we are. Even I'm short just like Gokce now
(Steve is lucky to be alive) :)
So this is probably one of the most famous parts of Karnak temple these massive columns
right behind me. There is a 134 of them and they are 24 meters tall.
They are the biggest columns in the entire world, can you believe that?
I can't hug them, they're like super...
" I can't hug them"
Seeing the whole artwork on it, the design and
how much work went into it to carve them into the shapes of that like
Incredible. I'm so happy that we made it here.
so we finished up at Karnak Temple and decided to make a quick stop and pick up our very own custom-made papyrus paper
Which one's this? Steve and Gokce
But last stop, it was time to finish our day visiting the East Bank's most important site; Luxor temple.
So unfortunately the ancient sphinx road behind us. It's actually under construction right now
Normally you can go from Karnak temple straight here to Luxor temple right behind us
They built a mosque right on top of the temple,
because they didn't realize there was a temple here because it was buried!
this entire area was actually under the sand in fact
the sand was going up to the shoulders of the statues,
there were actually houses on top of this area, can you believe that?
But they moved the houses and they dug the area and here it is!
So one of the really interesting things about Luxor temple is the fact that it's also a monastery
so there's a mosque melt on top of it when it was buried, but during Roman Times they actually extended it
and built a monastery here and Alexander the Great actually came here himself as well
and added on his own part so there's a lot of history from a lot of different empires
right here in Luxor temple. It's pretty awesome.
that's l and that's k
that's s...n...d...e...r...s
That's Alexander!
Tired. What a long day exploring Luxor!
Thank you so much!
You will go to Nefertiti.
and then go into the roof in Nefertiti Hotel
The best view ever, the best food ever.
It was exhausting to see it all in one day.
I would probably recommend breaking Luxor up to two days and seeing the sights
in the early morning in the West Bank and then the East Bank.
The West Bank being the side of the dead because that is where the sunsets.
The East Bank being the side of the living because that is where it (the sun) rises
Ancient Egyptian mythology in a nutshell for you!
And we are now at the Nefertiti hotel on the Nile river overlooking it
on its rooftop and I'm just gonna link that in the description below for you
Everything looks so good, I am so excited!
We actually tried camel burger in Dubai so this is going to be our second time.
I'm curious if it's going to taste the same! It's super delicious like the the meat tastes just so good!
We are gonna end up our day here in Luxor and we are going to rest up a little bit
before we have another adventure coming on later this evening.
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I feel like I'm in a movie, it just feels so unreal being here...
very spacious!
You can do this, and this, and this! :)