Luxor Museum and Mummification Museum Private Half-Day Tour
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Overview
Luxor Museum and Mummification Museum are left off many sightseeing itineraries, yet both offer deep insight into Egypt’s ancient past. This private half-day tour takes you to both, and with a personal Egyptologist guide to give extra background. View the antiquities and mummies at Luxor Museum, and see the tools, techniques, and results of ancient mummification at the Mummification Museum. Entrance fees and private air-conditioned hotel and port transfers are included for a complete experience.
Inclusions
- Pick up services from your hotel in Luxor and return
- All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle
- Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
- Shopping tours in Luxor bazaars during the tour
- Qualified Egyptologist tour guide
- Bottled water during the tour
- All service charges & taxes
- Entry/Admission - Luxor Museum
- Entry/Admission - Mummification Museum
- Entry/Admission - Mummification Museum
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Your professional Egyptologist local Tour guide will be waiting for you at your Luxor hotel / Nile Cruise lobby and start your tour to visit Luxor Museum. Inaugurated in 1975, the wonderful museum has a well-chosen collection of antiquities dating from the Middle Kingdom (2055 BC – c. 1650 BC) mostly gathered from the Theban temples and necropolis.
There is a new extension to Luxor museum "the Glory of Thebes" inaugurated in 2004, there are two royal mummies of Ahmose I and Ramses I of the New Kingdom (1570 – 1050 BC), some fantastic collection dating back to the time of the New Kingdom.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mummification Museum, Corniche El Nil St. Opposite Mina Palace Hotel, Luxor Egypt
Continue to visit Luxor Mummification Museum, opened to the public in 1997, the small museum displays human and animal mummies, tools used in the mummification process, explaining the art of mummification, a practice believed by the ancient Egyptians to be a critical part for the eternal life, examples of the types of objects traditionally buried with the dead.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Later on, you will have the opportunity to discover Luxor city tourist Souq, enjoy some free time for shopping in Luxor market, for some fun bartering with the local stall holders and get some lovely hand crafted gifts.
After finished, you will be transferred to your hotel in Luxor.
Duration: 1 hour
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Your professional Egyptologist local Tour guide will be waiting for you at your Luxor hotel / Nile Cruise lobby and start your tour to visit Luxor Museum. Inaugurated in 1975, the wonderful museum has a well-chosen collection of antiquities dating from the Middle Kingdom (2055 BC – c. 1650 BC) mostly gathered from the Theban temples and necropolis.
There is a new extension to Luxor museum "the Glory of Thebes" inaugurated in 2004, there are two royal mummies of Ahmose I and Ramses I of the New Kingdom (1570 – 1050 BC), some fantastic collection dating back to the time of the New Kingdom.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mummification Museum, Corniche El Nil St. Opposite Mina Palace Hotel, Luxor Egypt
Continue to visit Luxor Mummification Museum, opened to the public in 1997, the small museum displays human and animal mummies, tools used in the mummification process, explaining the art of mummification, a practice believed by the ancient Egyptians to be a critical part for the eternal life, examples of the types of objects traditionally buried with the dead.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Later on, you will have the opportunity to discover Luxor city tourist Souq, enjoy some free time for shopping in Luxor market, for some fun bartering with the local stall holders and get some lovely hand crafted gifts.
After finished, you will be transferred to your hotel in Luxor.
Duration: 1 hour
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Face masks provided for travelers
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.