Desert, History and the Red Sea: Holiday in Luxor and Hurghada

• Desert Sunrise Ride to watch the hot air balloons

 Rise early for today's breathtaking 3-hour sunrise ride. Watch the hot air balloons take off as you ride towards the desert and mountains. Breakfast is at a cafeteria nearby Habu Temple 

• Felucca sailing trip with lunch 

After the early ride, unwind aboard a felucca sailboat and observe West Bank rural life and East Bank bustling Luxor City. On the boat, a mouthwatering lunch is served. 

•  East Bank tour 

 With our Egyptologist guide you visit the temples on the East Bank of Luxor: Karnak and Luxor temple and take a city tour 

•  Dinner at El-Kababgy restaurant 

 After the city tour have dinner at restaurant El-Kababgy on the Nile where you can taste various small authentic Egyptian dishes in a shared dinner

• Breakfast at accommodation 
• West Bank tour 

Start the day off with a private tour of the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, and Habu Temple with a knowledgeable Egyptologist guide o Lunch at accommodation 

• Sugar cane and banana plantation ride 

After lunch it's time to get ready for a 2-hour horseback ride through the sugar cane fields, farmland and countryside. See how the farmers work the fields in the same way as their ancestors did in the time of the pharaohs! 

• Egyptian Cooking Experience 

Prepare, cook, and eat a local Egyptian meal with the family in the Luxor Stables family home

• Breakfast at accommodation
•  Countryside and mountain adventure

 Saving the most special and longest horse ride for last, this 5-hour ride takes you from the stables through the peaceful banana and sugar cane fields, through the villages with old mud houses, and up to Mount Thebes. From here, the panoramic view of Luxor and the West Bank is truly breathtaking! You will pass secret valleys and caves that are far off the beaten path. You return through the small town of New Qurna, past the beautiful temple of Seti the First, and back through the fields to the stables

•  Lunch at a local restaurant 
•  Dinner at accommodation

On the last evening in Luxor, the chef prepares an extra special dinner

• Breakfast at accommodation 
• Private transportation from Luxor to Hurghada 

 In a comfortable minibus you drive from Luxor to Hurghada in about 4 hours with a lunch box en route 

• Desert ride and swimming with horses 

In the afternoon you will take a 3-hour drive through the desert, ending with a swim with the horses in the Red Sea! 

• Dinner at hotel 

Dinner at the hotel and evening at leisure

• Breakfast at hotel 
•  Desert mountain ride 

 The last ride of the holiday is a special ride, a 6-hour horseback ride through the desert and mountains of Hurghada with lunch on the way 

•  Dinner at hotel 

Dinner at the hotel and evening at leisure

• Breakfast at hotel 
• Checkout