Cultural Photography Tours & Trips in Valley Of The Kings

The towering statues of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Colossi of Memnon at dawn in the Valley of the Kings make for great photos. Check out three decorated tombs in Deir el-Medina showing daily life scenes from ancient Egypt, and see Luxor Temple lit up at night and the Temple of Kom Ombo.

Walk through the UNESCO World Heritage Valley of the Kings and descend into royal tombs, with options to visit Tutankhamen's resting site among 63 excavated chambers. You'll see the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, one of Egypt's few female pharaohs who ruled for 21 years. Photograph the Colossi of Memnon guarding King Amenhotep III's massive temple entrance on Luxor's West Bank.

At the Temple of Karnak during golden hour, you'll photograph gigantic columns and stone sphinxes that create great compositions. The Colossi of Memnon twin statues and colorful hieroglyphics inside Valley of the Kings tombs let you document ancient burial chambers of Egyptian royalty. Later, visit the Temple of Hathor in Dendera dedicated to the goddess of love and beauty, then frame the Great Sphinx against the Pyramids at Giza during a dedicated photography excursion to Sakkara.

You'll walk through selected pharaonic tombs at the Valley of the Kings, where corridors stretch up to 200 meters into solid rock and golden light brings out the vibrant hieroglyphs on ancient walls. Later, check out the dramatic terraced architecture of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple set against desert cliffs, then head to the Temple of Horus in Edfu to see perfectly preserved reliefs showing Isis and Osiris myths.

Frame shots of the UNESCO-listed Valley of the Kings with its 63 royal tombs covered in detailed hieroglyphics and ancient art, then photograph the massive 18-meter Colossi of Memnon at golden hour—each one weighs around 700 tons. Head to the Temple of Hatshepsut built into the cliffs at Deir el-Bahari, then capture Luxor Temple lit up at night.

On the West Bank, you'll photograph the Valley of the Kings with its well-kept tomb hieroglyphics and see Howard Carter's old house where he found Tutankhamun's tomb back in 1922. Queen Hatshepsut's monument and the Valley of the Nobles' wall paintings showing ancient farming life make great photo stops. You'll spend two nights in Luxor with special access to the UNESCO temples, from the huge Karnak Complex to the Temple of Isis at Philae during your private Nile cruise for just 36 guests.