Valley of the Kings - secluded among the bone dry Thebian Hills and intended as the ultimate insurance policy on eternal life. Home to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, (pictured left) discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter. Also there are tombs of various other kings of Egypt - Ramses IV, Mernephta, Ramses IX, Seti I, Ramses III and more. Here I am, looking so excited because I am about to fulfil a life long dream of going inside King Tutankhamun's tomb.
If you'd like to see the Valley of the Kings from the air - there is the option to do a hot air balloon ride...!
Watch the sun rise from high over Luxor's West Bank, and see it glinting on the Nile as it snakes its way through the landscape far below.
Valley of the Queens - originally named "Place of Beauty". Contains the tombs of Queen Nefertari, Queen Titi and others.
Queen Hatshepsut's Temple - Queen Hatshepsut called her temple the "Splendour of Splendours". There are colonnades and terraces and the temple is home to the Chapel of the god Anubis.
Karnak Temple - there really is an incredible energy here. It's huge, and contains the Temple of the god Amun - an overwhelming succession of pylons, courts and columned halls, obelisks and colossi.
The impressive, columned Temple of Ramses III is here too, as is the Great Hypostyle Hall - a forest of gigantic columns covering an area of 6000 square metres and big enough to house both Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome and St Paul's Cathedral in London.
I love Karnak Temple more than any other sight I've visited in Egypt. It also has a lake, and a giant scarab beetle... well obviously!
Our guide Khaled is not only an English speaking Egyptologist and Archaeologist at Karnak Temple, he also is very involved in the energetic aspects of Ancient Egypt, and will be putting together a very special day for us at Karnak, with this in mind. He will be taking us to some of the lesser known areas where we will be able to mediate, connect to and explore these energies for ourselves. I hope you'll love it here as much as I do.
In fact, Karnak is a superb place to discover the energies that are still very much in evidence for those who know how to experience them. There will be time for meditating on the energies at many of the places we will be visiting.
So if you want to connect with some powerful Ancient Egyptian vibrations, there will be plenty of opportunity to do so, with the guidance of Khaled and Ahmed who are both experienced in this area. The choice is yours. These could be the most profound and powerful memories of Egypt that you take home with you. From my own meditations here in 2005 and 2006, I can recommend keeping a journal of what you experience, so you can re-live it again at a later time.
Camel Ride - for those who are keen to get to grips with our four legged Egyptian friends, a camel ride will be on offer as an optional extra. You will visit the countryside, farmland and a village on the West Bank of Luxor. A fascinating and very real life experience. We are planning a boat party on the Nile, just for our group, and those who wish to ride a camel will be able to do so once we reach the West Bank. There will be an Egyptian buffet waiting on board our boat, for the intrepid camel riding explorers on their return. There will be time to relax and have fun as the sun sets...it promises to be a memorable afternoon.
Luxor Temple - very close to our hotel, with colonnades and pylons which are lit up at night. Mostly built by two rulers, Amenophis III and Ramses II. The clarity of it's reliefs is owed to the temple having been half buried in sand and silt, and overlaid by Luxor itself. When archaeologists excavated this temple they had to pay compensation for the demolition of scores of homes.
Edfu Temple - reputedly the best preserved cult temple in Egypt, dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus.. The Temple of Horus lay buried up to it's lintels until it was excavated in the 1860's.
Kom Ombo - Temple of Haroeris and Sobek. The falcon-headed Haroeris was also known as the "Good Doctor", and Sobek was the crocodile-headed god. In ancient times, crocodiles used to bask on the banks of the Nile here. You can still see traces of the original paint on the reliefs here. Parts of the temple were damaged in the earthquake of 1992.
Valley of the Kings - secluded among the bone dry Thebian Hills and intended as the ultimate insurance policy on eternal life. Home to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, (pictured left) discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter. Also there are tombs of various other kings of Egypt - Ramses IV, Mernephta, Ramses IX, Seti I, Ramses III and more. Here I am, looking so excited because I am about to fulfil a life long dream of going inside King Tutankhamun's tomb.
If you'd like to see the Valley of the Kings from the air - there is the option to do a hot air balloon ride...!
Watch the sun rise from high over Luxor's West Bank, and see it glinting on the Nile as it snakes its way through the landscape far below. 
Queen Hatshepsut's Temple - Queen Hatshepsut called her temple the "Splendour of Splendours". There are colonnades and terraces and the temple is home to the Chapel of the god Anubis.
Karnak Temple - there really is an incredible energy here. It's huge, and contains the Temple of the god Amun - an overwhelming succession of pylons, courts and columned halls, obelisks and colossi.
The impressive, columned Temple of Ramses III is here too, as is the Great Hypostyle Hall - a forest of gigantic columns covering an area of 6000 square metres and big enough to house both Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome and St Paul's Cathedral in London.
I love Karnak Temple more than any other sight I've visited in Egypt. It also has a lake, and a giant scarab beetle... well obviously!
Our guide Khaled is not only an English speaking Egyptologist and Archaeologist at Karnak Temple, he also is very involved in the energetic aspects of Ancient Egypt, and will be putting together a very special day for us at Karnak, with this in mind. He will be taking us to some of the lesser known areas where we will be able to mediate, connect to and explore these energies for ourselves. I hope you'll love it here as much as I do.
In fact, Karnak is a superb place to discover the energies that are still very much in evidence for those who know how to experience them. There will be time for meditating on the energies at many of the places we will be visiting. 
So if you want to connect with some powerful Ancient Egyptian vibrations, there will be plenty of opportunity to do so, with the guidance of Khaled and Ahmed who are both experienced in this area. The choice is yours. These could be the most profound and powerful memories of Egypt that you take home with you. From my own meditations here in 2005 and 2006, I can recommend keeping a journal of what you experience, so you can re-live it again at a later time.
Camel Ride - for those who are keen to get to grips with our four legged Egyptian friends, a camel ride will be on offer as an optional extra. You will visit the countryside, farmland and a village on the West Bank of Luxor. A fascinating and very real life experience. We are planning a boat party on the Nile, just for our group, and those who wish to ride a camel will be able to do so once we reach the West Bank. There will be an Egyptian buffet waiting on board our boat, for the intrepid camel riding explorers on their return. There will be time to relax and have fun as the sun sets...it promises to be a memorable afternoon.
Luxor Temple - very close to our hotel, with colonnades and pylons which are lit up at night. Mostly built by two rulers, Amenophis III and Ramses II. The clarity of it's reliefs is owed to the temple having been half buried in sand and silt, and overlaid by Luxor itself. When archaeologists excavated this temple they had to pay compensation for the demolition of scores of homes. 
Edfu Temple - reputedly the best preserved cult temple in Egypt, dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus.. The Temple of Horus lay buried up to it's lintels until it was excavated in the 1860's.
Kom Ombo - Temple of Haroeris and Sobek. The falcon-headed Haroeris was also known as the "Good Doctor", and Sobek was the crocodile-headed god. In ancient times, crocodiles used to bask on the banks of the Nile here. You can still see traces of the original paint on the reliefs here. Parts of the temple were damaged in the earthquake of 1992.
