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Private Tour: Dendara from Luxor

Recommended by 90% of travelers

Luxor, Egypt

8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

This popular private tour from Luxor to Dendara offers the option to explore via road or water, giving travelers the unique opportunity to personalize their day-trip experience. Choose from an air conditioned vehicle or a private boat along the famous Nile River. Float or cruise with your local guide to the Temple of Hathor, Coptic Basilica and the Temple of Isis as your own Egyptologist highlights the features of the complex. Enjoy additional free time exploring the grounds as you wish.

Travel from Luxor to Dendara on a fully-customizable private tour
Discover Dendara highlights by road or from the Nile River
Explore the Temple of Hathor, Coptic Basilica, and the Temple of Isis
Enjoy personalized attention from your private guide

What's Included

Qualified Egyptologist guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Private transportation by air-conditioned minivans
Egyptologist the languages included in the pricing (English)

Gratuities
Food and drinks, unless specified
A supplement of 1000 L.E. applies to all languages except the English language guide.

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Pickup details

Departure Point: Tour departs either from centrally located Luxor hotels or from the Luxor Port Tour Modes: By Bus

Itinerary

Experience the beauty, history, culture and architecture of two of Egypt’s most famed cities on this private tour of Dendara from Luxor. Explore the Temple of Hathor—the goddess of pleasure and love—and learn about how this iconic deity is represented as a cow with a woman’s head. Your friendly local guide will explain how the mud-brick walls that enclose the temple date back to the Roman era as you venture deeper into the Coptic Basilica and the Temple of the Birth of Isis—two birth houses on the temple grounds.

Your expert guide will help you gain a deeper understanding of the additions made to the structure during Greek, Ptolemy and Roman periods, as well as highlight the long history of this truly significant temple.

Dendera Temple of Hathor

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Infants must sit on laps
Wheelchair accessible

Stroller accessible
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

Reviews

4.6

based on 10 reviews

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Great Tour

Melvin_A, Sep 2022

Great temple, great guide, great explanations. Very clear, explain a lot about Egyptian history and mythology. Go for it 100%

Dendara is very special as the...

brig, Oct 2013

Dendara is very special as the colours are still visible and intact. The local people were so warm and welcoming. I loved the Zodiac. Even the drive is amazing watching day to day life.

This was a Birthday gift for our...

BRONWEN C, Mar 2011

This was a Birthday gift for our Daughter's 40th Birthday. She absolutely loved every minute and could not fault the trip. Food was amazing. Only disappointments were that the Temple itself was being re-built in places, which spoiled the overall atmosphere/photo opportunities. Otherwise, fan-tas-tic! Highly Rec to all.

By boat was awesome as we accomplished...

Jillian F, Jun 2010

By boat was awesome as we accomplished a Nile Cruise at the same time. Don't forget to bring music, books, etc as most of the day is spent on the boat it is a really nice one even a small pool. Please pass along to the tour operator that the broken down bus on June 1 on the way back to the boat was handled totally inappropriately - this should not affect your decision to take this tour it was clearly a one-off however the bus driver and tour guide refused to allow the passengers to get to the boat terminal for over 1 hour while they tried to fix the bus. The driver didn't want to give his water to the elderly tourists in the 45C heat - the bus driver should be told this is completely unacceptable. The tourguide also didn't help the tourists know what was happening during this wait. The bus driver should have allowed us to take taxis the approx. 7 minute drive back to the boat within the first 15 minutes. The bus driver was very rude to some females who demanded he give the elderly people water. Unfortunate but ended up being a story I can tell people at home. The tour was excellent though and Dendara is fascinating!

Transfers early morning and late...

Walter V, Feb 2010

Transfers early morning and late evening by Viator highly recommended. Tourist information on board a bit improvised and meager, nice lunch on board and good local guide at Dendara.

Great trip, floating on the Nile...

Anthonie V, Jan 2010

Great trip, floating on the Nile reading Agatha Christie's Murder on the Nile, and then this beautiful temple.

Very well organized trip! We chose the...

Craig H, Sep 2009

Very well organized trip! We chose the boat option and it was great! We got picked up by the local agent at Luxor, taken down the road to the Iberotel where we boarded the boat. Took a 4 hour trip up to Dendara where a lovely guide met up with us and took us around the temple. What an amazing sight, you get to see the sunset too which is amazing! Highly recommended

Excellent and friendly service...

Deborah D, Nov 2008

Excellent and friendly service. Wonderful guide and it all exceeded expectations.

I would beware, in this temple we got...

William H, Jul 2008

I would beware, in this temple we got set up to be robbed by one of the tourist police who we reported. I would suggest taking your own toilet roll as they hand you one sheet! It was ok I suppose but a bit boring, you would have to like that kind of thing. We went by bus but now I wish we had taken the boat option as this would have added to the day.