GnT Tours First Trip 2018 day 6
Karnak Day 6 was our last in Luxor, and we were going to spend some time on the East Bank. After breakfast we made our way down to the river’s edge for a ride downstream. Our destination – the largest open-air temple in the world – Karnak. It is a great pity that security measures […]
GnT Tours First Trip 2018 day 5
Seti I Temple Day 5 began with a minibus journey through the local villages rather than via the main road. We were starting our day at the northern-most temple in the necropolis. The mortuary temple of Seti I, father to Ramses the Great, is a seldom-visited gem, not far from the New Qurna market. Hidden from […]
GnT Tours First Trip 2018 day 4
Valley of the Kings With breakfast out of the way and a fresh supply of cold water on board, we set off for the world’s most famous cemetery. Here, again, the Luxor Pass really came into its own, not only could we visit the tomb of Seti I, but also any of the other tombs […]
GnT Tours First Trip, 2018 day 3
Day 3 started with a split in our company as our last arrival needed to get her Luxor Pass, which meant a trip across the river to the offices behind the museum. Although it was nice and cool on the water, the general temperature was still in the 40s. The Luxor Pass process was quick and painless, […]
GnT Tours First Trip, 2018 day 2
With our number bolstered by the first of our late arrivals, we set out for the Valley of the Queens. Armed with ice-cold water we set off in our minibus taxi up though the villages, past the Colossi of Memnon. It was great to see just how much of the layout of Amenhotep III’s mortuary temple […]
GnT Tours First Trip, 2018 day 1
From 2013 to 2015 I was busy finishing and publishing Moses and Akhenaten: Brothers in Alms. It was late in 2017 when someone for a joke suggested we run tours to Egypt. This led to the forming of GnT Tours some time in 2018. These are the slightly edited daily trip reports from the very […]