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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Enjoy Half Day Tour to Dendera Temple from Luxor. Drive for about 70km to the north of Luxor to visit Dendera Temple complex, which contains a large number of structures from different periods of Egyptian history, the best preserved is the Greco-Roman temple of Hathor, then transfer back to your hotel in Luxor
Bottled water during the tour
Pick up services from your hotel in Luxor and return
All service charges and taxes
All transfer by a private air-conditioned vehicle
Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
Gratuities
US$7 Supplement per person for Pickup or drop-off Luxor airport (one way)
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
Your Tour guide will pick you up from your location in Luxor
Traveler pickup
Luxor, Luxor City, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
Luxor, Luxor, Egypt Your Nile Holiday tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor to discover the ancient site of Dendera. The temple was dedicated to the goddess Hathor, goddess of love, happiness and joy. Dendera is located about 75 km North of Luxor on the west bank of the Nile, opposite modern town of Qena.
Dendera Temple Complex, Dendera, Egypt The Temple complex was surrounded by a massive mud-brick wall covers an enormous 40,000 square meters. The temple construction dates back to the Middle Kingdom, time of pharaoh Pepi I (ca. 2250 BC) built on this site and continuing right up until the time of the Roman emperor Trajan (ca.117AD). The existing structure began construction in the late Ptolemaic period at the time of Ptolemy Auletes (ac. 54 BC) and the hypostyle hall was built in the Roman period under Tiberius (ac 14 – 37 AD.).
Temple of Hathor at Dendera is also one of the few Egyptian temples with an intact astronomical ceiling and accessible rooftop, where you can get fantastic views of the surrounding countryside.
The ceiling of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera has recently been cleaned, removing hundreds of years of black soot without harming the ancient paint underneath.
See the famous Dendera zodiac carved in Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the Portico. After finished, transfer back to your hotel in Luxor. 90 minutes
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Photocopy of all Travelers Passports. Max. 24 hours before travel date. Required
Pick up location in Luxor: Name & address? Required
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
makin285
17 May 2025
Azab the tour guide was excellent! Professional, knowledgable and helpful. Dendara Temple was gorgeous. The private car ride was smooth, safe and fast. Drive was 1 hr and 20 mins. Mustafa the driver is an excellent driver! We requested airport drop off too. Highly recommended half day excursion.
Aiko S
11 May 2025
Professional guide Azab and driver Mostafa made my day ✨
Guide Azab has so much knowledge and helped me understand ancient Egyptian history.
What a beautiful Dendera Temple. You must see! Also secret holy place Abydos…. Colour and reliefs are well preserved.
Along with professional guidance you would enjoy much better. Nile Holiday provide you great experiences????
Drew_T
08 Jan 2025
Nice visit to Dendara Temple - it's a fun one to experience because you can climb on top, and visit a lower crypt. It's also still very colorful, in the first room with the pillars. The drive is about an hour/hour and 15 from Luxor, and water was provided (although, I saved mine for the return trip only to find it cracked into and half drank when we got back to the car. Uhhh... Wasn't me or my wife, so maybe the driver?? I didn't touch it, but felt thirsty...). Our guide was a nice man, but he tended to speak a lot and very randomly, so it was a little hard to follow. We wanted to shoot a lot of photos and video here but we kept feeling like we held up the tour. After a while we were given some free time to explore, but it wasn't much time. There's a lot here to see. Overall, we're glad to have visited and enjoyed the tour.
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