This morning we woke early to go on a hot air balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings. Unfortunately some of the local farmers were burning off so the air was a little smoky but the view was still magnificent and the sunrise was beautiful!
We then travelled by Donkey to the Valley of the Kings so we could visit some of the tombs. The Donkey ride was great fun, there were a few races when particular Donkeys didn’t like being behind, when some of the boys wanted to be boys, also just when we wanted to change the pace a little.
In the Valley of the Kings there are multiple Pharaoh’s tombs built down into the hills including the famous tomb of King Tutankhamon. There are 13 tombs which are open to the public to view but the ticket only includes 3. We chose to visit the tombs of Ramses I, Ramses III, Ramses IX. They were very interesting in their construction and beautiful. The tombs internal paintings were still brightly coloured and well preserved.
This afternoon we chilled out at a hotel in Luxor whilst waiting to board another night train back to Cairo.
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