Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut day tour: the reviews, read closely
The verdict: this is the only rating on the site with a sample large enough to argue with, and the reviews are almost entirely about the guides. One of them, without meaning to, writes down the ticket structure that this whole site exists to explain: three tombs included, Seti I bought as a supplement on top. The score, the sample size and the price are in the panel below, where they belong together.
The review that states the argument of this site
Franck gave five stars and wrote four sentences. The second and third are worth more than the listing:
“The tour was very well organized. The 3 included tumbs were nice. The Seti I tumb added with supplement was a must. Mina, our guide, speaks English very fluently and gives interesting information. He helped us with our next visit. Thanks”
“Our guide, Mina, explained the history before we explored each site and was very punctual. Since it was a very hot day, the efficient itinerary made it easy to enjoy the sights. We also stopped at a souvenir shop, and my children enjoyed the performances there.”
“Mohamed gave a lot of explanations, and I enjoyed seeing the sights. We were able to visit two archaeological sites while it was still cool, so we enjoyed it efficiently.”
“The 3 included tumbs” and “the Seti I tumb added with supplement”. That is a customer, typing quickly, describing exactly what the EGP 750 ticket does: it admits you to three tombs of your choice from those open that day, and Seti I is a separate ticket at EGP 2,000 bought on top, which does not use up one of your three. It is the most expensive single ticket in the valley and the only one with no student rate. Why it costs that — 137.19 m, seven corridors, ten chambers, painted raised relief and a ceiling of golden stars — is on the tomb of Seti I.
What his review does not tell you is who collected that supplement or what he paid for it, and this page is not going to fill the gap in. It tells you the supplement exists, from somebody who paid one, and that is worth having before you stand at a window.
Ten reviews, and every one names somebody
All ten of the visible reviews name a guide. Mohamed appears in three of them, Mina in two, and a Mahmoud in two more. Seven of the ten put the name in the first or second sentence, before anything about the tombs.
“Gabriel is an amazing guide, very passionate with a wide knowledge of Egypt history. He’s very kind and made us tour unforgettable, absolutely recommended!”
“We had a really fabulous day yesterday. The sights were stunning and absolutely amazing! Our egyptologist Mahmoud has a lot of knowledge and shared lots of insights with us. He was very kind and helpful and showed us everything. We also had a very kind and great driver. An amazing experience overall!”
“Very nice tour, visited valley of the kings, Hatshepsut temple… My guide Alaa hassan was very friendly and patient, he explained everything in detail and knew his stuff.”
Maja calls hers “our egyptologist”. Guiding in Egypt is a licensed profession and the good ones have read the material, which is the honest case for paying for one at all: the tombs carry almost no interpretation at the wall, so what you understand of KV2’s Book of Caverns or KV11’s blind harpers is whatever somebody tells you. The tombs themselves are described on which three to choose.
Two names here also appear in reviews left on other products on this site. That is discussed on the reviews hub, and the short version is that no listing sells you a named person. Book the day, not the review.
Why every quote is five stars and the score is not
All ten reviews I can read on this product are five stars. Ten five-star reviews cannot average 4.5. The ones that pull it down are among the others, and I cannot see them, so the flattering half of this pool is the visible half.
That is an argument for trusting the number more than the quotes here, which is the reverse of how a review page usually works. A 4.5 built on 1,891 reviews has absorbed every ordinary bad morning an operation has: the driver who was late, the group that was too big, the day somebody was ill. It would take 28 one-star reviews to move it by a tenth of a point. That is what a settled rating looks like, and no other product on this site has one.
One caveat on that sum. A published average is rounded to one decimal place, so the true total behind it is not knowable from the outside and these figures treat the rounded number as exact. The direction is what survives the caveat: a small base moves under one bad morning and a large one does not.
The heat, and the reason to start early
Two of the ten raise the temperature without being asked. Shinobu credits “the efficient itinerary” on “a very hot day”, and eli writes that they saw two sites “while it was still cool”. Both quotes are above.
The numbers behind them: Luxor’s mean daily maximum is 41.4 °C in July and 41.2 °C in June and August, and the recorded extreme is 49.2 °C, in July 2000. The valley is open 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily with no weekly closing day. Guides and experienced visitors put the crowds between mid-morning and mid-afternoon. All of it is on when to visit Luxor. A morning departure is the single thing that most changes how a day in the valley feels, and it is free.
What no review here tells you
Not one of the fifty-one reviews mentions the price of a ticket, in any currency. People rate the day and the person who ran it. They do not write down what they paid at the window, and they do not say whether their tour price covered it.
So this site will not tell you either. A tour price includes what the product’s own inclusions list says it includes and nothing more, that list sits on the booking panel, and it is worth reading twice before you pay. The reason it matters is the whole argument of this site: general entry is EGP 750 and it admits you to three tombs of your choice, while Tutankhamun at EGP 700, Seti I at EGP 2,000 and Ramses V and VI at EGP 220 are each bought on top. The full grid is on every published ticket price. Entry is paid by card only; carry cash for the EGP 20 tram.
What works
- 1,891 reviews — the only settled rating on this site
- All ten visible reviews name a guide, and several call them Egyptologists
- One reviewer describes the ticket structure from the inside: three tombs included, Seti I on supplement
- Two reviewers volunteer that an early or efficient start beat the heat
- The second-cheapest guided day here at US$50
Worth knowing
- Every visible quote is five-star, so the quotes cannot be where the 4.5 comes from
- One reviewer describes a souvenir-shop stop as part of the day
- No review says whether tomb entry is included in the price — read the inclusions
- The guide you get is not the guide in the review you read
- Hatshepsut’s temple is a second site, so the valley is only part of the day
If you book this or any other guided day, ask one question before you pay: which three tombs, and are the paid ones available. One reviewer on a different tour found the three chosen for her with no option to add any. The tombs generally open through 2026, and the fact that no official list exists, are on which tombs are open.
The other tours on this site
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The other two review pages are the West Bank Kings and Queens tour and the private full-day West Bank tour, every score with its sample size is on the reviews hub, and the full list is on every tour listed.
Every quote on this page was read off the product’s own GetYourGuide page, with the first name and star rating as published and the spelling, punctuation and complaints left as the reviewer typed them. Where a quote is cut to a clause the cut is marked. Scores, review counts and prices are live figures that move; read the current ones in the booking panel before you pay.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut day tour worth booking?
It carries the only settled rating on this site: 4.5 from 1,891 reviews, from US$50. All ten visible reviews name their guide and all ten are five stars, which means the reviews producing the published average are ones nobody outside the platform can read.
Does this tour include entry to the tombs?
This site does not assert what any product includes. One reviewer describes paying a supplement for Seti I on top of three included tombs, so arrangements evidently vary with what you add. Read the inclusions on the booking panel: general entry is EGP 750 and Seti I is EGP 2,000 on top of it.
Which tombs do you see on the tour?
No review says, and no tour can promise a fixed list, because the open set changes and no rotation schedule is published anywhere. The standard ticket admits you to three tombs of your choice from those open that day, and the board at the entrance is the only place today's list exists.
How hot does it get, and does it matter?
Luxor's mean daily maximum is 41.4 °C in July and 41.2 °C in June and August. Two of the ten reviewers raise the heat unprompted, one of them crediting an early start for a comfortable morning. The valley opens at 6:00 AM.