Overview
Combining professional travel portraiture with expert archaeological logistics, this private photography tour is designed for couples, families, solo travelers, and content creators seeking high-resolution images in Luxor. Operating during early morning golden hour or late afternoon sunset, the session bypasses harsh overhead sunlight and high-traffic tour bus windows. Guests select their preferred backdrops—ranging from the 134 sandstone columns of Karnak's Great Hypostyle Hall and the terraced architecture of Hatshepsut Temple to traditional wooden feluccas along the Nile River. Your photographer handles lighting setups, framing, and permit coordination, while your guide manages site pacing and access. Within 48 to 72 hours, clients receive a curated digital gallery of professionally color-graded, high-resolution edited images alongside raw files. Trip information Duration: Full Day Schedule: Daily Tour location: Luxor Pickup location: Your hotel or Nile cruise in Luxor Tour type: Private
Why You Will Love This Trip
- Work with a professional local photographer specializing in travel portraiture and ancient architecture.
- Schedule your session during early morning or late afternoon golden hour for optimal natural lighting.
- Choose iconic backdrops including Karnak Temple, Hatshepsut Temple, or a private Nile felucca.
- Receive guidance on posing, styling, and frame composition tailored to historical temple settings.
- Access a private online digital gallery with high-resolution, color-graded edited photos within 72 hours.
- Enjoy door-to-door private transfers in an air-conditioned vehicle throughout your shoot locations.
Detailed Itinerary
Stop 1: Pre-dawn pickup (05:00)
Collection from your hotel or cruise. The whole day is scheduled around light rather than opening hours, which is why it starts before sunrise.
Stop 2: First light at the Colossi of Memnon (05:45)
The two seated statues face east, so they are lit from the front at sunrise with the Theban hills still in shadow behind them.
Stop 3: Hatshepsut's temple at sunrise (06:15)
The terraces face east into the rising sun and the cliff behind turns from grey to orange over about twenty minutes. Your guide positions you before the coaches arrive.
Stop 4: Medinet Habu for colour work (07:30)
The deeply cut reliefs still carry original paint and the low morning sun rakes across them, which is when the carving reads best. Interior light is dim; a fast lens or a high ISO helps more than a tripod here.
Stop 5: Midday break (10:30)
Return to your hotel through the worst of the light and heat. Editing, backup and rest.
Stop 6: Karnak in the late afternoon (16:00)
The Great Hypostyle Hall with side light through the clerestory windows, and the sacred lake for reflections. Tripod permits are arranged in advance where they are required.
Stop 7: Luxor Temple at blue hour (18:00)
The floodlights come on while there is still colour in the sky, which is the twenty-minute window where the temple and the sky balance in one exposure.
Stop 8: Return transfer (19:15)
Back to your hotel. Balloon flights and felucca sessions can be added for aerial and river angles.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Included
- Hotel or Nile Cruise pick-up and drop-off in a private air-conditioned vehicle.
- Professional personal photographer for the entire duration of the tour.
- Licensed Egyptologist guide to manage site access and historical background.
- Standard entrance tickets to the agreed photo session locations.
- Delivery of 30 to 50 professionally retouched, high-resolution digital photos via a private online gallery.
- Full personal usage rights for all edited digital files.
- Bottled drinking water provided in the vehicle.
- The tour price includes all standard admission tickets required for the visits and activities listed in this itinerary. Optional visits and special-access upgrades outside the listed itinerary cost extra.
Excluded
- Specialized Ministry of Tourism commercial filming permits (standard personal handheld photo permits included).
- Professional hair, makeup, or costume/wardrobe styling services (available upon request).
- Gratuities for the photographer, guide, and driver (baksheesh).
- Physical printed photo albums or framed prints (available as an optional add-on).
- Domestic and international airline tickets are not included.
Prices by Group Size
Every amount is the USD price for one traveler, not the total booking price. Choose the row that matches your group size.
| Travelers | Price per traveler |
|---|---|
| 1 Traveler | $30 per travelerTotal for 1 traveler: $30 |
| 2 Travelers | $30 per travelerTotal for 2 travelers: $60 |
| 3 Travelers | $30 per travelerTotal for 3 travelers: $90 |
| 4 Travelers | $30 per travelerTotal for 4 travelers: $120 |
| 5 Travelers | $30 per travelerTotal for 5 travelers: $150 |
| 6 or More Travelers | $30 per travelerFrom $180 total for 6 travelers |
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Pricing Information
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Children Policy
Child rates depend on age, room occupancy and the hotel or cruise policy. Send each child age for a confirmed quote.
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