Luxor ticket prices 2026

How much is the Temple of Hatshepsut ticket in 2026?

EGP 440 for a foreign adult and EGP 220 for a foreign student, according to the Ministry's current price list.

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities price list gives the Temple of Hatshepsut at EGP 440 (students EGP 220), open 06:00 to 17:00. Egyptians pay EGP 40. The temple's own page on egymonuments.gov.eg still shows the older EGP 360, the price before the November 2024 rise. Budget 440. If the window charges 360, enjoy the change.

The ticket is sold at the visitor centre at the bottom of the site, not at the temple door. From there it is a few hundred metres up to the first ramp. A small electric shuttle covers that stretch for an extra fee, paid separately. At EGP 440 (about $8.50) the gate is still the cheapest way in. Online resellers charge more for the same entry; our Hatshepsut tickets guide compares the options.

What does the Valley of the Kings cost, and which tombs are extra?

EGP 750 for the general ticket with three tombs of your choice. Tutankhamun (EGP 700), Seti I (EGP 2,000), Ramesses V and VI (EGP 220) and Ay (EGP 200) each need their own ticket.

The Valley of the Kings ticket is EGP 750 (students EGP 375). It lets you into three of the open tombs, and which ones are open rotates for conservation. The famous names are sold separately at the same visitor centre: Tutankhamun at EGP 700, Seti I at EGP 2,000 (no student discount) and Ramesses V and VI at EGP 220. The tomb of Ay sits in the West Valley, a separate drive, for EGP 200.

Our pick for a first visit: the general ticket plus Ramesses VI. The ceiling is the best EGP 220 you will spend in Luxor. Seti I is the most complete painted tomb in the valley and worth the money if tombs are your thing. Tutankhamun's is small; you go for the name and the mummy, not the walls.

This matters for tours too. "Admission included" on a listing means the general three-tomb ticket, never the extras. A flagship guest paid an extra EGP 2,700 per person for Seti I and Tutankhamun, which is exactly the list price of the two.

What do the other Luxor temples and tombs cost in 2026?

Karnak EGP 600, Luxor Temple EGP 500, and most West Bank sites EGP 220: Medinet Habu, Deir el-Medina, the Valley of the Queens and the Ramesseum.

All prices below are foreign adult and student rates from the Ministry list, cross-checked against the official pages for Karnak and Luxor Temple. Luxor Temple is the only big site open late, until 20:00, and it is at its best after dark.

Nefertari's tomb in the Valley of the Queens is listed at EGP 2,500, but it has been closed since March 2024 while a committee monitors humidity, as Egypt Independent reported. Ignore any tour that promises it until the Ministry announces a reopening.

Is the Luxor Pass worth it in 2026?

Rarely. The Standard pass costs $130 and the Premium $250. At current exchange rates you would need to see almost every site, some of them twice, to break even.

The pass is valid for five days with repeat entry. Standard covers every East and West Bank site except Seti I and Nefertari; Premium adds those two. You buy it only at the Karnak ticket office or the Valley of the Kings visitor centre, in clean US dollar or euro notes, with a passport copy and a passport photo, according to The Urge To Wander. Students under 30 pay $70 for Standard.

Do the maths. Every single ticket on this page except Seti I and Nefertari adds up to about EGP 4,300, roughly $83. The Standard pass is $130. It pays off only on a long stay where you go back to Karnak and the Valley of the Kings more than once. Premium is worse while Nefertari is shut: you pay $120 more for Seti I, which costs EGP 2,000 (under $40) at the window.

For a two-day visit, single tickets win every time.

How do you pay for tickets in Luxor: cash or card?

By bank card. Egypt has moved its site ticketing to electronic payment, and the Valley of the Kings is on the system. The Luxor Pass is the exception: US dollars or euros in cash.

The Ministry has rolled out e-ticketing to 110 museums and sites, with self-service machines that "exclusively accept electronic payments via bank cards", Egypt Independent reported. Guests report the same. "[...] will need a credit or debit card to pay no cash," wrote James M. after buying the extra tombs on the private day trip from Hurghada.

Tickets can also be bought in advance on the official platform egymonuments.com. Keep some cash in small notes for the things the card machine does not cover: toilets, the shuttle, tips for guards who open a side chamber.

One more rule change: since 1 January 2026, visitors from Arab countries pay the foreign rate rather than the Egyptian one (Egypt Independent).

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How much have Luxor ticket prices gone up?

Sharply in November 2024: the Valley of the Kings went from EGP 600 to EGP 750 and Hatshepsut from EGP 360 to EGP 440. No new Luxor increase has been published since.

Compare the Ministry's January 2024 list with the November 2024 list and the pattern is clear. The headline sites rose by about a quarter. The Luxor Pass went from $100 and $200 (the 2018 rates reported by The New Arab) to today's $130 and $250.

What this means for a tour: on the flagship West Bank day at $89, the five included tickets come to EGP 1,850, about $36. On the $11 half day the tickets are an add-on, and EGP 1,190 for the Valley plus Hatshepsut more than doubles the real price. Read what is included before you compare from-prices.

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