Egypt Luxor Valley of the Kings & Medinet Habu Guide

Valley of the Kings 🏠 Location: Ticket Office Valley of the Kings ⌚️ Hours: 6:00-17:00 🎫 Regular ticket: 750 EGP, student ticket 375 EGP (student ticket age limit 29, requires passport and ISIC student card), card payment only, no cash accepted. 🎫 Additional paid tickets: KV9 Ramses V/VI 220 EGP; KV17 Seti I 2000 EGP; KV62 Tutankhamun 700 EGP. The regular ticket allows visiting only three regular tombs; each tomb visit is marked with a hole punch on the ticket, and after three punches, no more tombs can be visited. For regular tombs, I chose KV2 Ramses IV, KV6 Ramses IX, and KV11 Ramses III. For additional paid tombs, I chose KV9 and KV62. If you are not particularly passionate about tomb culture, visiting three regular tombs is enough. The artifacts inside the tombs have been moved to museums, and the wall patterns and inscriptions are not very different for most people. Student ticket purchase process: three ticket sellers. The old man on the left does not handle student tickets. The old man in the middle requires you to show valid documents plus a physical ISIC card, otherwise, he charges an extra 100 EGP. The old man on the right sold me a regular ticket + KV9 + KV62; adult price was 1670 EGP, student price 835 EGP. He charged me 1210 EGP via Visa and took a 375 EGP tip, giving me student prices for all three tickets including the two additional paid ones. However, at the entrance, I was hassled again and only allowed in after paying a 100 EGP tip. Shuttle bus inside the site costs 20 EGP, purchased after ticket check; restroom use costs 20 EGP. After getting off the shuttle, tomb tickets are checked, only student ID is checked, and no documents are checked at the tomb entrances. Medinet Habu 🏠 Ticket purchase location: Antiquities Inspectorate Ticket Office 🏠 Site entrance: The Twin Statues of Sekhmet 🚗 The ticket office is 600m from the site entrance; take a taxi to the site entrance and tell the driver you need to buy tickets. If the driver asks for money, add 20-30 EGP more. 🎫 Ticket price: 220 EGP, student 110 EGP (only student ID required, but there is a lot of hassle; they gesture for a 200 EGP tip. After paying, I bought three student tickets and saved about 130 EGP.) Staff inside the Valley of the Kings and Medinet Habu who offer to take photos for you are asking for money, so please refuse directly. Taxi fares with Indrive: Luxor Temple to Valley of the Kings 150 EGP, Valley of the Kings to Medinet Habu 130 EGP, Medinet Habu back to Luxor Temple 150 EGP.