The Luxor Pass: two tiers, five days, and no official page
The tiers
| Tier | Adult | Student | Validity | The one thing every source agrees on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | US$130 | US$70 | 5 consecutive days | Does not add Seti I or Nefertari |
| Premium | US$250 | US$130 | 5 consecutive days | Adds Seti I and Nefertari |
Those prices are corroborated across five independent sources, and the Seti I and Nefertari line is corroborated across six, including Wikipedia’s own article on the tomb of Nefertari. It is the single strongest-supported claim about the pass.
What else each tier covers is not something this site is going to list. There is no official page to check it against, the travel media that carry the prices do not agree with each other on the contents, and one page we read contradicted itself within its own text. A list assembled from that would look authoritative and be a guess. The tier difference above is what six sources support, and that is where this page stops.
The exchange rate, and the date on it
The pass is priced in dollars and the tickets are priced in Egyptian pounds, so no comparison is possible without a rate. Three services — XE, currency.me.uk and Investing.com — read between 49.9 and 50.3 EGP per US dollar on 16–17 August 2026. Round it to about 50 EGP to the dollar and every sum below is arithmetic you can redo yourself.
Two warnings on that number. It is a mid-market rate, which is not the rate a traveller changing cash receives. And it is a rate from a specific pair of days in August 2026, not a constant — if you are reading this later, check it before you trust the sums.
- Rate used
- 50 EGP = US$1
- Read on
- 16–17 Aug 2026
- Rate type
- Mid-market
The break-even, worked out loud
Here is every ticket this site can price, for one foreign adult, converted at that rate.
| Ticket | In pounds | About, in dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Valley of the Kings, general entry | EGP 750 | US$15 |
| Tutankhamun, KV62 | EGP 700 | US$14 |
| Seti I, KV17 | EGP 2,000 | US$40 |
| Ramses V and VI, KV9 | EGP 220 | US$4.40 |
| Ay, WV23 | EGP 200 | US$4 |
| Valley of the Queens, general entry | EGP 220 | US$4.40 |
| Nefertari, QV66 | EGP 2,500 | US$50 |
| All of the above | EGP 6,590 | US$131.80 |
Read that bottom row twice. Every ticket named on this site, bought individually, comes to about US$132. The Premium pass is US$250. So if the two valleys are what you came to Luxor for, the Premium pass costs roughly twice what buying the tickets costs, and it has to find about US$118 of value in the rest of Luxor over five days to draw level.
The Standard pass at US$130 is a different shape of question. It does not add Seti I or Nefertari, and those two are EGP 2,000 and EGP 2,500 — about US$90 of that US$132 total. Take them out and the rest of the list is about US$42. So the Standard pass needs to find roughly US$88 elsewhere in Luxor inside five consecutive days.
The gap this page cannot close
Whether it finds it is the whole question, and it is the one we cannot answer. This site has verified prices for the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. It does not have a checked price list for Karnak, or for anything else in Luxor, so it cannot tell you what a five-day run of sites adds up to. If somebody hands you a break-even figure that includes the rest of the city, ask which price list they used and what date it carries.
Where you buy it, which is the part that catches people
In person only. It cannot be bought online. There are two sales points: the sales office at Karnak Temple, to the left of the main ticket office, and the Valley of the Kings visitor centre. Both are corroborated.
There is a small joke buried in that. One of the two places to buy the pass is the site the pass is most often bought for, so you can decide at the valley itself — but only after you have got yourself across the river, which is its own exercise and is on getting to the West Bank. If your Luxor days are the other way around, Karnak is on the East Bank and closer to most hotels.
Bring your passport, or a photocopy of the photo page, and a passport-sized photograph. For the student rate, bring a student ID as well. Sources split on whether one or two of each are required, so bring two of each — no source penalises you for having a spare, and one wasted photocopy is cheaper than a second trip across the river.
What is corroborated
- Two tiers, both valid five consecutive days
- Premium adds Seti I and Nefertari — six sources agree
- Sold at Karnak Temple and at the Valley of the Kings visitor centre
What does not exist
- Any online purchase — there is none
- An official Ministry page, or an official price
- A full list of covered sites this page is willing to assemble
Who it is probably for
Five consecutive days is the hard edge. A pass that expires on day five is worth nothing on day six, and a visitor doing Luxor in two days is buying three days of nothing. The people for whom this obviously works are the ones staying most of a week and visiting something ticketed nearly every day, including Seti I — which on its own is EGP 2,000, about US$40, and is the biggest single item the Premium tier absorbs.
The people for whom it obviously does not are day-trippers, and anyone whose plan is the Valley of the Kings and not much else. For them the EGP 750 ticket and one or two add-ons is the cheaper day by a wide margin, and the arithmetic for that is on what the ticket includes and what the day costs. If the one add-on is Tutankhamun’s tomb, that whole day is EGP 1,450, about US$29.
If you want Nefertari specifically, note that the Premium tier includes her tomb and that nobody can confirm the tomb is currently open — those are two separate facts and the pass does not settle the second one. Ask at the Valley of the Queens ticket office before you spend US$250 partly for it. That is on the Nefertari page.
Whether you buy the pass or the tickets, the payment method is the same story: entry tickets in Luxor have been card-only since June 2023, and cash is still what you need for the tram and the smaller sites — paying by card.
Frequently asked questions
How much is the Luxor Pass?
Standard is US$130 for an adult and US$70 for a student; Premium is US$250 and US$130. Both are valid for five consecutive days. These prices are corroborated across five independent travel sources — no official Ministry page for the pass exists.
Does the Luxor Pass include Seti I and Nefertari?
The Premium tier does. Six independent sources agree that Premium is the tier that adds Seti I and Nefertari, which makes it the best-supported claim about the pass. What else each tier covers is not something this site lists, because the sources contradict each other and there is no official page to check.
Can you buy the Luxor Pass online?
No. It is sold in person only, at two places: the sales office at Karnak Temple, to the left of the main ticket office, and the Valley of the Kings visitor centre. Bring your passport or a photocopy of the photo page plus a passport-sized photo, and a student ID for the student rate.
Is the Luxor Pass worth it?
Every ticket priced on this site — both valleys, all the add-ons — comes to EGP 6,590, about US$132 at roughly 50 EGP to the dollar on 16–17 August 2026. The Premium pass is US$250, so it needs about US$118 of value from the rest of Luxor across five consecutive days. This site has no verified price list for the rest of Luxor, so it cannot tell you whether it finds it.
What do I need to bring to buy the Luxor Pass?
Your passport or a photocopy of the photo page, and a passport-sized photograph. For the student rate, a student ID too. Sources disagree on whether one or two of each are required, so bring two of each — nothing is lost by having a spare.