What a day at the Valley of the Kings costs, added up
The base ticket, and the sentence that costs people money
Entry is EGP 750 for foreign adults and EGP 375 for foreign students — the figure the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities publishes on its own site. Egyptian visitors pay EGP 60, Egyptian students EGP 30. The student rate carries one condition that a single source states and no other confirms: the holder’s age must not exceed 24. Carry the card and treat the age limit as something to check at the window rather than a rule this page can guarantee.
What that ticket buys is three tombs of your choice, from the tombs open on the day you turn up. Not a fixed route and not a fixed set — you pick. Most mornings someone reaches the window assuming the 750 also covers Tutankhamun, and it is better to learn that here than there. The rule itself is set out on what the ticket admits you to.
The four tombs sold on separate tickets
| Tomb | Adult | Student | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| KV62 Tutankhamun | EGP 700 | EGP 350 | Separate ticket, on top of entry |
| KV17 Seti I | EGP 2,000 | EGP 2,000 | No student discount |
| KV9 Ramses V & VI | EGP 220 | EGP 110 | The cheapest add-on |
| WV23 Ay | EGP 200 | EGP 100 | West Valley, a separate drive |
None of those four uses up one of your three. Buy the KV62 ticket and you still have three general-admission tombs to spend afterwards. Six independent guides state this explicitly, and it is the most useful single fact on this site. It also means the add-ons are additions in the plainest sense: they add to the bill and they add to the walking.
The arithmetic, shown rather than rounded
- General entry — EGP 750
- plus Tutankhamun — EGP 700, running total EGP 1,450
- plus Seti I — EGP 2,000, running total EGP 3,450
- plus Ramses V & VI — EGP 220, running total EGP 3,670
EGP 3,670 divided by EGP 750 is 4.89. Add the tram and it is EGP 3,690. Nobody is obliged to buy all three add-ons, and this page is not suggesting anyone should. The number matters because it is the gap between what a visitor budgets from a headline price and what the same visitor is asked for at four different windows.
In dollars, at about 50 EGP to the dollar — the mid-market rate read on 16–17 August 2026 — EGP 3,670 is roughly US$73. Two caveats on that conversion. It is a mid-market rate, which is not the rate anyone changing cash receives. And entry is paid by card, so the figure that lands on your statement is set by your own card issuer on the day, not by this page.
The tram
EGP 20 per person, round trip, for a ride of roughly three minutes from the visitor centre up to the tombs. It is officially optional. Some visitors report site staff pressing them to buy a ticket anyway, which is worth one honest sentence here, because it reads as a scam to anyone who does not already know the ride is optional. The tram also wants cash, while the ticket window will not take it — see why the gate is card-only.
Where a tour price overlaps this bill, and where it does not
A cheap organised half-day does not include admission. The Viator private half-day of the West Bank — Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon, about five hours — lists from US$20 per person with “Admission Ticket Not Included”, and the guide itself as a paid option. So US$20 buys the transport and the shape of the morning. It does not buy the EGP 750, and it does not buy Tutankhamun. Never assume any tour price covers admission unless that product’s own inclusions say so in writing.
The pass, in one paragraph
The Luxor Pass is US$130 adult and US$70 student for the Standard tier, US$250 and US$130 for Premium, and both run five consecutive days. Only the Premium tier adds Seti I and Nefertari. It is sold in person only, at two counters, and cannot be bought online. No official Ministry page for it exists, so its prices are on softer ground than the ticket prices above, which are official. The break-even sums are on the Luxor Pass page.
The costs this page refuses to give you
Getting there. No taxi fare and no tuk-tuk fare appears anywhere on this site. Taxis are never metered and the price is agreed before you get in; the 2026 sources checked for a full day’s hire disagree by a factor of five, which is not a range, it is an absence of information. For tuk-tuks on the West Bank, four targeted searches turned up nothing usable in any currency. The ferry is the one crossing cost with an honest answer, and it is a band rather than a figure: crossing to the West Bank.
Water at the site. There is one small café and three sources call its prices inflated, but no figure any of them gives is one this page would print. Carry a bottle from town instead — and note that you may not take it into the tombs. What to bring covers that rule.
How current any of this is
The newest official price document that exists is the Ministry’s printed list dated 5 November 2024. No 2025 or 2026 replacement could be found. Everything above is therefore a current published rate rather than a guarantee, and a revision between now and your visit would surprise nobody. The complete grid, including the Valley of the Queens, is on every ticket price, and the time the day takes is on how long you need.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to visit the Valley of the Kings?
General entry is EGP 750 for a foreign adult and EGP 375 for a foreign student, which admits you to three tombs of your choice. Tutankhamun, Seti I and Ramses V/VI are separate tickets on top, at EGP 700, EGP 2,000 and EGP 220.
What is the total cost of seeing all the famous tombs?
EGP 750 entry plus EGP 700 for Tutankhamun plus EGP 2,000 for Seti I plus EGP 220 for Ramses V and VI comes to EGP 3,670, which is 4.89 times the entry price. At about 50 EGP to the dollar, read 16-17 August 2026, that is roughly US$73.
Does a paid tomb use up one of my three?
No. The tickets for KV62, KV17, KV9 and WV23 are bought on top of general entry and none of them consumes one of the three tombs your entry ticket admits you to.
Is admission included in a Valley of the Kings tour price?
Not unless that specific product says so. One private half-day of the West Bank lists from US$20 per person with admission not included and the guide as a paid extra, so the entry ticket is still bought separately at the gate.