Prepare for your visit of the Giza Pyramids. Before meeting up with your certified tour guide to start your first day of Cairo excursions, have breakfast at the hotel. Today, we'll see the old kingdom necropolis in Saqqara and the Giza Plateau, as well as the first capital of Egypt, which stood there around 5000 years ago.
Start your visit to the Giza Pyramids to witness the impressive buildings that the ancient Egyptian pharaohs Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus built during the 4th dynasty. Your tour guide will go into depth on how and why the pyramids were built, including which one belonged to King Cheops and which was the largest. Continue to the high plateau where you can enjoy camel riding near the Giza Pyramids (optional), and your guide will take stunning images to save these unforgettable days in your memories.
We will visit the Valley Temple, which is a component of King Chephren's funeral complex and is most likely where his body was mummified before burial. We will also see the Great Sphinx, a 73-meter-tall man-headed lion sculpture.
The driver will take you to Saqqara Necropolis, near Cairo, to see the Step Pyramid, the oldest stone pyramid in Egypt, and the Pyramid of Teti, a 6th-dynasty ruler's tomb. Next, you'll visit Memphis, an open-air museum with impressive artifacts like the alabaster sphinx and Ramses II's statue, owner of the Abu Simbel Temples in Aswan.
Transfer back to your hotel and overnight