With excitement and passion in your heart, rise early and have breakfast at the hotel. Then, meet your personal Egyptologist and driver, who will take you on a tour of the Giza Pyramids, Memphis, and the Saqqara Necropolis.
The Giza Pyramids are the first stop on any sightseeing tour of Cairo. These three enormous structures in the necropolis of Giza, which the Greek historians dubbed the "pyramids," were constructed as the tombs of the kings and rulers of ancient Egypt, but in this case, they are the tombs of a father, a son, and a grandson. The Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid are located in Dahshur. King Cheops's father, King Cheops, built the massive pyramid after witnessing his great father build four other enormous pyramids. Despite this, King Cheops was able to build a pyramid that no one has ever built or will ever be able to compare to, as it is the only surviving monument from the ancient Seven Wonders of the World.
Because it was built on a higher plateau than his father's, you can tell that his pyramid is enormous even from a distance. His son Chephren (known as Kharfa in ancient Egyptian language) built his pyramid somewhat smaller out of respect for his father.
A fantastic opportunity to rent a one-hour camel ride at the Giza Pyramids before descending to see the Great Sphinx within the pyramid complex of the great King Chephren, you will get a panoramic view of the three pyramids dating back as far as the 4th dynasty during the old kingdom of ancient Egypt history, as divided by the great historian Mentho into 30 ruling families. Ancient Egyptian pharaohs frequently utilised this mythological animal statue, which has a lion's body and a man's head. The Greeks then adopted the idea of making symbolic mythological statues for warriors and emperors. See the Valley Temple as well, which was constructed solely as a mummification temple for the body of the king before burial.
Our Cairo day tours will now take us to the ancient city of Memphis, which served as Egypt's capital for the first time after King Menes united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt. Today, the area is home to an outdoor museum that features numerous artefacts from various pharaonic eras, most notably the enormous statue of King Ramses II and the massive alabaster sphinx of Memphis.
If you are hungry, eat your lunch now. If not, we can have our Egyptian lunch as soon as our day tours of Egypt come to an end at Saqqara, the ancient kingdom necropolis. Here is where the first stone pyramid was found, approximately 200 years before the pyramid of Cheops, or 4670 years ago, during the reign of the great King Djoser's third dynasty. The Step Pyramid was cut out of granite and measures 62 metres tall with six stepped tiers, beginning with a square foundation and the burial chamber underneath it.
The ticket also includes entry inside the pyramid of Teti, one of the monarchs of the 6th dynasty, which we will also see. His son-in-law, Kagemni, has an impressive tomb that is regarded as one of the best-preserved noble tombs in Saqqara. The scenes engraved therein reveal a great deal about the everyday activities of the ancient Egyptians.
When our excursions of Cairo are over, we head back to the hotel.
Lunch and breakfast are served.