Your private tour guide will meet you at the Cairo hotel after breakfast to start your Cairo day trip.
You will go to the well-known Giza Plateau to witness the Great Pyramid of Cheops, the lone surviving structure of the seven ancient man-made wonders. You will also see the pyramids of Mycerinus and Chephren, the ancestors of Snefru and Cheops. The fourth reigning family of the old kingdom of ancient Egypt was founded by Snefru. In addition, the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple, a mummification temple, which confronts the massive statue, are visible.
You will get the chance to shoot a panoramic picture and have the ideal group shot during the tour of the Giza pyramids. An additional possible activity at the Giza Pyramids is to take a camel ride.
Come with me to the Saqqara Necropolis, home of the magnificent Teti Pyramid from the sixth dynasty, which has an amazing interior, and the Djoser's step pyramid, the world's first structure made entirely of stone. We'll also tour the Tombs of the Nobles in Saqqara, which were constructed for the husbands of King Teti's daughters. By examining the intricate murals and inscriptions on the walls and passageways of these 4,000-year-old tombs, we can discover more about daily life in ancient Egypt.
Get ready for our trip to Memphis, the capital of the pharaohs for a millennium and an important center of religion and culture for the entire three millennia of ancient Egyptian civilization, after lunch. We're heading to the outdoor museum, which is well-known for its enormous, broken statue of Ramses the Second and its alabaster sphinx, the second-largest of its kind carved from an 80-ton piece of marble.
We're going to spend the night in Cairo at your hotel.
Meals: Lunch and Breakfast