Your tour guide will meet you after your hotel's open buffet breakfast today and accompany you on your day trip from Cairo to the Giza Pyramids, Dahshur, and Memphis.
Start your day trips from Cairo with a tour of The Giza Pyramids, you'll be astonished by the size of these massive structures, which were constructed during the old kingdom of ancient Egypt's history by the powerful kings and rulers as evidence of the success they attained 4500 years ago thanks to the Nile River.
See the Great Pyramid of King Cheops. King Cheops (who built his pyramid using more than 2.3 million limestone blocks to serve as the eternal home from which he would rise to the heavens) was influenced by his father's attempts to build enormous burial tombs. The structure stood at a height of 146 meters 230 meters long for each side.
passing by the high plateau to see the three pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus in all their beauty. With a height of 136 meters and some remnants of the outer casing at the top, Chephren's pyramid is a little bit smaller than that of his father Cheops.
Visit the Great Sphinx in Giza, a statue of a lion with a human head that is believed to have been created by King Chephren himself because it is located within his pyramid complex, and go inside the Valley Temple, where the king was mummified as part of the burial ritual.
Continue your Cairo sightseeing by traveling to the location of Memphis, an ancient city that is now known as Mit Rahina. Here, you can visit the open-air museum that features the second-largest sphinx made of alabaster and the enormous statue of King Ramses II, who was the most powerful ruler during the new kingdom.
Transfer to the Dahshur Archaeological Site to see the Red and Bent Pyramids, two of the four pyramids built for King Snefru, the 4th dynasty's founder and King Cheops' father. One of the most unusual pyramids in Egypt is the Bent Pyramid, which still has a significant amount of the outer casing material. The Red Pyramid, which is thought to be the first perfectly shaped pyramid in Egyptian history, can be identified by the reddish color of the limestone blocks that were used to build the structure.
Before being driven back to your hotel, you will eat a fine lunch in a restaurant with a view of the Giza pyramids.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch