After enjoying a buffet breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, your accredited tour guide will pick you up for your Cairo day tour to explore the Great Giza Pyramids. You will start with the pyramid of King Cheops, the largest of all the Egyptian pyramids, built by the hands of 100,000 workers, according to historians and archaeologists.
Next, you will visit the huge pyramid of King Chephren, built almost 20 years after the Great Pyramids using millions of limestone blocks by the son and heir of Cheops, who belonged to the 4th dynasty of Pharaohs. You will also see the small pyramid of Mycerinus and learn about how the pyramids were constructed by the ancient Egyptians.
You will then admire the scenic view of the entire necropolis from the high Giza plateau and have the option to enjoy a camel ride around the Giza Pyramids with the help of a Bedouin guide to capture some breathtaking photos.
You will also visit the iconic Sphinx, a figure with the head of a king on a lion's body standing behind the pyramids as a guardian. The old name of the Sphinx is unknown, but it is believed that the Greeks took the name Sphinx from an old name, most probably Shipses-ankh, which means "the living image of a deity."
Afterward, you will visit the Valley Temple of Chephren, an incredible temple built by the Pharaoh as part of the second pyramid architectural complex for the mummification of the Pharaoh's corpse, and it is considered the only valley temple that remains in Giza.
You will then have a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before proceeding to Saqqara Necropolis, where you will see the Step Pyramid Complex, tombs of the nobles during the Old Kingdom, and enjoy the fantastic color of daily life scenes inside. Finally, you will have the chance to enter the pyramid of King Teti or the pyramid of King Unas.
Your last destination for the day is Memphis City, the capital of Egypt during the pyramids' building age of almost one thousand years. Upon arrival, you will visit the museum of Memphis to see the treasures of the ancient city, including the alabaster Sphinx and the huge statue of King Ramses II.
After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo for an overnight stay.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch.