After your breakfast at the hotel, our tour guide will meet you to guide you through your Cairo day trips, beginning with the exciting tour to Giza Pyramids, where you will be surprised by the size of these gigantic buildings constructed during Egypt's ancient history by the greatest kings and rulers.
Visit the Great Pyramid of Cheops, who was influenced by his father's difficult attempts to create extensive burial tombs, King Snefru, the founder of the 4th dynasty and the owner of two great pyramids in Dahshur, and continue to the high plateau for a spectacular panorama of the three pyramids, including the pyramids of Chephren, the son of Cheops and the successor of King Djedefre, who made his pyramid slightly smaller than his father's.
After taking an optional camel ride on the Giza Pyramids plateau, you will see the Great Sphinx in Giza, which is a statue of a man with the body of a lion that is believed to have been made for King Chephren himself for being within his funerary complex, enter the Valley Temple where the king's mummification process took place as part of the burial process.
Saqqara tours are now your next stop to visit the Step Pyramid, the first pyramid made entirely of stone by monarch Djoser, the second monarch of the third dynasty, the pyramid is located in the Saqqara Necropolis and is regarded a significant stage in the growth of pyramids in Egypt. You will also visit one of the site's pyramids, the pyramid of King Teti from the sixth dynasty, and one of the nobles' tombs built for the king's son-in-law, the tomb of Kagemni, who was the vizier of Justice during King Teti' reign.
Continue your tour in Cairo by traveling to the ancient city of Memphis, where you will view the open-air museum with the alabaster sphinx and the massive statue of King Ramses II, who governed Egypt during the New Kingdom era.
Before being driven back to the hotel, you will have a delicious lunch at a high-quality restaurant overlooking the pyramids and the Sphinx.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch