Private Full-Day Tour to Pyramids of Giza, Sakkara, Memphis and the Sphinx

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Pyramids of Giza

  Starts at 8:00 am with pickup from your hotel in either Cairo or Giza By Our Egyptologist Tour guide and transfer to Giza Pyramids to Start your day tour visiting Giza Pyramids Where you Visit the Great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren & Mykerinos There is Opportunity to visit the Pyramids from inside or having Camel ride around the great pyramids but it would be Subject of extra charge. Then we go up to pyramids panorama where you can take the best pictures with all the pyramids in the back ground, then visit the valley temple and sphinx. End your tour with a Visit to The Valley Temple where the Priests Mummified the dead body of king Chephren Also over there you will have a close-up look at The Sphinx - The legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of king Chephren and it`s the place where you can have an amazing Pictures for yourself with the Sphinx in many Funny Positions of Course our guide will help you in this matter.

  3 hours • Admission ticket not included
• 2
  Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu)

  Your Egyptologist tour guide will take you in a nice walk around the great pyramid to explain you how the ancient Egyptians quarried , transported and left the huge blocks of stone to build this gigantic and perfect structure five thousands years ago. It's possible to enter the great pyramid if you buy an extra ticket.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 3
  Khafre's Pyramid

  Your guide will show you the Karfre pyramid which still has the top part of the casing layer. You will also have a nice walk around the funerary temple of king Kafre where priests performed the last rituals on his mummy.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 4
  Pyramid of Menkaure

  The third of the Giza pyramids.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 5
  Great Sphinx

  Your tour guide will take you through the valley temple of king Kafre where his body was mummified after his death also to have a closer look at the Great Sphinx of Giza, it is a limestone statue of mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Facing directly from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the pharaoh Khafre. the human head represents the human wisdom while the lion's body demonstrates the strength of the king. Cut from the bedrock, the original shape of the Sphinx has been restored with layers of blocks.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 6
  Saqqara (Sakkara) Pyramids

  Later will drive to Sakkara where the first pyramid ever was built, the step pyramid of king joser in Sakkara you will have a nice walk to see the step pyramid , many beautifully colored tombs from old kingdom .also you can enter pyramids there with extra ticket for the step pyramid or free for others. Finally will visit the amazing museum of Imhotep.

  2 hours • Admission ticket not included
• 7
  Mit Rahina Museum

  Memphis, founded around 3,100 BC, is the legendary city of Menes, the King who united Upper and Lower Egypt. Early on, Memphis was more like a fortress from which Menes controlled the land and water routes between Upper Egypt and the Delta. it was the first capital ever in the ancient world. there an open museum there contains all the objects which was found during excavating the ancient city.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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