Cairo Stopover Tour with Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Egyptian Museum, and Old Cairo

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Pyramids of Giza

  At any Time from 7:00 am or earlier Pickup from Cairo airport by our Expert Tour guide and transfer from Cairo international airport to Giza City to Start your Cairo layover Day Tours from Cairo airport Visit Giza Pyramids & Sphinx spend around 3 hours exploring giza pyramids and sights around ,also the trip includes short Camel ride around the great Pyramid

  2 hours • Admission ticket not included
• 2

  The Giza Plateau (Arabic: هضبة الجيزة‎) is a plateau in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, site of the Fourth Dynasty Giza Necropolis, which includes the Great Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3
  Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu)

  The only completely preserved portrait of the king is a three-inch high ivory figurine found in a temple ruin of a later period at Abydos in 1903. All other reliefs and statues were found in fragments, and many buildings of Khufu are lost. Everything known about Khufu comes from inscriptions in his necropolis at Giza and later documents. For example, Khufu is the main character noted in the Westcar Papyrus from the 13th dynasty.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 4
  Khafre's Pyramid

  Khafre's pyramid complex consists of a valley temple, the Sphinx temple, a causeway, a mortuary temple and the king's pyramid. The valley temple yielded several statues of Khafre. Several were found in a well in the floor of the temple by Mariette in 1860. Others were found during successive excavations by Sieglin (1909–10), Junker, Reisner,

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 5
  Pyramid of Menkaure

  Menkaure's pyramid complex consists of a valley temple, a causeway, a mortuary temple, and the king's pyramid. The valley temple once contained several statues of Menkaure. During the 5th Dynasty, a smaller ante-temple was added on to the valley temple. The mortuary temple also yielded several statues of Menkaure.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 6

  Then visit The Sphinx - The legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of king Chephren.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 7
  The Egyptian Museum in Cairo

  Then drive from Giza to Cairo to Visit the Egyptian museum in Cairo where you see the treasures of King Tutankhamen

  2 hours • Admission ticket not included
• 8
  Old Cairo

  Then drive to Old Cairo to visit the ancient and oldest Christian part of Cairo and Visit the Churches that Includes The Hanging Church in Cairo,Abu Sergha Church,Jewish Synagogue of Benazra Private Guided Layover Tours

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 9
  Cairo

  After the end of the Tour you will be transferred back to your Hotel

  1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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