Memphis, Sakkara, and Pyramids of Giza Tour

Duration: 1 day
Type: Cairo Tours
Run: Everyday
Overview:

Explore Memphis, Sakkara, and Pyramids of Giza Tour with Maestro Online Travel. We offering you various Cairo Tours on a private basis with a professional Egyptologist tour guide who will help you to go inside the ancient Egyptian history during your Giza Pyramids Tour, and get a good bulk of information about ancient Egyptian life with Maestro Online Travel.

Itinerary:
At approx 08:00 am Maestro Online Travel representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo to start your amazing Egypt Pyramids Tour to visit the Great Pyramids of Giza, first you will see the pyramid of Cheops which is the only survivor of the Seven Great Wonders of the ancient world, the size of the largest pyramid of Cheops is 137 meters high & measures 230 meters along each side, it was built as a tomb, the shape possibly intended to help the spirit of the dead pharaoh to rise to heaven (that was the reason of the pyramid shape), then you will see pyramid of Chephren, this is the best preserved of the three main Giza Pyramids the top part still retains the original facing of smoothly finished stone giving an idea of how the pyramids would originally have appeared, beside pyramid of Chephren you will see the Great Sphinx, carved out of natural rocky outcrop, the lion's body stretches 45 meters, the paes are 15 meters, the head is 10 meters long & feet 4 meters wide, yet the Sphinx is small in comparison to the vast hulks of the pyramids,  then you will see the pyramid of Mykerinus the smallest one of the three pyramids, this pyramid is partly dressed with pink granite slabs, then visit the Valley temple proceed Egypt Pyramids Tour to visit Memphis the most important city of Egypt from the 3rd millennium BC this 'City of the dead" was the capital of ancient Egypt when King Menes unified the upper & lower Egypt, The most important display is the huge Colossi of Ramses II that is one of the largest and most impressive of this great builder in Egypt, then proceed to have your lunch at a local restaurant then continue visiting the pyramid of king Djoser in Saqqara, It was the first real pyramid to be constructed in ancient Egypt; it is the most ancient surviving monument and the oldest stone building in history, the pyramid consists of six layers of Mastaba tombs positioned above each other’s. Saqqara pyramid is the only one of its kind and predates those at Giza, it is considered to represent a staircase to heaven as it goes upwards in six steps on four sides to its peak, it was built by Imhotep, an architect, statesman & physician of exceptional skill, After finishing your Egypt Pyramids Tour, transfer back to your hotel.
Included:
  • Pick up services from your hotel & return to Cairo.
  • All transfers by a private air-conditioned modern vehicle in Cairo.
  • Entrance fees to all sightseeing mentioned in the above itinerary.
  • Private English Egyptologist tour guide during Egypt Pyramids Tour
  • Lunch meal will be served in a local restaurant.
  • All taxes & services charges during Egypt Pyramids Tour
Excluded:
  • Tips & Personal expenses.
  • Any extras not mentioned in the above itinerary.
Prices:
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2-3 Persons
4-6 Persons
7-10 Persons
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Notes:
  • All prices quoted in USD
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