Private Day-Tour to Giza Memphis and Saqqara Including Camel Ride


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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: Cairo, Cairo

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

In this private tour you will have the opportunity to explore the oldest capital of ancient Egypt, Memphis and its most important cemeteries, pyramid sites which are Giza and Saqqara.


What's Included

30 minutes Camel ride around Giza Pyramids

Bottled water

Entrance fees

Hotel pickup and drop-off

local Lunch

Private tour

Professional photographer guide

Qualified Egyptologist guide

What's Not Included

Gratuities


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 5
  • CHILD: Age: 6 - 11
  • ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

  • Face masks provided for travellers
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Infant meals not included
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Pyramids of Giza
In this full day tour you will visit the oldest capital in the ancient history of Egypt (3200 B.C.)

Memphis, now Memphis is called Mit Rahina and it is a small village. There you will visit its museum that has , among other artifacts, a colossal statue of king Ramesses II (33ft or 10.5m) originally (40ft or 13m), it is made of limestone, you will also wonder at the huge alabaster

sphinx which is the biggest piece of alabaster ever discovered in Egypt, it weighs about 80 tons and it dates back to the time of the New Kingdom (about 1400 B.C.).

Then you will m

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Saqqara (Sakkara) Pyramids
Saqqara to visit the oldest complete building of stone in history which is the Step Pyramid of king Zoser (2700 B.C.). The Step Pyramid is considered a transition between the mastaba (the first form of royal tombs made of mud brick) and the true pyramid. After exploring the Step Pyramid complex you will walk through the causeway of the complex of king Unas (about 2300 B.C.) with the remains of its paintings and reliefs, then you will explore the interior of the pyramid of king Teti and get amazed at the Pyramid Texts (the oldest religious texts in history), you will travel through history as you go inside the tomb of Kagemni who was a nobleman that lived 2300 B.C.

After that you will have lunch in a

local restaurant overlooking to Giza pyramids and sphinx 

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Mit Rahina Museum
Then you will move to the highlight of the day on the plateau of Giza as you will visit the

Great Pyramid of King Cheops (2500 B.C.) the only remaining wonder of the seven wonders of the ancient world and then you will move to the panorama; the highest point of the plateau where you can take great pictures and start your

camel ride for 30 Minutes around the pyramids as you can see the pyramids of Cheops and those of his son Chephren and his grandson Mycerinus, you can also see the little Queens' pyramids.

Then you will move down the plateau to visit the Valley Temple of King Chephren and the Great Sphinx.

At the end of the tour you will be transferred back to your hotel.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Great Sphinx
Great sphinx of Egypt

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included






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