Cairo Stopover Tour Pyramids and City Highlights
Duration
4 days
Max Group Size
8
Departure Type
Guaranteed
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Physical level
moderate
Operated In
Age Requirement
1 - 90 Ages
About this tour
Highlights of Cairo and Giza by visiting the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, Valley temple, Sakkara, the Grand Egyptian Museum and Khan Al Khalili market.
Route
Starts from
Cairo
Ends in
Giza Pyramids; Cheops, Chephren and Mykerions
Itinerary
Arrival at Cairo airport. Meet and assist by our representative, and you will be transferred to your hotel overnight.
Have your breakfast at the hotel. Your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up to start your day tour.
Drive to Sakkara to see the Step Pyramid, built by the exalted architect Imhotep for the 3rd Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser. You will visit one of the mastabas in Sakkara that dates to more than 4,500 years ago and see the amazing carvings and colors, which give an idea about life in ancient Egypt.
You will end your time in Sakkara in a carpet school, where you will be involved in an experience with locals who are being trained in the amazing handcraft of weaving, following in the footsteps of their ancestors, who started it thousands of years ago.
Continue to Giza to visit one of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramids. See the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus, the Valley Temple, and the Sphinx.
On your way, you will visit a papyrus institute where you will be taken on a journey through the craft using step-by-step demonstrations and extensive displays of papyrus artworks to view and have the chance to buy souvenirs. You can choose among hundreds of designs, including printing your name in hieroglyphics with scenes from ancient Egypt (the artworks are certified for using genuine papyrus).
Return to your hotel overnight.
Have your breakfast at the hotel. Your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up to start your day tour.
Visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is filled with artifacts from thousands of years of Egyptian history, including the mummies of powerful pharaohs and treasures from the Tomb of Tutankhamun.
You will be transferred to the airport for your departure flight.
Trip includes
Included
Accommodation at 4 stars hotel based on bed and breakfast
English-speaking guide
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Transfers from/to airport by private air-conditioned van.
Entrance fees of all sites visited during the full day tours
Excluded
Tips
Personal Expenses
Any meals not mentioned
Entry visa
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