Cairo and Alexandria Budget Tour Package

Get ready for your Giza Pyramids tour. First, after having breakfast at the hotel, join your dedicated tour guide to begin your first day tour of Cairo. Today, we will visit the old kingdom necropolis in Saqqara and the Giza Plateau, and we will witness the 1st capital of Egypt, approximately 5000 years ago.

Begin with your tour to the Giza Pyramids to see the enormous structures that were established by the great pharaohs of Egypt throughout the 4th dynasty, Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus. The biggest one belongs to King Cheops, and your tour guide will get into details about why and how the pyramids were built. Continue to the high plateau to enjoy camel riding in the Giza Pyramids (optional), and your guide will capture impressive photos for the memory of these amazing days.

We will see the Great Sphinx, the man-headed lion design, which is 73 meters tall, and we will also visit the Valley Temple, part of the funerary complex of King Khafre, most probably the place where his body was mummified before burial.

Your driver will take you to Saqqara Necropolis, about 45 minutes from Cairo, to see the oldest stone pyramid in Egypt, the Step Pyramid, which was built by the famous architect Imhotep for his king, Djoser of the 3rd dynasty. The pyramid is a transitional phase in the development of the royal burial tombs.

We can enter the Pyramid of Teti, who ruled the country during the 6th dynasty and the tomb of his son-in-law, Kagemni's tomb, which is one of the most impressive tombs of the nobles for having a rich amount of offerings and hunting scenes inscribed on its walls and is still very well-preserved until now.

Transfer to Memphis, now known as Mit Rahina, to see the open-air museum with its amazing artifacts, especially the alabaster sphinx of Memphis and the colossal statue of Ramses II, the New Kingdom's legendary pharaoh, who is the owner of the impressive Abu Simbel Temples in Aswan.

Transfer back to your hotel and overnight.

After breakfast at your hotel, meet your Egyptologist guide to begin your Alexandria Day Tour from Cairo. Founded in 332 B.C. by Alexander the Great, Alexandria served as Egypt’s capital for nearly 1,000 years.

First, you will see Pompey's Pillar. The Statue is located within the ruined Serapeum of Alexandria. Next, journey to the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, an impressive underground complex descending three levels underground. Inside, you’ll be delighted by intricate decorations that seamlessly blend Pharaonic and Greco-Roman art and architecture, revealing the city’s rich multicultural heritage.

Transfer to the Citadel of Qaitbay. The Citadel of Qaitbay was built using the ruins of the ancient Pharos lighthouse. We will pass by the modern Bibliotheca of Alexandria on our way to enjoy a pleasant seafood lunch (not included) in a restaurant overlooking the seawater.

We will take the vehicle back to Cairo for the overnight stay.

After your breakfast at the hotel, you will meet your guide to begin your Cairo day tours with the Grand Egyptian Museum tour and see the most ancient artifacts inside the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, which was opened to the public to house the biggest collection of ancient artifacts.

Resume your excursions in Cairo to visit the Citadel of Saladin, a Medieval Cairo fortification built by the Muslim Sultan Saladin Al Ayyubi. You will be surprised by the size of its towers before entering the alabaster mosque of Mohamed Ali inside, the citadel was built during the 12th century to be the center of ruling the country for about 700 years, while the mosque of Mohamed Ali was built in 1805 and completed after his death by his son and successor to continue the same dynasty in ruling Egypt till the Egyptian revolution in 1952.

Finally, you will be transferred to the oldest market in Cairo for an amazing shopping experience in the Khan El Khalili bazaar.

You will be transferred to the hotel and stay overnight in Cairo.

Today you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for final departure after you spent an amazing 5 days in Cairo and Alexandria Budget Tours.

Meals: Breakfast