Today, and after having your open-buffet breakfast in the hotel, you will be met by your tour guide who will escort you through your Cairo day tour to Giza Pyramids, Dahshur, and Memphis.
Begin your Cairo day tours by the Giza Pyramids tour, where you will be surprised by the size of these extensive buildings built during the old kingdom of ancient Egypt history by the most strong kings and rulers of ancient Egypt to be a proof of the success they achieved 4500 years ago thanks to the Nile River.
See the Great Pyramid of King Cheops, who was affected by his father's attempts to build gigantic burial tombs, King Cheops (that was constructed his pyramid by means of more than 2.3 million limestone blocks to serve as the eternal home from where he would rise to the heavens, the building stood at a height of 146 meters with 230 meters long for each side.
passing by the high plateau to get a scenic view of the 3 pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus. Chephren, who was the son of Cheops built his pyramid slightly smaller in respect for his father, with a height of 136 meters with some remains of the outer casing at the top.
See the Great Sphinx in Giza which is a statue of a man-headed lion that is thought to be built by King Chephren himself as it is standing within his pyramid complex, enter the Valley Temple where the mummification process of the king took place as part of the burial process.
Resume your trips in Cairo by moving to the site where the oldest capital of Egypt was, the ancient city of Memphis, now known as Mit Rahina, and see the open-air museum with the second-biggest sphinx made out of alabaster and the colossal statue of King Ramses II who was the most powerful kings during the new kingdom.
Transfer to Dahshur Archaeological site to see the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid, two of four pyramids were constructed for King Snefru, founder of the 4th dynasty and the father of King Cheops. The Bent Pyramid still retains a big percentage of the outer casing material, which makes it one of the most unique pyramids in Egypt. The Red Pyramid is recognized by the reddish color of the limestone blocks used in the structure and considered the 1st perfect shaped pyramid in the history of Egypt.
You will have a gourmet lunch in a good quality restaurant overlooking the pyramids of Giza before being transferred back to your hotel.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
.svg "Duration icon"){kind=small}
.jpeg "6 Tage Luxusreisen nach Kairo und Hurghada")
