5 days Cairo and Alexandria Budget trip

Prepare for your visit of the Giza Pyramids. Before meeting up with your certified tour guide to start your first day of Cairo excursions, have breakfast at the hotel. Today, we'll see the old kingdom necropolis in Saqqara and the Giza Plateau, as well as the first capital of Egypt, which stood there around 5000 years ago.

Start your visit to the Giza Pyramids to witness the impressive buildings that the ancient Egyptian pharaohs Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus built during the 4th dynasty. Your tour guide will go into depth on how and why the pyramids were built, including which one belonged to King Cheops and which was the largest. Continue to the high plateau where you can enjoy camel riding near the Giza Pyramids (optional), and your guide will take stunning images to save these unforgettable days in your memories.

We will visit the Valley Temple, which is a component of King Chephren's funeral complex and is most likely where his body was mummified before burial. We will also see the Great Sphinx, a 73-meter-tall man-headed lion sculpture.

The driver will take you to Saqqara Necropolis, near Cairo, to see the Step Pyramid, the oldest stone pyramid in Egypt, and the Pyramid of Teti, a 6th-dynasty ruler's tomb. Next, you'll visit Memphis, an open-air museum with impressive artifacts like the alabaster sphinx and Ramses II's statue, owner of the Abu Simbel Temples in Aswan.

Transfer back to your hotel and overnight

To start your day journey from Cairo to Alexandria, the lovely city that was founded in 332 B.C. by the famous Macedonian commander and ruler Alexander the famous and served as Egypt's capital for approximately 1000 years, you will meet up with your certified Egyptologist guide.

Before moving on to the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, an ancient catacomb with three floors below ground and ornamented from the inside with a mixture of Pharaonic and Greco-Roman styles of art and architecture, you will first see Pompey's Pillar, which is situated within the ruined Serapeum of Alexandria.

Transfer to the Citadel of Qaitbay, constructed with the remains of the former Lighthouse Pharos. On our approach to a restaurant with a view of the water where we will eat a lovely seafood lunch, we will pass by the contemporary Bibliotheca of Alexandria.

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

After your breakfast at the hotel is done,

you will meet your guide to begin your Cairo day tours by the Egyptian Museum tour, see the most ancient artifacts inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo which was opened to the public in 1902 to house the biggest collection of ancient artifacts.

The Citadel of Saladin, a medieval stronghold in Cairo constructed by the Muslim Sultan Saladin Al Ayyubi, is the next stop on your Cairo sightseeing tour. The mosque of Mohamed Ali was constructed in 1805 and completed after his death by his son and successor to continue the same dynasty in ruling Egypt until the Egyptian revolution in 1952. You will be astounded by the size of its towers before entering the alabaster mosque of Mohamed Ali inside the citadel, which was constructed during the 12th century to be the center of ruling the country for approximately 700 years.

Finally, you will be taken to Cairo's oldest market, Khan El Khalili Bazaar, for an unforgettable shopping experience.

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

Finally, you will be taken to Cairo's oldest market, Khan El Khalili Bazaar, for an unforgettable shopping experience.

Meals: Breakfast