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Upon your arrival at Cairo Airport, we will welcome you to begin your journey in Islamic Cairo. Your tour guide will take you to Sultan Hassan Mosque. Although the Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifai Mosques are very close together, separated by only a few meters, some feel they are one and the same. However, the time difference between them is more than 500 years. Sultan Hassan Mosque was built in 1356, while Al-Rifai Mosque was commissioned by Khushyar Hanim, the mother of Khedive Ismail, in 1869.
After that, we will move to the pyramids of Giza. The original entrance to the Great Pyramid is located at the thirteenth amphitheater of the north side, 20 meters above ground. It was completely hidden by the accumulation of sand and debris. This may have been a measure to thwart any attempt to break into the pyramid.
Our current entrance was excavated during the time of Caliph al-Ma'mun in the ninth century AD. It is located on the same northern facade but at the sixth runway of the pyramid. See the two entrances, and if you want to enter the pyramid, don't forget to ask for a ticket, as they are separate.
It has been suggested that the pyramid was originally meant to be larger at its base, and a change in its plan from a larger base to a smaller base in the center, resulting in a lattice closure system built at the beginning of the lower and upper horizontal corridors. See Khafre's pyramid up close and learn how it was built with our guide.
You will visit the Great Sphinx is located southeast of the Great Pyramid complex and northeast of the Valley Temple of the Second Pyramid. It was a rocky mound left by the builders of the Great Pyramid when they were quarrying stone for its inner core. It was changed into a massive reclining lion with a human head under Khafre's rule. It may have been covered with a layer of plaster to help preserve it.
We will return you to Cairo Airport or your place of residence in Cairo.
