7-Hour Giza Pyramids, Memphis & Egyptian Museum Tour

Pyramids and The Egyptian Museum Tour

Highlights

Giza, Cairo

archaeological, cultural, historical

Private Tour

7 Hours

Easy

English

Description

Enjoy a special 7-hour tour to Giza Pyramids and the Egyptian Museum and visit the popular sites in Cairo with an Egyptologist guide. Head to the Giza Pyramids, the famous Sphinx statue, and the Valley Temple, which is known for mummification. Stop by Tahrir Square and see the Egyptian Museum, which displays more than 136,000 artifacts, including King Tut’s golden mask.

Itinerary

Giza, Egyptian Museum & Memphis Tour
- In the morning, pick up from the hotel and join the private Egyptologist tour guide, by a private air-conditioned car to explore the great ancient Egyptian civilization in Giza plateau:
- Visit the Giza Pyramids Complex, it includes three main pyramids, six little pyramids, the great sphinx, and the Valley Temple. The complex dates back to the 4th dynasty 2400 years B.C.
- Head to The Great Pyramid of Giza, Chephren, and Mykerinus. It is considered one of the most ancient wonders of the world.
- See the Great Sphinx which dates back to the time of King Khafre.
- Move to the Valley Temple. A Granite mortuary temple used by Ancient Egyptians for the mummification process, and this is the only remaining one at the Giza plateau.
- Drive to Memphis City, the first capital of Egypt in the era of the ancient state which is among the world heritage sites, founded in 3200 BCE by King Narmer.
- Rest and enjoy lunch at a Nile view restaurant.
- Go to the Egyptian Museum, a majestic building constructed in 1902. The ground floor contains colossal statues spanning thousands of years, arranged in chronological order. Take an informative and enlightening tour of the upper floor, marveling at smaller statues, fossils, paintings, sarcophagi, and ancient Egypt maps.
- Stroll at the Khan El Khalili bazaar. The shops and bazaars display and sell a dizzying array of trinkets and artworks. Buy souvenirs for friends or simply meander around the bustling shops.
- Drop off at the hotel in Cairo.