Tour to Giza Pyramids, Saqqara, with Felucca Ride from Alexandria

Cairo Top Tours offers you an ideal service, from the expert representative who will accompany you on your tour in a modern car for non-smokers to the Egyptologist guide who speaks your language. We will transfer you from Alexandria to Cairo in a journey that takes almost 2 hours. During that, if you want to take a break or have a drink on the way, don't hesitate to ask our representative.

Your day begins with a tour of the Pyramids of Giza, where you will have the opportunity to visit the Great Pyramid, also called the Pyramid of Cheops, inside. Only one of the Seven Wonders of the World has remained to this day, making it the most inventive and contentious monument in the world. There are numerous myths and legends surrounding it; some people think that the pyramids were constructed by the inhabitants of the now-gone continent of Atlantis, while others think that giants from below rose to build them.

Additionally, you will have the opportunity to see the Great Sphinx, the Pyramid of Khafre, the Pyramid of Menkaure, and the complexes that surround them. Between around 2600 and 2500 BC, during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom in ancient Egypt, these monuments were constructed. The site also contains the remnants of a workers' settlement, a number of temples, and tombs.

After having a delicious lunch in one of the local restaurants in Cairo we continue our excursion with the visit of the archaeological area of Saqqara, which is a part of the necropolis of Manaf, which includes a large number of ancient Egyptian monuments, among which are the step pyramid of King Djoser, the oldest huge stone structure in history from the time of the Third Dynasty, the pyramids of several kings of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties. Third Dynasty, the pyramids of several kings of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties, the most important of which is the pyramid of King Unas, the first to have his burial chamber inscribed in the pyramid texts, kings and high officials of the First and Second Dynasties, and a huge collection of tombs of high officials of the Old Kingdom. It also includes tombs dating from the time of the first transition, passing through the tombs of individuals from the Middle and New Kingdoms. The area also includes the tomb of the sacred Apis calf (Sarabiyum), which continued to be used from the 18th Dynasty until the Ptolemaic period.

After finishing your tour in Cairo, we will take you back to Alexandria. We hope you enjoyed your day with Cairo Top Tours.