Giza Pyramids and Saqqara Day Trip from Alexandria

One of Cairo Top Tours representatives will be waiting for you at your hotel in Alexandria to accompany you on your journey, transferring you from Alexandria to Cairo in about 2 hours in a private air-conditioned car with on-demand stops along the way. once you arrive in Cairo, you will be met by one of our expert guides to make the most of every moment of your vacation.  

Your day starts with the Serapeum of Saqqara, which is an ancient Egyptian necropolis dedicated to the sacred bull Apis, located north of the funerary complex of Djoser in Lower Egypt. The bull, worshipped as a god, was mummified and buried after dedicating his life to ceremonies and offerings in his temple at Memphis. The origin of this tomb dates back to the XVIII Egyptian dynasty in the New Kingdom of Egypt. Its foundation would be the work of King Amenhotep III and its first masterly extension to the reign of King Ramses II. Then it would continue to expand under the following reigns until the end of the ancient Egyptian era at the dawn of the Christian era.

We also offer you the opportunity to visit Saqqara, which includes the Step Pyramid, the oldest monumental stone structure in history, of King Zoser (ca. 2686-2667 B.C.), and the pyramids of the most important kings of the Fifth (ca. 2494-2345 B.C.) and Sixth (ca. 2345-2181 B.C.) dynasties, where King Wanis (ca. 2375-2345 B.C.) was the first to inscribe the pyramids. 2494-2345 BC) and Sixth (ca. 2345-2181 BC), where King Wanis (ca. 2375-2345 BC) was the first to inscribe his burial chamber with pyramidal texts intended to protect the king during his journey to the other world. In addition to the royal tombs of the Old Kingdom.

After that we continue our excursion with a visit to the Pyramids of Giza, which are royal tombs, and each one bears the name of the king who built it and was buried in it, and the pyramidal construction here is a stage in the development of tomb architecture in ancient Egypt.

You can see and explore the interior of the Great Pyramid, also known as the Pyramid of King Khufu, which was the tallest structure in the world for 3800 years and is still one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Its original height was 146.5 meters. The construction of the pyramid took ten to twenty years. We still don't know for sure how the Great Pyramid was constructed.

We will next inspire you at the Pyramid of Khafre, which is one of the Egyptian Pyramids of Giza. ruler Jaffre, the fourth ruler of the Fourth Dynasty and the son of King Khufu, constructed it. Meraas Ankh, a princess, was his wife. His reign lasted 26 years. In comparison to his father's pyramid (Khufu), he constructed the second pyramid of the Giza pyramids, which is lower. Now standing at 136 meters, it was 143 meters high.

Then we will also explore the pyramid of Menkaure, which was built with limestone, but Menkaure chose to build the lower part with granite brought from Aswan by the Nile River. The height of the granite roof is about 17 meters. The rest of the roof was built with white Torah stones up to a height of 65.5 meters.

 After a delicious lunch at a local restaurant, we will transfer you back to Alexandria.