Cairo Trip Overview
This is a very special tour experience , It’s the Pyramids tour day , Have a chance to go through the ancient Egyptian history and walk around the highlights of the Pyramids such as The Step Pyramid which is the oldest pyramid with first complex made by stones belongs to the King Zoser then walk around the ruins of the first capital of Egypt Memphis , After that you will visit The Bent Pyramid and The dark color stone That is known by the Red Pyramid .
Additional Info
Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
This is a very special tour experience , It’s the Pyramids tour day , Have a chance to go through the ancient Egyptian history and walk around the highlights of the Pyramids such as The Step Pyramid which is the oldest pyramid with first complex made by stones belongs to the King Zoser then walk around the ruins of the first capital of Egypt Memphis , After that you will visit The Bent Pyramid and The dark color stone That is known by the Red Pyramid .
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Saqqara (Sakkara) Pyramids, Al Giza Desert, Saqqara 12919 Egypt
Start with Sakkara , While driving from Giza to Sakkara there is a chance to draw an image of the real Egyptian rural life with more than million date palm trees.
Sakkara necropolis is 20 kilometers south of Giza , Sakkara the oldest necropolis belongs to the first federal capital of Egypt Memphis , it has the step pyramid the first pyramid built in the world and the first complex built by stone on earth by an order of the founder of the 3th dynasty king Zoser .then Sakkara come one of the largest cemetery in Egypt till the Greek roman period .
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Memphis and Sakkara, Saqqara 12919 Egypt
Then drive to Memphis , Memphis is the latin name of the first federal capital of Egypt originally is Mn-Nefer that means the beautiful town and also was known by (Pr-hedj) which means the white house was founded by an order of the first king of the first dynasty minas 3400 BC now get a chance to have a look of some remains of old temples specially second Ramses period such as the great statue of the ll Ramses, the alabaster sphinx and the statue of the holy trinity of Memphis Ptah, nfr-tm and Sekhmet .
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Pyramids of Dahshour, Giza Egypt
Then drive to Dahshur , Dahshur it’s an Egyptian village name 36kilometers south from Giza pyramids where you can find the rare mixture of the ancient history and the pure nature it’s famous for three different unique pyramids surrounded by palm trees juncles , the first is the pent pyramid which is the first trial to built a complete pyramid ,it’s considered the best well preserved pyramid all over Egypt was built by an order of king snefro , the second is the red pyramid which is built 3 kilometers as a correction of the engineering mistakes in building the pent pyramid ,the third is the black or the mud brick pyramid which built by an order of emnmhat third .
Duration: 2 hours
