Cairo Trip Overview
This tour is an excellent choice for everyone especially westerners who work in the Middle East area. It is designated for families and travelers who can spend a weekend short holiday in Cairo. Three nights are enough to explore and enjoy all the famous and important places such as the Giza pyramids, the Sphinx, Sakkara, Memphis, the Egyptian museum and Khan El Khalili market.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
This tour is an excellent choice for everyone especially westerners who work in the Middle East area. It is designated for families and travelers who can spend a weekend short holiday in Cairo. Three nights are enough to explore and enjoy all the famous and important places such as the Giza pyramids, the Sphinx, Sakkara, Memphis, the Egyptian museum and Khan El Khalili market.
Itinerary
Day 1: Cairo -Arrival
Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Welcome to Egypt and the start of your family holiday! Upon arrival in Cairo, you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel for check-in. Spend the rest of the evening at your own leisure. Overnight: Cairo
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Giza pyramids -Sakkara -Memphis
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Visit the Great pyramid of Cheops(Khufu). It is certainly one of the most important monuments of ancient Egypt. A masterpiece of fabricated structure and architecture, you will be overwhelmed by the huge size of its blocks, the height and the age that exceeded 4600 years.
Your guide will explain fully the history of all the area including the other pyramids, of Chephren and Mycerinus, answer all your questions and you will have the chance to take pictures of the whole area.
You will spend more than two hours in the area so that you can enter one of the pyramids chamber or visit the Sun boat museum. You may like to have a camel ride around the area.
Moving to the Sphinx area where you will spend some time exploring this monolith statue, which symbolizes the power and wisdom of the pharaoh. Next to the Sphinx area, you will visit the valley temple where you will learn about mummification in ancient Egypt.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Saqqara (Sakkara) Pyramids, Al Giza Desert, Saqqara 12919 Egypt
Sakkara
Your next stop is Sakkara, home of Egypt’s oldest pyramid, built in 2800 B.C. Your guide will provide a brief history of the famous Step Pyramid and you will have free time to walk around and visit the painted tombs of the nobles
DAHSHOUR
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Mit Rahina Museum, Mit Rahinah, Al Badrashin 11511 Egypt
Memphis is the oldest capital of Egypt after the unity in 3100 B.C. You will visit the open-air museum of the city. In Memphis, you will see the second largest Sphinx in Egypt, the lying colossus of Ramses II and many more monuments dug in this great city.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Cairo city tour
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
The Egyptian museum in Cairo is one of the largest museums in the world. Your Egypt tours will take you in a 4 hours tour to explore the treasures of the museum (opend in 1901).Look at the amazing monuments and artifacts in its different halls in a guided tour. Although the museum has tens of thousands of artifacts but in this short tour, your Egyptologist guide will focus on the highlights and masterpieces of the museum
Visit the Tut Ankh Amun Wing on the first floor and see his wonderful collection of historically important artwork. The treasures are mainly golden and they cover a quite large section of the museum. This area of the museum includes significant statues, furniture and gold sculptures. After enjoying the guided part of the tour, take some free time to browse the museum with the option of visiting the royal mummy room.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Al Abageyah Qism El-Khalifa, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Visit to the Citadel of Saladin, a 12th century fortress .Inside the citadel; you will go into the Alabaster mosque. Built in 1830, the mosque was designed by a Turkish architect, who followed the same style of the Blue mosque of Sultan Ahmed in Istanbul. Your guide will explain the main elements of the mosque and basic Islamic principles. Enjoy the panoramic view of the city from the top.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
Enjoy some free time at Khan El Khalili, the biggest market in Cairo. In Khan el Khalili bazaar, you will enjoy strolling through the maze of streets and bargain for a souvenir of your trip to Egypt. You can spend some time having a local drink in one of the oldest Coffee shops in Cairo El Fishawy (1763).
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Departure
Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
ur tour ends after breakfast and hotel checkout. A departure transfer will take you to the airport for your onward travel
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
