Cairo Trip Overview
Start your tour with pickup from cairo airport and head for the Giza Plateau, where the three pyramids rise into the sky. With your Egyptologist guide, awe at these immense ancient burial tombs and learn how they were built for the three pharaohs of Khufu, Chephren, and Menkaure over 4,600 years ago. Hear revealing facts about their construction, and see the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the biggest of the three, close up. Learn how it was built from 2.3 million giant stone blocks, and took 20 years or more to complete. If you’d like, your guide can arrange a visit inside the pyramid for an additional charge.
View the Great Sphinx, the enigmatic, human-headed statue carved from a single limestone ridge, and wander around the Valley Temple, whose halls were probably used for pharaonic mummification. Head to a viewpoint for sweeping panoramas of all three pyramids,
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Start your tour with pickup from cairo airport and head for the Giza Plateau, where the three pyramids rise into the sky. With your Egyptologist guide, awe at these immense ancient burial tombs and learn how they were built for the three pharaohs of Khufu, Chephren, and Menkaure over 4,600 years ago. Hear revealing facts about their construction, and see the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the biggest of the three, close up. Learn how it was built from 2.3 million giant stone blocks, and took 20 years or more to complete. If you’d like, your guide can arrange a visit inside the pyramid for an additional charge.
View the Great Sphinx, the enigmatic, human-headed statue carved from a single limestone ridge, and wander around the Valley Temple, whose halls were probably used for pharaonic mummification. Head to a viewpoint for sweeping panoramas of all three pyramids,
Itinerary
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Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Tour guide will be waiting for you at Cairo airport in the arrival hall holding a sign board with your name written on it. Pick you up and start your tour to the pyramids of Giza to enjoy the most famous monument in the world,Giza pyramids,The Great Pyramid (of king Cheops) the highest pyramid in the world,the other two ones of his son( Chefren) and grandson( Menkaura) ,enjoying a great panoramic view for all them to take amazing photos. more further in the desert to cover the back side of the pyramids ,There you have two optional short tours : and the option of visiting the museum of the sunboat that belongs to king Cheops,and the option of entering any of the open pyramids to see them from inside( if you are not claustrophobic)
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Valley Temple of Khafre, الاهرام، Al Giza Desert, Giza Governorate, Egypt
Valley Temple of the second pyramid of king khafre to make inside the mummification process
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Great Sphinx of Giza, Al Giza Desert, Giza Governorate, Egypt
You end your tour in the area by seeing the Sphinx with its outstanding location in front of the pyramids,Next to the Sphinx you end tour splendid tour by entering Valley Temple . then you will enjoy your lunch in one of the best restaurant
Duration: 30 minutes
