8 hours
Guided in English
Instant confirmation
Private tour

Highlights

This is a great tour to the most famous pyramids in Egypt. See the Giza Pyramids, the Step Pyramid in Sakkara and the pyramids in Dahshur (the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid). This is a great excursion to see the development of Ancient Egyptian building techniques all in one day.

Inclusions

What's included

Buffet lunch
Bottled water
Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Qualified Egyptologist guide

What's not

Ticket Pyramids from Inside
Tipping
Any extras not mentioned in the Itinerary

Itinerary

We will pick you up from your hotel and escort you to the south. Here you will start your day tour visiting the Red Pyramid and Bent Pyramid in Dahshur. Dahshur is a famous royal necropolis in Egypt and holds many famous Pyramids including the red and bent Pyramids of king Snefru, the first king of ancient Egypt. The site is about 40 km away from Cairo.
2 hAdmission included
Then we will move on to visit the Step Pyramid of Zoser (or Djoser), the world’s oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty (around 2630 BC) for King Zoser (Djoser).
1 hAdmission included
Lunch will be served at a local restaurant before we will moving on to enjoy the excursion to The Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus. The tour continues with a visit to the Great Sphinx, with the head of a pharaoh with a lion’s body, which dates back to the time of Chephren. The tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the Pyramids of Chephren. Later you will be transferred back to your hotel.
2 hAdmission included

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Know before you go

Pickup: Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by: Dahab Safari Day Tours

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Cairo

Its from-price is 99% above the median of the 2673 day trips we list in Cairo.
Its length is typical for the group.

About Cairo

Cairo is Egypt's sprawling capital on the Nile, where the Pyramids of Giza meet medieval mosques, busy bazaars and the treasures of the pharaohs.

On the western edge of the city, the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx rise from the desert plateau, with the step pyramid of Saqqara and the ruins of Memphis further south. Cairo's great museums, the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square and the vast Grand Egyptian Museum beside the plateau, hold artefacts spanning thousands of years.

Top-ranked sights in Cairo: Egyptian Museum (Museum of Egyptian Antiquities), Saqqara (Sakkara), Khan El-Khalili.

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