Pyramids of Giza, Saqqara and Memphis: Guided Tour from Cairo + Lunch

Get ready to enjoy a full day exploring the famous Pyramids of Giza, accompanied by an expert guide who will pick you up directly from your hotel in Cairo or Giza. Visit the iconic Great Pyramids of Giza: Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos, and enter the Valley Temple, where ancient priests performed the mummification of Pharaoh Chephren. Also contemplate the legendary Sphinx, with the body of a lion and the head of King Chephren, which has guarded these ancient constructions for millennia. Next, travel to Sakkara, just 27 km southwest of Cairo, to explore the Step Pyramid of Zoser, one of the earliest pyramids ever built. Learn how funerary architecture evolved from simple mastabas to the majestic pyramids we know today. The tour continues to the historic city of Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, where you will admire the colossal statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx, witnesses to the splendor and grandeur of Egyptian civilization.