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Pyramids, Memphis and Saqqara
Giza, Saqqara and Memphis in one day: the pyramids and the Sphinx, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, and the open-air museum at Memphis, with a private Egyptologist guide and lunch on the way.
- Length
- Full day
- Tour type
- Private, just your group
- Pickup
- Your hotel in Cairo or Giza
- Guide
- English-speaking Egyptologist
- Lunch
- Included, local restaurant
- Shopping stop
- Optional: Khan El Khalili or near the pyramids
The tour journey
Your day, step by step
Times are estimates; traffic and your hotel's location change them. Drive times are from map routing without traffic.
- 8:00approx.Pickup
- 8:30approx.1VisitThe Pyramids of Giza: history, hours and tickets →
The pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, built in the Old Kingdom.
- 10:00approx.2Visit
- 10:45approx.Visit
- Optional, extra fee
Optional 30-minute camel ride across the Giza Plateau at extra cost.
- 11:00approx.Lunch, included
Lunch at a local restaurant.
- 12:45approx.3VisitSaqqara: history, hours and tickets →
The Step Pyramid of King Djoser, built by the architect Imhotep, plus the Pyramid of Teti and nobles' tombs.
- 14:15approx.4Visit
The ancient capital; open-air museum with the colossal statue of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx.
- 15:00approx.Shopping stop, optional
An optional stop: skip it if you'd rather go straight back to your hotel.
- 16:00approx.Drop-off
Included
- All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
- Pick up services from your hotel & return
- Private English Egyptologist guide
- Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
- A bottle of water during your trip
- Lunch meal will be served in a local restaurant
- All taxes & service charge
Not included
- Entry inside the Great Pyramid (optional)
- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
- Tipping
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Send your date and group size for Pyramids, Memphis and Saqqara. We reply with the price for your day and confirm the pickup from your hotel.
Price on request
- Private, just your group
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Change or skip a stop: just ask
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Nothing to pay with the request. To book, a 25% deposit by card or PayPal; the rest in cash on the day. Payment and cancellation
Before you go
Guides for this day
How hotel pickup works for Cairo day toursDrive times without traffic from three Cairo hotel areas, who meets you, and what the transfer includes.
Best time of day to visit the Giza pyramidsOpening hours, the 4 p.m. cutoff, Ramadan hours, monthly temperatures and the evening show.
Cairo day tours for families with kidsFree entry under 6, student tickets with ID, what each Cairo tour includes, and what to ask first.
Giza pyramids or Saqqara: which day trip first?Giza first, then Saqqara: what each site has, hours, tickets and the drive between them.
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