Explore the Pyramids of Giza, Saqqara, and Dahshur
Meet your tour guide and travel from your hotel to the Giza Plateau to visit the impressive three pyramids of Kings Cheops, Chephren, and Menkaure, guarded by the rock-cut statue of the Sphinx. The Great Pyramid of King Cheops is the only surviving wonder of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and it is 2,000 years older than any other wonder on the list.
Continue to the Complex of Saqqara, which belongs to King Zoser, and see his Step Pyramid, considered the first pyramid in Egypt and the first rock-cut building in history.
Head to the pyramid field of Dahshur, located about 10 km south of Saqqara. The pyramids here include the famed Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid, built by the 4th Dynasty king Senefru, father of Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid. The Bent Pyramid is the second funerary monument of King Senefru's complex after the Meidum Pyramid. Its shape was originally designed to rise at an angle of 52 degrees, but this was reduced to 43.5 degrees partway up, and a girdle was built around the base, apparently because the foundations were unstable and the angle was too steep for safety. The Red Pyramid, Senefru's third funerary monument, is the first successful true, straight-sided pyramid ever built. It is called the Red Pyramid because of the reddish color of the stones used in its construction.
Transfer back to your hotel.
