Day 01
Egyptian Museum, Giza Pyramids and Sphinx Excursion
- Pick up from the hotel at 02:00 in an air-conditioned vehicle and drive to Cairo. The road from Hurghada to Cairo takes 6 hours.
- First, visit the Egyptian National Museum, the main repository of the country's antiquities. Discover many new, interesting and mysterious facts about Egyptian civilisation. You will have the opportunity to see the golden treasure of the famous pharaoh Tutankhamon. The museum also presents ancient mummies, as well as more than 150,000 exhibits.
- Take a break and fuel your energy with a delicious buffet lunch at a restaurant.
- See how papyrus was used as a writing material as early as 3,000 BC in ancient Egypt and how it continued to be used to some extent until around 1100 AD. Papyrus still exists in Egypt today, but in greatly reduced numbers.
- Drive to Giza City for the second part of your trip to the pyramids.
- Visit the Giza Plateau to see the only surviving wonder of the ancient world - the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Khafre and Menkaure.
- Marvel at the Sphinx, a statue of extraordinary size carved from solid rock.
- Conclude with a visit to an oils factory, where you will discover the beauty secrets of the ancient Egyptians and a huge variety of perfume oil aromas.
