Day 01
Giza Pyramids, Egyptian Museum and Cairo Tower
- Your tour representative will pick you up from your hotel and begin your Giza tour with a transfer.
- Discover one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), along with the 3 small pyramids.
- Continue exploring the rest of the Giza Plateau, including Khafre's (Kaphren) Pyramid, the second-largest pyramid on the Giza site, the remains of the funerary temple, and the pyramid of Mankawra (Mykerinus) with its 3 small pyramids.
- Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion's body, which dates from the time of Chephren, and visit the Valley Temple, which belongs to the pyramids of Chephren. This temple definitely served two functions: first, it was used for the purification of the mummy of the king before burial; second, it was used for the king's mummification process.
- After visiting the pyramids, continue across the plateau for a photo opportunity of the three pyramids rising from the sands.
- Then continue to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo. It is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities and dates back some 5,000 years of art, considered the largest and most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. More than 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, with a representative number on display and the remainder in storerooms. The Egyptian Museum is filled with thousands of Pharaonic artifacts, including the golden treasures of King Tutankhamen. Fascinating objects such as jewels, headdresses, alabaster vases, and toys from ancient Egypt are on display, along with many priceless statues and other artifacts that were enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s during excavation. The Egyptian Museum is one of the first stops on most people's itineraries when travelling to Egypt.
- Visit Cairo Tower, also known as El-Gezira Tower or Burj Al-Qahira in Arabic, one of the most prominent features of the Egyptian capital. Its partially open lattice-work design is intended to evoke a lotus plant. Cairo Tower was built from 1956 to 1961 during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser with Soviet assistance. The tower is 187 m high, making it 50 meters higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza, and it stands on a base of Aswan granite stones like those used by the ancient Egyptians to build their monasteries and temples of the pharaohs. It contains 16 floors, and the elevator ride to the top takes 45 seconds, where you can enjoy a full panorama of Cairo. It is a wonderful and spectacular view of the city. There is also a telescope that enables you to see the whole of Egypt in a single moment, a cafeteria on floor 15, and a rotating restaurant on floor 14 at a height of 160 meters, where the waiters were dressed as ancient Egyptians. Cairo Tower is considered an architectural masterpiece and a major attraction for tourists to Egypt.
- Return to your hotel.
