Tour Name: Sakkara with Dahshur.
Duration: 8 Hours
Type: Private Tour.
Operation: Every Day.

Enjoy a Full day Tour visiting Memphis, Sakkara and Dahshur through a guided tour. Pick up from your hotel in Cairo. you will be driven to Sakkara which is 35 km far from Cairo. You will start with Open Air Museum in Memphis Area. Memphis was the ancient capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. In he Open Air Museum of Memphis you can find a limestone colossus of King Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx in addition to many antiquities, sarcophagus, statues of deities and architecture elements from the ancient times.

After that, you will transfer to the Plateau of Sakkara, 7 km from Memphis site. Visit the famous Complex of king Zoser, specially the Step Pyramid from the 3rd dynasty. The Step Pyramid of Sakkara is considered the first pyramid appeared in the ancient time and bultt out of limestone. The Pyramid in Sakkara is 60 m.high and consists of 6 large steps. Then after You will visit two Mastabas of the nobles from the Period of Sakkara, known for its beautiful decorations and scenes such as; Mastaba of Idut and Mastaba of Petah-hotep. You will have a good opportunity to visit the interior of the Pyramid of king Titi.

Continue to visit the Serapeum, located near the Step Pyramid. It is underground galleries that were discovered by Auguste Mariette in 1851.The Serapeum is a long corridor contains 24 large side chambers that have huge granite sarcophagi, most probably for “sacred bulls”. Finally you will visit the elegant Museum of Imhotep which houses many varieties of Antiquities discovered in Sakkara Area. Lunch at a local restaurant (Beverages are extra).

End your day by a visit to Dahshur about 15 km from Sakkara, where lie two important pyramids of King Senefru in 4th dynasty: The Bent Pyramid with its two angels and the Red Pyramid the 1st complete Pyramid in the history of Man kind. Return back to your hotel. (End of the Tour).