Tour Name: Sakkara & Memphis , Egyptian Museum.
Duration: 8 Hours
Type: Private Tour + Lunch
Operation: Every Day
Enjoy a Full day Tour visiting Memphis, Sakkara and the Egyptian Museum through a guided tour. In the morning, Pick up from your hotel in Cairo. Then, You will be driven to Memphis and Sakkara, 35 km far from Cairo. You will start with Open Air Museum in Memphis Area, now it is the village of Mit Rahina. 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 built out of limestone.
The Pyramid in Sakkara is 60 m. in height and consists of 6 large steps. Then after you will 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.
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). Afternoon, visit the Egyptian Museum located in the Tahrir Square, one of the most beautiful museums in Cairo which has more than 120,000 items of antiquities dated back to the great Ancient Egyptian Times. Astonish at Tutankhamen collection in the upper floor that was discovered by Howard Carter in November 1922 at Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
Note: The Entrance fees of the Royal mummy Room is not including.
Pick up from your hotel in Cairo.
Optional tours and any extras not mentioned in the program.
