Excursion package Cheops – stopover Cairo 1 night | 2 days

Day 1 | Excursion package Cheops – Cairo

After your enjoyable breakfast in the hotel, you will meet our Jolley´s Travel World guide at the exit of your hotel or he will give you a warm welcome on your arrival at Cairo Airport. The adventure day starts as a VIP tour or in a small tour group.
First, go to Memphis. Memphis is located on the west side of the Nile, about 30 km south of the city of Cairo. Founded by Menes, the 1st Pharaoh of the 1st Dynasty, around 3000 BC. the city is strategically located between Upper and Lower Egypt. It was the centre of ancient Egypt almost without interruption.
Today there is little evidence of this mighty city, but the lying granite colossal statue of Ramses II impressively preserves its monumental size. Likewise the remains of the once huge temple of Ptah and the alabaster sphinx.
Then continue to Saqqara.
Along with Giza, Saqqara is the most important complex of all Lower Egyptian necropolises. To this day, new archaeological finds bring the unique secrets of antiquity to light.
It was already in use in the time of the old empire, from the 1st Dynasty to the late period, as Saqqara was the necropolis of Memphis.
Not only pharaohs were buried here, but also high officials in so-called mastabas (flat tombs), which were built around the pyramids. Mostly they contain beautiful tomb paintings such as the mastabas of Ti, Mereruka, Kagemni or Ptahhoteps. Tombs from all eras of Egyptian history can be found here.

One of the oldest monumental buildings made of hewn stones is the famous step pyramid, which belongs to the burial place of Pharaoh Djoser from the 3rd Dynasty of the Old Kingdom (approx. 2650 BC). It is considered the forerunner of the classical pyramids and was built by Imhotep, the pharaoh’s vizier. The work of this builder can be visited in the Imhotep Museum.
During a relaxed lunch in a typical restaurant, you will enjoy the culinary cuisine of Egypt.
The journey continues to Giza, to the Pyramids of Giza. The only surviving of the seven wonders of the ancient world, one of the most famous and oldest structures known to mankind, rises on a plateau on the western outskirts of Cairo. You will experience a magical journey back in time to one of the most legendary high cultures in our human history.
Erected between 2620 and 2500 BC. on a limestone plateau they served as tombs for three pharaohs of the 4th dynasty: Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos. If you wish, you can also visit them inside (optional).
In addition to the three large pyramids, secondary pyramids for princesses and queens, temples, and burial grounds were built.
The Sphinx – the colossal figure was erected in the 3rd millennium BC. probably from the remainder of a limestone hill that served as a quarry for the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The figure shows a lying lion with a human head and is approx. 73 m long and approx. 20 m high. The front paws alone have a length of 15m and the now missing nose was as big as a person.
Next to the Sphinx, there is a temple that is almost exactly in line with the valley temple of the Chephren pyramid. The solar boat was discovered almost completely dismantled in a pit behind the Cheops pyramid in 1954. After years of restoration, the 43m long boat was on display in a museum specially built above the site. The move to the Grand Egyptian Museum GEM, which will soon open its doors to visitors, took place in August 2021.
After your great pyramid tour of today, you will be back at your booked hotel in the late afternoon.