A private 6-hour tour with an Egyptologist guide that combines the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) with Saqqara, the necropolis of ancient Memphis and site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser. Transport is a private vehicle from and to your hotel in Cairo or Giza.
Your driver and private Egyptologist guide meet you at your hotel in Cairo or Giza.
You tour its large collection of artifacts and monumental pieces while your guide explains the history and symbolism of the exhibits.
Statues and architectural elements fill the Grand Hall, and the galleries show artifacts from different periods. Your guide describes the lives of pharaohs, queens, priests, craftsmen and ordinary Egyptians.
You travel south by private vehicle to the necropolis of Memphis, leaving modern Cairo behind. Generations of ancient Egyptians built tombs, temples and monuments at this large site over thousands of years.
Built in the 3rd Dynasty for Pharaoh Djoser and designed by the architect Imhotep, it is widely seen as one of Egypt’s earliest monumental stone buildings. You tour the surrounding complex and learn how the pyramid grew out of earlier royal burial traditions and influenced the pyramids that came after.
You may also visit selected tombs, whose reliefs show daily life, beliefs, agriculture and rituals.
You can eat at a local restaurant and try traditional Egyptian food.
You keep exploring the site with your guide, who explains Saqqara’s role as part of Memphis, the ancient capital, and why it stayed a burial ground for centuries. The desert setting is good for photos.
Your private vehicle returns you to your hotel in Cairo or Giza.
