Sakkara, Memphis and Dahshur Private Guided tour with Lunch and Transfers
Description
Visit Dahshur and the older Step Pyramid at Sakkara, then Memphis, the first ancient capital of Egypt to witness , the greatest ancient sites near Cairo in one day
Tour Options
Itinerary
At 08.00 AM ; You will be picked up from your hotel by Sun Pyramids Tours representative to visit the Step Pyramid of Zoser, the world’s oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty for King zoser.
Then Proceed to Dahshur to get inside the Red Pyramid (the oldest true pyramid in history)
and see the Bent Pyramid (the most preserved pyramid).
After that transfer to Memphis city which was founded by King Menes, and was the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, it was considered to be a center of rule and culture for over 3000 years the first capital of Egypt, and see the Statue of Ramses II and the alabaster Sphinx of Memphis. Note : For pick up / drop off form Cairo airport, Sphinx airport, New Administrative Capital, New Cairo, Helioplis, Badr City, Shorouk, Rehab, Obour, Sheraton Almatar, Sheikh Zayed city, Ring Rd, Mirage City, Meridian Airport or Madinty City will be for additional cost.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
pick up from Cairo or Giza hotels
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(14)
Our guide, Mohamed , was excellent! He reached out the day before the tour to confirm the tour and pick up location and time. He confirmed the morning of the tour and he was right on time for the pick up. He was very nice, smart and pleasant! He gave very thorough information. He is an excellent tour guide. He was very friendly. Our lunch spot was delicious. Our driver, Ahmed, was wonderful too.
Many thanks for your delightful words. We are thrilled that you enjoyed your trip to Egypt with Sun Pyramids and look forward to welcoming you back to Egypt. We are also proud that our Staff met your expectations and contributed to an extraordinary experience
Perfect travel guide with German knowledge! Restaurant was great. Two ladies baked bread for us. It was great experience!The driver was very friendly too! Thank you very much
Many thanks for your delightful words. We are thrilled that you enjoyed your trip to Egypt with Sun Pyramids and look forward to welcoming you back to Egypt. We are also proud that our Staff, met your expectations and contributed to an extraordinary experience
This trip is especially suited to those interested in history. Our guide Ashur proved to be a true expert in the history of the Old Kingdom and told us many interesting things about the early dynasties. The first pyramids are less well known than those of Giza, but they are much more unusual. Here you can see how the Egyptians gradually developed their architecture. I didn't realize the first pyramids were so deep and the descent inside would be so hard.
We began our journey with Sun Pyramid Tours through booking a hotel room at Great Pyramid Inn. Ahmed Atef was our contact throughout the process, helping us book our amazing room (we had a balcony and woke up/went to bed with Giza pyramids right in view). When it came to tours, we were interested in a guide and driver to go see Sakkara. Ahmed assisted in booking the tour for us. The tour was incredible. A driver and guide (Mary) picked us up from hotel and we made the journey to Dahshur (Red/Bent pyramids - the ascent/descent into both pyramids was more strenuous than the Khufu pyramid at Giza. Red pyramid is doable [my 62 year old mother was able to donit] while Bent pyramid is very tough [it is tight, narrow, and will leave you sweating/breathless]). From Dahshur we saw Memphis museum and colossal statue of Ramses the Great. Finally we hit Sakkara and listened to the history of the first pyramid. It is extra to go into this pyramid, so we marveled from the outside. We were able to go into Teti Pyramid and Tomb of Kagemni. After tours we traveled back to Giza and had lunch (open buffet) and stopped at a few shops. We are not big shoppers (would rather spend our money seeing sites!) but did grab a few small papyrus rolls ($20 USD). All in all, this experience was great! Ahmed had incredible response time for any questions I had when planning/booking this trip. Mary was knowledgeable and never rushed us as we took in the sites. (Not all guides are so courteous) This was a truly private tour, just my mother and I for $105 USD/person. Price included access to all sites/museums, lunch, and travel costs. We did Cairo museums, Giza pyramids, Abu Simbel, Alexandria all without guides/private transport, so the price for this tour felt fine as a one off trip cost.
Many Thanks for your delightful words and for taking the time to share your detailed feedback regarding your recent tour. We are pleased to hear that you found our tour guide, Mary, to be knowledgeable and that Ahmed, our tour operator, was attentive and punctual to your requests.
Great combo when we've been to Giza before. The sights of Saqqarah and Dahchour are a must-see, the descent into the pyramids a unique experience (included in the ticket). Our guide Hany Magdy is great: kind, passionate, erudite, we greatly appreciated his comments.
Loved everything about our tour. Didn’t think my kids will have such a good time but they’re still raving about it. And I think we enjoyed our tour as much especially because of our tour guide. Kadria was amazing. She treated us like family and made the whole day so fun for us all. Would definitely recommend going on this tour and do ask for Kadria. The whole tour was very well organized. They took us to few different sites and different experiences.
Excellent excursion, we had our Francophone Guide Hoda who picked us up at our Inn for an 8h excursion. Hoda is a real mine of information, passionate, she has a degree in art history, she knew how to adapt to our configuration, 2 young children and our fatigue because we made this excursion after our 2 weeks of vacation. Thanks to Hoda who knew how to transmit his passion, we will come back to discover even more ancient Egypt with more bases now.
Dear guest, Thank you very much for choosing Sun Pyramids Tours. It has been a pleasure to serve you during your stay in Egypt. We appreciate your review; it means a lot when a respected guest gives us a vote of confidence. Your satisfaction is our main goal and we promise to stay reliable in the upcoming years. Looking forward to helping you more through your next journeys all around the world.
I was very pleased to have the German-speaking guide and driver from yesterday's tour today too. The first stop was a pharmacy, the second a fruit seller. Tablets and bananas for diarrhea. It helped and I'm glad I did the tour after all. We also visited things that weren't on the route. The tour was again informative and interesting. Mohamed was simply brilliant. If you want a German-speaking tour guide, it's him.
Dear guest, Thank you very much for choosing Sun Pyramids Tours. It has been a pleasure to serve you during your stay in Egypt. We appreciate your review; it means a lot when a respected guest gives us a vote of confidence. Your satisfaction is our main goal and we promise to stay reliable in the upcoming years. Looking forward to helping you more through your next journeys all around the world.
the knowledge base of the guide was excellent. The tour and food were great. there was so much history. it is hard to absorb it all.
saw the Sakkara, Memphis and Dahshur went inside one, guide was informative and helpful.. Have very nice lunch, only suggestion is take water as driver not offered to to purchase any.
Thank you very much for choosing Sun Pyramids Tours. It has been a pleasure to serve you during your stay in Egypt. We appreciate your review as it encourages us to do better in the next upcoming years. Looking forward to helping you more through your next journeys all around the world!