Saqqara & The Step Pyramid & Nobel Tombs & Memphis & Dashure Pyramids
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Our professional Archeologest tour guide about giving you an experience that you will never forget. We offer you a unique experience about real Egypt. Our valuable Customer experience is the most important to us, so We always listen carefully to your questions, needs, and what you wish to achieve from your tour. your itinerary will be completely customized with pleasure. Visiting the Great UNESCO Heritage Site of Memphis and its necropolis, Saqqara and Dashur.
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Saqqara is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, about 20 miles south of Cairo, it has more than a dozen of pyramids scattered along the five-mile strip of land, tombs of the archaic period, which is also dotted with the remains of temples, tombs and walkways that, together, span the entire history of ancient Egypt. But beneath the ground is far more a vast and extraordinary netherworld of treasures. it's considered as the largest sightseeing in Lower Egypt with its wonderful tombs and pyramids. Such as; the Step Pyramid of King Zoser one of the most important pyramids because it was the first, oldest and largest stone building ever in ancient Egypt. Also in Saqqara, enjoy three different tombs included in the program such as; the awesome tomb of the High official Kagemni, Nobles Tombs depicted daily life in ancient Egypt that include hunting, sailing, making offerings, and manufacturing goods such as pottery and funerary furniture.
Visit Memphis city with our Egyptologist tour Guide, Memphis is the first capital of untied Egypt founded by King Narmer in 3100 BC, Memphis. Pay a visit to the Memphis Museum, The open-air museum is one of the remaining types of evidence of ancient Memphis, built around a magnificent fallen colossal limestone statue of Ramses II. Its position on its back gives a great opportunity to inspect the carving up close. Its twin is the statue that stood in Midan Ramses in Cairo until 2006 when it was moved to stand guard by the Grand Egyptian Museum construction site. Other highlights of the museum include an alabaster sphinx of the New Kingdom, two statues of Ramses II that originally adorned Nubian temples. COLOSSUS OF RAMESSES II a beautifully carved from a single massive piece of high-quality indurated limestone, this colossus of Ramesses II is one of the masterpieces of the museum. The colossal royal sphinx is beautifully carved from a massive block of alabaster.
The necropolis of Dashur is one of the most impressive sites of Ancient Egypt. It sits on the west bank of the Nile south of Cairo and southwest of the ancient Egyptian city of Menefer (Memphis). It forms part of the necropolis of Menefer along with Abu Rawash, Saqqara, Zawyet el Aryan and Meidum. The necropolis is named Dashur after the village of the same name which is close to the ancient necropolis. The site may have been known as "wnt snfrw" ("unet Sneferu") in ancient Egypt, as referenced in story of Sinuhe but it may also have been known by a number of names or by the names of the most prominent monuments (as was the custom) Dashur is host to a large number of ancient Egyptian burials, but it is probably most famous as the home of the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid of the Old Kingdom pharaoh Sneferu. However, there are a number of other Old Kingdom burials at the site and pyramids and tombs were also built at Dashur during the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period.
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You will meet our Egyptologist professional tour guide holding our company sign, who will give you full attention from the first moment and accompany you with a private air-conditioned car to begin your tour from your hotel in Cairo or Giza to start your unique day tour.
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(8)
I had Mr Ahmed as a tour guide. He speaks good English and that is important. He is kind, approachable and easy going. He helped me to take very professional pictures. Saqqara is UNESCO and Memphis is the oldest town in Egypt. Please go to Egypt at least once in your lifetime
Thanks a lot Rebecca for your wonderful review which is really helpful and we will let Ahmed knows about it.
I had a great day to Saqqara with Mr Mahmoud Elfeky, we visited the step pyramid and we went inside many tombs at Saqqara and i really enjoyed the beautiful colours inside the tombs, this tour is highly recommended.
Thank you so much Aga, we really appreciate your wonderful words and we are waiting to see you for a longer vacation
Great experience, Mahmoud was a great guide. It was awesome seeing some of the oldest pyramids in Egypt. You can go into a few of the pyramids, some are very steep so keep in mind. But overall wonderful experience and would recommend to anyone looking to experience the history of ancient Egypt.
Great experience with Mr Mahmoud! Amazing tour, very comfortable, family friendly, without stress. I recommend it to everyone!
Dear Marta, We are very glad to have you. Thank you so much for trusting our company Egypt Vacation Tours :) We are very happy to know you enjoyed your tour with our team, We will pass your lovely words with your tour guide Mahmoud Elfeky, He will be very glad :) We are looking forward to have you again! Best wishes Egypt Vacation Tours Team
They never picked me up and never called me back I was at my lobby from 7 am as told and heard nothing and despite my calls and e-mails they did not come finally they told me I had been Cancelled and offered to take me the next day
We booked a tour of Saqqara on Viator and Mahmoud was our guide. He was very knowledgable, answered all of our questions and showed us things at the site that we might not have found ourselves. We were picked up on time, everything ran very well. We had never booked a tour through Viator before and didn’t know what to expect, but we were very pleasantly surprised. A great little excursion
Thanks a lot for your support
My wife and I went on a full day trip with Mahmoud after our arrival in Cairo. The personal touch Mahmoud added with his extensive historic knowledge and vibrant personality made an amazing tour unique and a memorable life experience. A fantastic immersion into Egyptian culture and history, both past and present. Our deepest thanks to Mahmoud.
Hi Neal hope you are doing well, and see you again for a longer vacation
I took this tour based on title of excursion, Saqqara, noble tombs, memphis, and Dashur. Was picked up promptly, however the first stop was paltry shop and after buying nothing the next proposed stop was a perfume shop, however after noting I had no. money, we skipped it. Due to misunderstanding, I was initially required to pay for my free ticket according to my itinerary to enter the site. The guide who I will not name did a less than average job. Arriving at the stepped pyramid we entered through the hall a d when we were in the court, he noted it was the first pyramid, it was built by Djoser. The he said take about 15 minutes and walk around the pyramid and courtyard. No discussion of the areas of complex, if I hadn't researched the site, I would have known nothing about the complex. We next ventured to the Serapeum and the tomb of Ty, and one other tomb. So despite paying 600 pounds for the visit, we actually visited fewer sites than I had paid for. Since Egypt just switched credit cards only for the sites, the guide was able to get the ticket seller to use their cc so we could visit, the 520 pound included an additional 80 pounds for use of someone else's cc. We then went to Dashur, where similar circumstances occurred. Having misplaced my pounds the guide said he would pay as long as I would pay him back (which I would) but also expected a 1000 pound tip. I informed him for a second time that Saqqara and Dashur were supposed to be ticket free. After calling their office, the issue was finally resolved. I was refunded 300 pounds, but not the extra funds paid to enter, since he lacked a cc also that caused me to pay additional money for set prices. At Dash ur we parked at the Red pyramid which noted was the first true pyramid he gave me few minutes to take pictures. I thought we were to continue to the bent pyramid, but we did not. He implied there was another road to the pyramid and I thought that was where we were going, but we headed out Memphis. We spent about 15 minutes there where he discussed the Rameses statue. We did a quick tour of the open air museum. I declined the offer to get a meal and headed back to the hotel My biggest problem with the tour overall was my perception that it was rushed and to get the guide more money. Several times he kept mentioning the tip. When he mentioned that if I gave him 200 pounds he would purchase a bottle of water for me it served to leave a bad taste in my mouth I definitely tipped him more than deserved, if this occurred in the US I would have given nothing Sadly a highly anticipated trip to these sites became minor horror. although unlikely to visit Egypt in the future, I would not use this company if I returned
First of all let me thank you for taking time to tell us in details about what happened to you in your trip with us to Saqqara, Memphis and Dashour. 1- about the money you did pay at Saqqara and Dashour I agree that this happened and we refunded all what you paid and it's our fault, but we didn't refund you the rest of the money because it was your choice to add extra tombs to the itinerary which is not included in the itinerary! And already you agreed about that when we call you to refund you for Saqqara and Dashour! Regarding to your complain about the guide that he didn't explain well and he gave you a few information; I don't agree with you about this point as our Guide Adel is one of the best tour guides and I'm sure he did good job but I will consider it and will send the review to our general manager and we will see what to do with him. Please accept our apologies and promise to take a strong action for the guide.
