Cairo Classic

Day 1 - Arrival
Day 1 is arrival day. Touring begins the next day, so you can arrive at any time on any flight to Cairo International Airport.
• Upon arrival to Cairo International Airport, you will be met by our representative who will be holding a sign with your name on, at passport control. Our representative will assist with passport and visa formalities, after which you will be escorted to meet your driver who will transfer you to your hotel.
• Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2 - Cairo
• Begin the day in the capital city starting with a tour of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the largest archaeological museum complex in the world, and host to over 100,000 artifacts from Egypt’s years of pharaonic civilization, including the treasure collection King Tut-ankh-amun.
• Continue to the Citadel to enjoy a spectacular view of Cairo.
• Visit the Alabaster Mosque, which adds a wonderful picture-postcard element to Cairo’s skyline.
• You will be given some time at leisure for shopping in the famous Khan-El-Khalili bazaar which is a labyrinth of cobbled alleyways. This vast bazaar tempts the senses with spices, perfume and glittering gold, silver and brass.
• Overnight in Cairo.

Day 3 - Cairo
• Visit Memphis, the ancient capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt and home of a colossal Statue of Ramesses II and the Alabaster Sphinx.
• Continue to the “Cemetery City” of Sakkara and view the Step Pyramid of King Zoser, the oldest of all Pyramids.
• In the afternoon you will visit the Great Pyramids of Giza, the only present-day survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
• Nearby, the mystical Sphinx surveys the plains of Giza. The 20m high man-animal Sphinx, created as a “living image of the sun-god”, built by Chephren to guard the entrance to the Pyramids.
• Overnight in Cairo.

Day 4 - Departure
• Transfer to Cairo International Airport.


Please note that the sequence of the tour and sites visited may be amended due to circumstances at the company’s or the guide’s discretion.