Pyramids Tour from Hurghada

02.00 am: Golavita Travel Egypt representative will meet you at the reception of your hotel, and help you to pick your the breakfast boxes you ordered ready one day before. Once, the 8 people maximum in the new vehicle, you will start your way to Cairo.

06.00 am: Enjoy a short break in a nice lounge called Zaafarana rest house to have your breakfast, use the toilet (10 L.E per person), and have your morning coffee.

09.30 am: you will start your day tour in Cairo on the west bank of the Nile where you will visit the Giza Pyramids of Giza plateau. Start your Pyramids tour with the Great Pyramid of Cheops and listen to your guide to how they changed from Step Pyramid, then Bent Pyramid to True Pyramid. Learn about the history of the Pharaohs of the Old Kingdom and the builders of the Pyramids. If you can, please walk with your guide around the Cheops Pyramid and see the Queen Pyramids, Boat Pits, and the tombs of the Pyramid builders.

You can also approach Chephren Pyramid to see the two entrances, the Mortuary temple, and the 8 holes believed to support the mummification workshop. Later on, you will go to shoot nice photos from the Panorama of all the Pyramids aligned. 

End your Hurghada to Pyramids tour with a famous attraction in Cairo, the Valley Temple of Khafre where they perform the Opening of the Mouth on the King’s mummy. Discover the Human head statue and Lion body called the Sphinx and learn more about the Dream stele of Prince Thutmose IV.

12.00 pm Lunch: Time to know about Egyptian Foods and enjoy your lunch at a typical Egyptian restaurant.

13.00 pm: The Grand Egyptian Museum replaced the Old Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square for housing the Treasures of the boy King Tutankhamun from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor attractions. The treasures include the Mask of King Tut, his golden Sarcophagus, Canopic Jars, His throne, Chariot, His Ka statue, and golden sandals.

The Museum is home to many more treasures like the silver king treasures from 26th dynasty Psusennes I, Hetepheres, and Cheops’s mother treasures. Moreover, the unique Hanging Obelisk, the massive statues of Ramesses the Great, and the Cheops’s boat. There is a section for the oldest paper in the world, Papyrus, Amarna era including Akhenaten and Nefertiti artifacts, and Ushabti statues. Besides, the beautiful Hathor Chapel from the temple of Mentuhotep II in Deir El Bahari, Luxor. Finally, you can have free time to walk on your own and watch the colors in ancient Egypt, writing tools, the scribe statue, coffin texts, and much more.

15.00 pm Cairo to Hurghada: Once you are ready to leave the museum, you will start your way back to Hurghada with a short break on the way for the toilet or stretching your legs for a while.