This Pyramids tour from Alexandria Port combines the Giza Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, Saqqara and Memphis with lunch on a Nile cruise boat in Cairo. It is a private shore excursion with an English-speaking guide, entrance fees and an air-conditioned vehicle, from $120 per person.
Instead of a roadside restaurant, lunch is served on a boat on the Nile, a relaxed break between the Giza plateau in the morning and the Step Pyramid at Saqqara and Memphis in the afternoon. The drive from Alexandria Port takes about 3 hours each way, and your guide meets you at the cruise terminal.
We guarantee you will be back at Alexandria Port at least 2 hours before your ship departs. If we ever miss that, Egypt Day Tours takes full responsibility and pays for your hotel and your flight to the ship’s next port of call, so you can rejoin your cruise.
Want a camel ride and a stop at Khan el Khalili instead? See our Pyramids and Saqqara tour. For the Grand Egyptian Museum, take the Cairo day tour from Alexandria Port. See all our Alexandria shore excursions.
Pyramids and Saqqara tours from Alexandria port are the right choice if you are fascinated by the pyramids and their secrets. In this tour, you will visit the Giza Pyramids where you will be able to see the three pyramids as well as the Sphinx and the Valley Temple. Enjoy a camel ride with the pyramids in the background. Later, you will visit Saqqara, where the first pyramids were built. Finally, you will visit the remains of ancient Memphis, the first capital of Egypt. Later, you will return to Alexandria port. Pyramids and Saqqara tour is a highly recommended excursion from Alexandria port.
Your Egypt Day Tours guide and manager will be waiting for you outside the docking place. They will hold a sign with your name on it. It will be easy for you to recognize them. Then you will transfer to your car and start your tour. Your guide will talk to you not only about the history of ancient Egypt, but also about modern Egypt, life, religion, politics and all aspects of life in the country. The trip from Alexandria port to Cairo takes (about 3 hours). Visit the Pyramids of Giza, Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure.
Then visit the Sphinx, the head of the pharaoh with the body of a lion, then drive to the panorama area to take unforgettable photos of the three pyramids together. The tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant in Cairo, then continue to Saqqara, and visit the Step Pyramids of Djoser, the oldest major stone building in the world. At the end of the Pyramids and Saqqara tours from Alexandria port, drive back to your cruise ship.
From Alexandria to Giza. The drive from Alexandria port to Cairo takes about three hours along the Desert Road, and your guide uses the time to tell you about Egypt then and now. Your first stop is the Giza plateau, where the Great Pyramid of Khufu, built around 2560 BCE, still dominates the skyline beside the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure. Below them the Great Sphinx watches over the Valley Temple of Khafre, its walls built from huge blocks of red granite brought from Aswan.
Camel ride. A short camel ride in the desert gives you the classic view of all three pyramids together, and the best photos of the day.
Saqqara. Saqqara was the vast cemetery of ancient Memphis, used for more than 3,000 years. Its star is the Step Pyramid of Djoser, built by the architect Imhotep around 2670 BCE: the first large stone building in history and the model that led to the true pyramids at Giza.
Memphis. Little remains above ground of the city that was Egypt’s capital for much of the Old Kingdom, but the open-air museum at Mit Rahina holds some of its treasures: a colossal limestone statue of Ramesses II lying on its back, and a calcite sphinx in the garden. Then it is time to drive back to your ship in Alexandria.
Good to know. Your cruise line arranges the visa for its passengers. It is a long day, so bring comfortable shoes, a hat, sunscreen and some Egyptian pounds for tips and small purchases.
