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8-Hour Private Guided Tour to Giza Pyramids Memphis and Saqqara from Cairo

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Cairo, Egypt

8 to 10 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Delve into the ancient mysteries of Egypt on a private full-day trip to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Memphis and Saqqara from Cairo. Alongside an Egyptologist, you’ll gaze upon the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and visit the mighty Sphinx. See, too, the step pyramids and ancient tombs of Saqqara and explore the former Egyptian capital of Memphis. Lunch and round-trip transportation from your Cairo hotel are included.

Private full-day trip to Giza, Memphis and Saqqara from Cairo
Marvel at the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Sphinx
See the ancient tombs and step pyramids of Saqqara
Explore the ancient capital of Memphis on a guided tour
Receive undivided attention from your private guide
Round-trip transportation from your Cairo hotel and lunch is included

What's Included

Transport by private vehicle
30 minutes camel ride
Qualified Egyptologist guide
Lunch at a good quality restaurant
Entrance fees

Food and drinks, unless specified
Gratuities
Extra entrance fees (interior of Giza pyramids)

Meeting and Pickup

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Pickup details

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Operating hours
.8:00 am

Itinerary

The Pyramids Of Giza

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Saqqara Pyramid

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Mit Rahina Museum

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Dress code is smart casual
Not wheelchair accessible
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required

Stroller accessible
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

5.0

based on 32 reviews

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2 days in Egypt

JOHN_C, Oct 2025

We booked this excursion well in advance...communication was good..we got a late start ( due guide held up in traffic)..this kinda throwed off the tour guides schedule...she seemed to rush thru Giza Pyramids tour( which was the big one for the day ) we ended with alot of extra time ( of course we had to go a couple of the " local handicraft shops")...we asked to change the schedule up to make sure we were able to see the other major sites...and eat a later lunch ( again this seemed to throw of her schedule)...our tour ended early( which worked out for us...since we a 2 1/2 ride back to Alexandria cruise port...not a bad day overall...just could have been better time managed..a little disappointed..p.s. we still got to touch the Great Pyramid and rode a 🐫....yeah.

Response from Host, May 2026

Dear traveler, The hardest part of a Cairo day tour from Alexandria is the cruise port window — you don't have the luxury of recovering from a late start, and 2.5 hours of road on the back end means every minute the tour loses in the morning compresses Giza in the afternoon. So the late start is the failure point in this review, and it's ours: traffic into Cairo is the most predictable variable we have, and "guide held up in traffic" is not a sentence that should ever apply to a private tour beginning at a port-aligned time. We should have left earlier on our end, regardless of what the road was doing. The downstream effect — Giza rushed, extra time later, the schedule feeling rigid when you asked to adjust it — is what we'd call a pacing failure rather than a guide failure. On a private tour, the day is supposed to bend to the traveler, especially a traveler with a hard cruise port deadline. If your request to push lunch later and re-prioritize the major sites was met with the kind of resistance that "threw off the schedule," that tells us the schedule was being driven by something other than your interests. We can guess what — the handicraft shops you put in quotes are usually the answer — and we're not going to pretend otherwise. We've been actively tightening the rules around shop sequencing and what guides are allowed to claim about timing. Reviews like yours are why. We're glad you still got the Great Pyramid touch and the camel ride. Those two moments are the ones travelers describe to family for years, and even on a compromised day they're hard to take away. But on an 8-hour private tour ending with a 2.5-hour drive ahead of you, "could have been better time managed" is a fair summary, and we'd rather acknowledge that than write around it. If Egypt brings you back for longer than a port day, we'd want the chance to show you the country at a pace that doesn't need to be rescued mid-day. For now, thank you for the four stars and the honesty in the star you held back. Thank you for the honesty — mixed feedback like yours is more actionable for us than uniformly positive reviews, because it tells us where the work still is. — The Tree of Life Tours team