Alexandria to Pyramids and GEM Shared Day Trip with Egyptologist

Your guide and manager will be waiting for you outside the Cruise docking spot. They will be holding a sign showing your name. It will be quite easy for you to identify them. Then you will proceed to your vehicle and start your tour. your guide will talk to you not only about history of ancient Egypt, but also about modern Egypt, Life, religion, politics and all aspects of Life in the country. The journey from Alexandria Port to Cairo will take (Approx. 3 Hours).

After about 3 hours on the road from Alexandria, you arrive at the Giza Plateau. Your guide walks you to the base of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, explains its construction and history, and gives you time at the panoramic view point for clear photos of all three Pyramids. Optional: enter inside the Great Pyramid ($11 USD per person), camel ride along the desert ridge. Then on to the Sphinx, where your guide explains its history and the latest theories about its true age.

You continue to the Grand Egyptian Museum, the largest archaeological museum ever built. Your guide walks you through the soaring atrium past the towering statue of Ramses II, up the Grand Staircase, and into the Tutankhamun galleries where his complete collection is displayed together for the very first time in history. You see the gold mask, the chariots, the throne, and the canopic shrines, all with stories told by someone who actually studied them.