Saqqara Professional day tour - Saqqara as you never seen
Our experience Egyptologist Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel then you will move ahead to Saqqara, there you can explore the oldest complete stone building complex known in history was built: Djoser's step pyramid, built during the third dynasty. Another 16 Egyptian kings built pyramids at Saqqara, which are now in various states of preservation or dilapidation. High officials added private funeral monuments to this necropolis during the entire pharaonic period. It remained an important complex for non-royal burials and cult ceremonies for more than 3,000 years, well into Ptolemaic and Roman times. You can explore lots of artifacts from Saqqara in the national and international museums around the world.
The most highlights of Saqqara are the pyramids of Djoser, Unas pyramid, Teti pyramid. And the daily life inscriptions in the outstanding old kingdom high official tombs such as Mereruka, Kagemni, Ptah-hotep family and Mehu. The new kingdom tombs such as Horemhep, Maya, Tia and Merynieth. And the unique Serapeum of the sacred bull Apis.
- English-speaking Egyptologist tour guide.
- Private air-condition car.
- Lunch at a good quality local restaurant.
- Bottled water during your tours.
- All service charges and applicable taxes included
- Any optional tours not in the itinerary.Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.
- Personal spending
- Entrance fees.
- Tipping
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Saqqara , located about 18 K.M south of Giza plateau.