Day 1: Around Cairo Your Egyptology guide will meet you at your Cairo or Giza hotel at 8 am in an air-conditioned vehicle, then drive Giza Pyramids. Admire the three vast pyramids of the kings and the several smaller pyramids that were tombs of the queens: if you'd like to climb inside the Great Pyramid or see King Khufu's solar boat, ask your guide can arrange this for an additional tickets .optional for camel ride before discovering the Valley Temple to mummy the dead king . You'll have optional stop for lunch at a local restaurant with a view of the pyramids. Next, you'll drive to Saqqara, to see the Pyramid of Djoser, probably Egypt's oldest pyramid, enter the pyramid of Teti to see the pyramid texts, and admire the stunning reliefs in the tombs of the nobles. You'll finish the day with a look at the remains of Egypt's ancient capital Memphis, returning to your hotel around 4 or 5 pm.