Private Tour
Memphis, Saqqara, and Dahshur in a Private Day Tour from Cairo
Overview
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A Private Air-conditioned Car.
Experience the safest journey with our professional drivers dedicated to your comfort and safety throughout your tour.
Hassle-free and skipping-lines tours are guaranteed.
With our Egyptology-expert and expertise tour guides, ancient Egypt will be brought into life to put you in the historic context of the events that took place millennia ago!!
It is a unique private tour, carefully tailored to suite everyone. Whether you are keen history buff, photography enthusiast OR looking for a fun day amid these fabulous ancient Egypt's fascinating monuments , you are, undoubtedly, one step away from achieving your goal. Book our tour and we shall take good care of your long-awaited dream to come into reality in the best way ever!
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Saqqara Pyramid
First, Pick Up from Requested Location by your Tour guide to start your Journey across the three ancient necropolises. The tour will start by visiting the Saqqara necropolis, where you will visit the Pyramid of Djoser. This pyramid is the earliest colossal stone building in the world. This structure is a fundamental part of the Egyptian history as other pyramids was based on it with improvements. The pyramids at Giza and elsewhere in the desert near Cairo are a part of the legacy of an older city and civilization that fell into decline long before Cairo was founded. This civilization named this area Memphis, which was the seat of power to the Old Kingdom (2686—2181 BC) of Ancient Egypt, home to the pharaohs that raised the pyramids.
Saqqara is one of several other notable necropolis sites near Cairo that offer impressive sights and hold great archaeological significance. In fact, Saqqara may hold more interest to archaeologists than Giza. The huge site hosts burials dating from before the beginning of the Old Kingdom up through the Greek Period of Egyptian history. The most famous structure by far at Saqqara is Djoser’s Step Pyramid. Dating from the 3rd dynasty (2667—2448 BC), it was the first all-stone complex ever built on earth. It also displays an important architectural innovation for the construction of the Giza Pyramids and other later pyramids in the 4th dynasty and later. Djoser’s pyramid was the first to use multiple mastabas (rectangular tomb structures) stacked on top of one another to form a step pyramid.This construction set the stage for the smooth sides of the Giza Pyramids and the smaller 5th and 6th dynasty pyramids that are found at Saqqara and other sites nearby, such as Dahshur and Abu Sir.
What‘s Included
An Egyptology-expert tour guide (based on the tour option you've booked)
Free Pickup and Drop off if your hotel is located in Downtown Cairo or near the Pyramids Plateau .
Experience the safest journey with a professional driver dedicated to your comfort and security throughout your tour.
Enjoy our authentic traditional food, Falafel, Shawerma sandwiches, or Kushary (based on the tour option you've booked)
Tipping your guide & driver
Personal expenses
Shopping or presents.
Pickup points
Ramses Hilton
Corniche El Nile 1115, Cairo Egypt
Cairo Intl Airport
Cairo Egypt
Options
Car + Prof. Guide Only
Private air-conditioned car Egyptology-expert guide Entry fees are NOT included Pickup included
Car & Guide & Tickets
Private air-conditioned car: Egyptology-expert guide Entry fees: General tickets to Memphis, Saqqara, & Dahshur are INCLUDED Pickup included
Car+Prof. Guide+Local Lunch
Private air-conditioned car Egyptology-expert guide. Lunch: Enjoy our authentic traditional food, Falafel, Shawerma sandwiches, or Kushary. Entry fees are NOT included. Pickup included
Reviews
35 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Amazing Saqqara!!!!!
582andrek,May 5, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Arrived on time and everything as agreed. Communicated with us perfectly. Felt and experienced 100% reliability and had no concerns. The car was clean and comfortable. Invited us to a private dinner and made personal connections with family, which was the highlight of our trip.
Both the driver and the...
Ross H,Apr 13, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Both the driver and the guide Aly were excellent. They were very friendly and charasmatic, with great English. The tour of the sites was excellent, didn't feel rushed and showed us lots of interesting things not on the main routes. I'd highly recommend it.
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照子井,Apr 13, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Thank you very much. It was a wonderful guide. Surprised by fluency in Japanese.
Brilliant!
ashleymO2846AU,Apr 13, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00These locations are less frequently visited than the famous Giza pyramids and not very far from town. It got progressively crowded while there. You will need to hire a driver from Cairo- too far for Uber. We went to the Red Pyramid, Memphis and Saqqara. We went at what we thought was a good pace- spent to walk around, take pictures, enjoy the surroundings. It was around Five hours start to end... Unbelievably, you can climb down the Red Pyramid. This takes some stamina. You are walking sideways, down a slope with a ceiling of 4-5 feet! At Saqqara, multiple things to see at the necropolis. Good luck figuring out what the ticket or doesn't cover. A ticket with add-ons for certain parts of the necropolis, even with the inclusive ticket. The add ons are not that expensive (maybe a few USD? I would have paid and additional $10 to not think about it). Still got to see plenty. There are attendants at several of the attractions to check your ticket. However, plenty of people who don't work there will ask to see your ticket. They want to be your guide and probably looking for a tip. Easier when you do have an honest professional tour guide! This tour was the best among a few ones we have had for the highlights of Cairo! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
It’s a perfect tour
feizollahr,Apr 11, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was a great experience getting beyond the big three pyramids at Giza. The sights are impressive and with many fewer people much easier to appreciate. The Red pyramid is amazing and much easier to get in and out of compared to Giza. Our guide was also great from the moment he picked us up in the morning until drop off. Tonsi was professional and knowledgeable in addition to being someone good to hang out with for a day. All around a great experience that I'd recommend to anyone.
perfect guide
Tour60885999355,Apr 11, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Aly was a superb guide for our family through Saqqara, Dahshur and Memphis. Not only was he informative in an engaging way, he also interacted with our seven year old son with grace, humour and genuine interest in his questions and ideas about the history around. Aly provided informed advice about how best to use our time at each site, where there is more to see than is possible to get to in a day (especially with a child in the group). As a result, we had a completely fulfilling day out, with memorable experiences of going inside three pyramids, examining tombs and visiting the ruins of Memphis, all with Aly’s expert guidance. The package also included a fantastic lunch of Egyptian falafel and a comfortable vehicle to make the journey, which was expertly piloted by Mohamed. All in all, the best of the four different tour packages we booked during our six days in Cairo. Can’t recommend this package, and Aly as guide, highly enough!
Perfect experiences
eth2026,Apr 11, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Aly Elsheemy was our guide, and his knowledge of Egypt was amazing. We were given sufficient time at each stop for our own explorations and photos. Indeed, it was great to visit pyramids that receive less tourists than the Giza ones. Also, it was simpler to go inside these pyramids in general. We enjoyed the length of the tour and the things we were able to see. We feel that full day tours would be a bit of information overload, but the half day tour was great! Unsurprisingly, as always with Egypt in tours, our tour guide was ready prior to the scheduled start time. We took 3 tours with Egypt in tours travel agency, and all were like this - I can certainly recommend them as a tour operator with whom you'd never go wrong!
Ali is an extremely...
Matthew M,Mar 17, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Ali is an extremely knowledgeable guide, a hreat guy and we couldn't have asked for a better way to experience Sakkara, Dashur and Memphis.
Knowledgeable, funny, professional and passionate guided tour
Y5744KNlouisen,Mar 17, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Ali was a fantastic tour guide, he tailored the day to suit our needs and added humour and his knowledge to bring Egypt and its history to life. His English was excellent and made the day tour a very special experience for us. Would definitely recommend Ali to anyone looking to learn and enjoy the wonders of Egypt and its history.
BEST GUIDE EVER IN EGYPT
travelerrhejeamd,Mar 3, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Best guide ever “Aly “ we have him for 3 times because for 1st time we had him as our tourist guide his great so we decided to book him again for another 2 days we know that he will help us in every details and we didn’t regret thanks aly for good accommodation ur very knowledgeable no wonder many people knows you everywhere we go .. No regrets for 3 times having you as our Tourist guide .. You’re the best keep it up and well recommended …
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