1 day: Pyramids

Discover the lesser known pyramids, find empty mastaba tombs, climb pigeon lofts and view the sun set over the Giza plateau.

1 day	Pyramids
00000	Rendezvous in hotel and taxi to Saqqara
	Investigate the Step Pyramid of Djozer
	Explore the mastabas south of the Step Pyramid which are often empty with beautiful and sometimes amusing relief carvings
	Enter the unfinished tomb of Horemheb who seized power in the aftermath of Tutankhamun’s death.
	A variety of tombs, mastabas and small pyramids can be explored depending on time and whether they are open
	View the beautiful new museum of Saqqara
	Take taxi to Dahshur
	Walk round the Bent Pyramid and admire the limestone cladding still in place
	Enter the Red Pyramid and visit the eerie burial chambers. They are rarely busy and often empty.
	Lunch
	Taxi to the Giza plateau
	Walk round the pyramids of Giza in the late afternoon sun as crowds disperse
	Visit the Solar Boat
	Visit the Sphinx
	Take taxi to local village and climb pigeon loft
	Watch the sunset over Giza as the pigeons race through the sky
	Return to the hotel