The Giza Plateau: Four and a half thousand years ago, the pyramids of Khafre, Menkaure and – the biggest and most famous of all – Khufu were built to endure an eternity. The Great Sphinx, one of the most recognizable monuments on Earth, also rests there. Your visit to the Giza Plateau might be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so you want to be sure it is extraordinary. The tour company you choose makes all the difference.
Our Egypt Travel Collection offers a variety of unique itineraries. However, all of our tours include three elements that make every one a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Compare two different ways to visit the world’s most iconic archaeological site and see how much of a difference it makes traveling with us!
You can be one of millions of people visiting Egypt each year who swing by the Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx surrounded by thousands of tourists.
You can have exclusive VIP access granted by Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities and visit the Giza Plateau in private, outside regular hours, without the crowds.
Typical tour groups arrive at the Giza Plateau late in the morning, when the site is already packed with tourists. Visitors must patiently wait in line to purchase tickets to be allowed to enter the plateau.
Your only companion on your way to the Giza Pyramids is Egypt’s rising sun. Your VIP access means that your group is the only one passing through the gate to the Giza Plateau. There are no crowds and no other tourists around.
Once the site is officially open, several dozen buses are parked nearby, and hundreds of tourists wait their turn to enter the Great Pyramid.
You head toward the Great Pyramid in the company of your fellow travelers. The director of the Giza Plateau opens up the pyramid especially for you.
Some tours do not even offer entry into the Great Pyramid. Those that do mix with many other groups at the same time. You may see the Great Pyramid’s interior, but can you really feel that you have experienced the last standing Wonder of the Ancient World?
Your private access to the interior of the Great Pyramid makes you feel like royalty. The fact that your group enters the site in the morning, when the sun just rises over the horizon, also means that conditions inside the pyramid are much more comfortable for sightseeing.
On standard tours, guides are not allowed to enter the Great Pyramid with a group. Therefore, you are not provided with any insight into its secrets while inside.
During the entire visit, you are accompanied by an Egyptology Expert who leads you through the Great Pyramid’s interior and vividly describes its history, construction, and mythology.
Out of three chambers inside the Great Pyramid, you are allowed to enter only one – the King’s Chamber.
On top of accessing the pyramid privately and seeing the King’s Chamber, you can enter two additional chambers that are closed to the public – the Queen’s and Subterranean Chambers.
You are allowed to see the Great Sphinx only for a few minutes from a distant viewing platform.
Can you imagine yourself standing in front of the Great Sphinx? With Archaeological Paths, you are allowed into the Great Sphinx Enclosure where you can gaze upward between its paws. There, you have a chance to take a priceless picture. Other tours can’t come close.
Royal Egypt Tours elevate your visit to the Great Sphinx even further – the world’s most famous archaeologist, Dr. Zahi Hawass, greets you at the Sphinx’s paws. There is no more captivating setting to listen to this living legend of Egyptology share tales of his research and firsthand accounts of his recent discoveries.
Other tour groups usually end their visit at this point as they spend only about an hour to an hour and a half at the Giza Plateau.
A half day gives you ample time to explore the entire Giza Plateau together with your Egyptology Expert.
These are the differences between joining a regular tour and truly experiencing this magical place. As you can see, where other tours have limits, Archaeological Paths offers exclusive VIP access. And your visit to the Giza Plateau is only one of the many days of your journey across Egypt. You are treated like a VIP on every step of your tour with us.
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