On our late November trip we had a great full day Giza and The Pyramids excursion with a wonderful guide called Ahmed,  our own driver and air-conditioned mini-bus.  We visited Memphis, Saqqara and the Great Pyramid at Giza.

What we didnt’ realise until we visited Saqqara is that the Great Pyramid wasnt’ the first or the oldest Pyramid.  That honour goes to the Step Pyramid at Saqqara which you can see above. Read the rest of this entry »

We’re home from our trip to Cairo and Luxor and have a whole stack of photographs, video and audio clips to add to the Nile Cruises 4u website and here on the Blog.

We had such a great time and learnt so much more about our favourite destination.

Apart from our excellent 4 nights Nile Cruise on the superb Royal Viking Nile Cruise ship we also flew up to Cairo and spent 3 fabulous days visiting the Pyramids at Giza, Memphis and Saqqara, the excellent hotels in the shadow of the Pyramids as well as enjoying some of the excursions available in Cairo such as the atmospheric Sound & Light Show at the Pyramids.

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