Reasons to Visit the Pyramids of Egypt with a Guide

Visiting the Pyramids of Egypt with a guide is not mandatory, as it is in other monuments around the world. That is, any visitor can access the Giza necropolis on their own and enter the interior of these famous funerary monuments, buying the corresponding ticket. However, having a guide offers great advantages, which we list below.

#1. Ease of Getting Tickets

Until relatively recently, entrance tickets to the Giza enclosure could not be purchased online. It could only be done in person. This led many agencies and pseudo-agencies to offer themselves on the Internet to acquire these tickets in advance. The result was some chaos in this service, making it difficult to determine which are the official tickets and which are not. However, if you hire the services of a guide, this professional can take care of booking the corresponding tickets.

#2. Advice on What to Visit and What not to Visit

The Giza necropolis is very large, and is not only composed of the three main pyramids (Keops, Kefrén and Micerino). There are other visitable spaces, such as the Tomb of Mars Ankh. And the entrance is different depending on the places that will be accessed. Therefore, a guide will easily understand what options each ticket includes and, after understanding what the profile of the visitor that will accompany and the time available, will be able to recommend what type of ticket to buy, also taking into account the closures for conservation work that may be at that time.

#3. Explanations Adapted to each Case

Visiting the Pyramids on your own will force you to carry out an important work of prior documentation to be able to move around the enclosure and the interior of these monuments. But even in that way, it is difficult to appreciate all the details in situ. On the other hand, the professional guide takes care of it: offering the information adapted to each type of visitor, in a summarized and clear way, but open to deepen certain aspects if requested to achieve a total understanding. And in that way, enjoy the experience, because to admire something you have to understand it well.

#4. The Perfect Framing: the Viewpoints

We know that, in many cases, the great attraction of the Pyramids of Egypt is to be photographed with them in the background. And finding a perfect framing is not easy for those who have never been here. But in the Giza necropolis there are several viewpoints from where to admire these three stone colossi, as we tell you in this other post. Getting to them may be feasible on foot, but there are also many who decide to travel there by camel.

#5. An Ally against Harassment

Finally, it is interesting to mention a widespread complaint among many travelers who visit the Pyramids of Giza: the insistence (which borders on harassment) by vendors or by people who offer certain services within the necropolis enclosure, such as the aforementioned camel rides. A local guide not only speaks the Arabic language to serve as an interlocutor with them, but will know how to mediate and kindly dismiss them when they are a nuisance in the visit, as well as advise on the issue of tips, so ingrained in the country.

For all this, visiting the Pyramids with a guide is the best option for any traveler. And our agency will take care of it, since we provide this service in our circuits. In addition, we have the ability to customize this activity, if the client has any specific need: families with children, groups with special needs, etc. So if that is your wish, you can contact us to get to work.