Begin before dawn with a hotel transfer to Sharm El Sheikh airport and board your 60-minute flight to Cairo. On arrival, a licensed Egyptologist guide whisks you to the Giza Plateau: stand in awe before the Great Pyramid of Cheops, Khafre and Menkaure, then pose by the inscrutable Sphinx. Next, explore the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir—Tutankhamun’s golden mask, royal mummies and millennia of artefacts await. For a small extra fee, glide on a traditional felucca along the Nile’s calm waters, admiring Cairo’s skyline from the river. A buffet lunch is served riverside or in a nearby café. Afterwards, visit a papyrus workshop to see ancient paper-making techniques and an essential-oil factory to sample true Egyptian fragrances. By 17:00 you board your return flight and are back in Sharm El Sheikh around 20:00, transfers included—your one-day aerial journey through Egypt’s greatest treasures for just USD 190 per person.