{"id":1035,"date":"2020-01-25T17:54:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T17:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:32:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T15:32:09","slug":"excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) sits alongside a number luxury hotels. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/country\/dmc-egypt\/\"><strong>Excel Travel<\/strong><\/a> offers private after-hours tour arrangements to the GEM as well as normal visits. The GEM also has a Conference Center with auditorium halls, seminar and meeting rooms, a multi-purpose hall, and an open space gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Excel Travel has also introduced some exciting new activities to discover Egypt involving an added surprise element to an authentic local experience. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skydiving over the Pyramids<\/li>\n<li>Kayaking on the Nile<\/li>\n<li>Hot air ballooning trips<\/li>\n<li>An authentic food experience at the homes of local people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We continue to engage in social and environmental projects as evidenced by our \u201cTravelife\u201d Certification for Sustainable Tourism. Such projects include recycling solid waste through an environmentally friendly process and the empowerment of disadvantaged women to earn their own living by acquiring skills through workshops and training programs.<\/p>\n<p>Many of our visitors want to express their care and support for the less privileged and we can incorporate visits to these communities in your tour program.<\/p>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/country\/dmc-egypt\/\"><strong>Excel Travel<\/strong><\/a> for a customised group or FIT travel itinerary to Egypt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) sits alongside a number luxury hotels. Excel Travel offers private after-hours tour arrangements to the GEM as well as normal visits. The GEM also has a Conference Center with auditorium halls, seminar and meeting rooms, a multi-purpose hall, and an open space gallery. Excel Travel has also introduced some exciting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Excel Travel has introduced some exciting new ways to discover Egypt involving added surprise elements to your authentic local travel experience.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tarryn\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"8A2A5AJsjGG_vFh9H_J4uYxaduawwnnOvFky81Pe4NQ\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 5.0.3\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Destination Specialists in Africa\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Excel Travel in Egypt offers New Tours and Activities\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Excel Travel has introduced some exciting new ways to discover Egypt involving added surprise elements to your authentic local travel experience.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"fb:app_id\" content=\"2064866354019530\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"536\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"516\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:section\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-25T17:54:13+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-01T15:32:09+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1dmcWorld\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities in 2020\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Excel Travel has introduced some exciting new ways to discover Egypt involving added surprise elements to your authentic local travel experience.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tarryn\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Excel Travel in Egypt offers New Tours and Activities\",\"headline\":\"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/author\\\/tarryn\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg\",\"width\":536,\"height\":516,\"caption\":\"Pic by Skydive Eygpt\\\/Caters News -Pictured: This is the epic moment a group of skydivers jumped over one of the seven wonders of the ancient world - narrowly missing the points of the pyramids of Giza as they came down to land. The spine-tingling video and images were filmed in Cairo, Egypt, when skydiving group Skydive Egypt decided to jump directly over the Giza pyramids to raise awareness of the sport - the first time the stunt had ever been pulled off. The thrill seekers jumped directly over the Great Pyramids from a C130 Hercules plane at an altitude of 15,000 feet - landing a mere 100 metres [320ft from the base of the Khefre Pyramid. Skydive Egypt founder Mostafa Abdulfattah, 46, said: The event evoked a tremendous sense of pride by writing history as the first civilian skydiving event directly over the Great Pyramids. To skydive in this awesome place is most skydivers dreams. SEE CATERS COPY.\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-25T17:54:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-01T15:32:09+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"News\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"News\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/category\\\/news\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"News\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"1 DMC World\",\"description\":\"Find a local DMC partner\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/\",\"telephone\":\"+447365151135\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/1-dmc-world.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":1013,\"height\":184},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/1dmcWorld\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/author\\\/tarryn\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/author\\\/tarryn\\\/\",\"name\":\"tarryn\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/19cc1845be51b368cb2b3518438c30ff3dd750f248e902d9b25f2202b5008165?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"tarryn\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/\",\"name\":\"Excel Travel in Egypt offers New Tours and Activities\",\"description\":\"Excel Travel has introduced some exciting new ways to discover Egypt involving added surprise elements to your authentic local travel experience.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/author\\\/tarryn\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/author\\\/tarryn\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":536,\"height\":516,\"caption\":\"Pic by Skydive Eygpt\\\/Caters News -Pictured: This is the epic moment a group of skydivers jumped over one of the seven wonders of the ancient world - narrowly missing the points of the pyramids of Giza as they came down to land. The spine-tingling video and images were filmed in Cairo, Egypt, when skydiving group Skydive Egypt decided to jump directly over the Giza pyramids to raise awareness of the sport - the first time the stunt had ever been pulled off. The thrill seekers jumped directly over the Great Pyramids from a C130 Hercules plane at an altitude of 15,000 feet - landing a mere 100 metres [320ft from the base of the Khefre Pyramid. Skydive Egypt founder Mostafa Abdulfattah, 46, said: The event evoked a tremendous sense of pride by writing history as the first civilian skydiving event directly over the Great Pyramids. To skydive in this awesome place is most skydivers dreams. SEE CATERS COPY.\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-25T17:54:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-01T15:32:09+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Destination Specialists in Africa\",\"description\":\"Find a local DMC partner\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1dmcworld.com\\\/africa\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>Excel Travel in Egypt offers New Tours and Activities<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers New Tours and Activities","description":"Excel Travel has introduced some exciting new ways to discover Egypt involving added surprise elements to your authentic local travel experience.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"8A2A5AJsjGG_vFh9H_J4uYxaduawwnnOvFky81Pe4NQ","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#article","name":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers New Tours and Activities","headline":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/author\/tarryn\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg","width":536,"height":516,"caption":"Pic by Skydive Eygpt\/Caters News -Pictured: This is the epic moment a group of skydivers jumped over one of the seven wonders of the ancient world - narrowly missing the points of the pyramids of Giza as they came down to land. The spine-tingling video and images were filmed in Cairo, Egypt, when skydiving group Skydive Egypt decided to jump directly over the Giza pyramids to raise awareness of the sport - the first time the stunt had ever been pulled off. The thrill seekers jumped directly over the Great Pyramids from a C130 Hercules plane at an altitude of 15,000 feet - landing a mere 100 metres [320ft from the base of the Khefre Pyramid. Skydive Egypt founder Mostafa Abdulfattah, 46, said: The event evoked a tremendous sense of pride by writing history as the first civilian skydiving event directly over the Great Pyramids. To skydive in this awesome place is most skydivers dreams. SEE CATERS COPY."},"datePublished":"2020-01-25T17:54:13+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-01T15:32:09+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"News"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/category\/news\/#listItem","name":"News"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/category\/news\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/category\/news\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#listItem","name":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/category\/news\/#listItem","name":"News"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/#organization","name":"1 DMC World","description":"Find a local DMC partner","url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/","telephone":"+447365151135","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/1-dmc-world.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#organizationLogo","width":1013,"height":184},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1dmcWorld\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/author\/tarryn\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/author\/tarryn\/","name":"tarryn","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/19cc1845be51b368cb2b3518438c30ff3dd750f248e902d9b25f2202b5008165?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"tarryn"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/","name":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers New Tours and Activities","description":"Excel Travel has introduced some exciting new ways to discover Egypt involving added surprise elements to your authentic local travel experience.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/author\/tarryn\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/author\/tarryn\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#mainImage","width":536,"height":516,"caption":"Pic by Skydive Eygpt\/Caters News -Pictured: This is the epic moment a group of skydivers jumped over one of the seven wonders of the ancient world - narrowly missing the points of the pyramids of Giza as they came down to land. The spine-tingling video and images were filmed in Cairo, Egypt, when skydiving group Skydive Egypt decided to jump directly over the Giza pyramids to raise awareness of the sport - the first time the stunt had ever been pulled off. The thrill seekers jumped directly over the Great Pyramids from a C130 Hercules plane at an altitude of 15,000 feet - landing a mere 100 metres [320ft from the base of the Khefre Pyramid. Skydive Egypt founder Mostafa Abdulfattah, 46, said: The event evoked a tremendous sense of pride by writing history as the first civilian skydiving event directly over the Great Pyramids. To skydive in this awesome place is most skydivers dreams. SEE CATERS COPY."},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2020-01-25T17:54:13+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-01T15:32:09+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/","name":"Destination Specialists in Africa","description":"Find a local DMC partner","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Destination Specialists in Africa","og:type":"article","og:title":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers New Tours and Activities","og:description":"Excel Travel has introduced some exciting new ways to discover Egypt involving added surprise elements to your authentic local travel experience.","og:url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/","fb:app_id":"2064866354019530","og:image":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg","og:image:width":"536","og:image:height":"516","article:section":"News","article:published_time":"2020-01-25T17:54:13+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-11-01T15:32:09+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1dmcWorld\/","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities in 2020","twitter:description":"Excel Travel has introduced some exciting new ways to discover Egypt involving added surprise elements to your authentic local travel experience.","twitter:image":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg","twitter:label1":"Written by","twitter:data1":"tarryn","twitter:label2":"Est. reading time","twitter:data2":"1 minute"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"1035","title":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers New Tours and Activities","description":"Excel Travel has introduced some exciting new ways to discover Egypt involving added surprise elements to your authentic local travel experience.","keywords":[],"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"featured","og_image_url":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/skydive-over-the-pyramids.jpg","og_image_width":"536","og_image_height":"516","og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":"News","og_article_tags":[],"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities in 2020","twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2026-05-14 13:32:47","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":"{\"title\":{\"suggestions\":[],\"usage\":0},\"description\":{\"suggestions\":[],\"usage\":0}}","ai":null,"created":"2023-02-14 05:54:29","updated":"2026-05-14 13:32:47","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/category\/news\/\" title=\"News\">News<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tExcel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities\n<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/"},{"label":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/category\/news\/"},{"label":"Excel Travel in Egypt offers extraordinary new tours and activities","link":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/excel-travel-in-egypt-offers-extraordinary-new-tours-and-activities-in-2020\/"}],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-20 10:29:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1617,"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions\/1617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1dmcworld.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}