Best for a first day4.9
Cairo
Half-Day Giza Pyramids and Great Sphinx with Private Guide
The Great Pyramid, the panorama point and the Sphinx in four hours with your own Egyptologist.
4 hPrivate
€45
Staying in Cairo
Private tours from Cairo and Giza hotels
- Downtown to Giza
- 30–45 minutes
- To Saqqara
- 45–60 minutes
- To Alexandria
- 2.5–3 hours
- To the Fayoum
- 1.5–2 hours
From a Cairo or Giza hotel every tour is private with your own Egyptologist and car: the pyramids in half a day from 45 EUR, the pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum in a day for 95 EUR, Saqqara and Dahshur, the old city, night tours, felucca sails, and day trips to Alexandria and the Fayoum. Pickup at your lobby, no surcharge anywhere in Cairo, Giza, 6th of October or New Cairo.
How to plan two or three days
Day one: the pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum. Day two: the Egyptian Museum or the NMEC, the Citadel, Coptic Cairo and Khan El Khalili. Day three: Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur, or Alexandria, or the Fayoum. Evenings: a felucca at sunset, the old city by night, a Nile dinner cruise or the Bedouin camp.
Cairo airport and layovers
With eight hours or more between flights we collect you at the airport, do the pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum, and bring you back in time for check-in. Tell us the flight times in the booking notes.
Our picks from Cairo and Giza
Questions from Cairo and Giza guests
Yes: downtown, Zamalek, Garden City, Heliopolis, Maadi, Giza, 6th of October and New Cairo, and from Cairo airport for layovers, all without surcharge.
Yes, from Cairo every tour is private: your party, your Egyptologist, your car. The dinner cruise and the balloon are the shared exceptions.
Two for the pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum and the old city; three to add Saqqara or Alexandria.
All tours from Cairo and Giza
Prices shown for guests staying in Cairo and Giza.
Best seller5.0
Cairo
Giza Pyramids, Sphinx and Grand Egyptian Museum: the Full Experience
The pyramids in the morning, Tutankhamun's treasures in the afternoon. The best single day in Egypt.
9 hPrivate
€95
Tutankhamun galleries4.8
Cairo
Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Private Tour with Egyptologist Guide
Three hours inside the largest archaeological museum in the world, with someone who can read the walls.
4 hPrivate
€75
Camel ride included5.0
Cairo
VIP Private Giza Pyramids Tour with Camel Ride and Entry Inside the Third Pyramid
Everything most tours charge extra for, included: the camel, the inside of a pyramid, and a guide to yourself.
5 hPrivate
€85
Everything in one day5.0
Cairo
Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Camel Ride, ATV, Shopping and Nile Dinner Cruise
A full day that ends on the Nile: pyramids, camel, quad bike in the desert, the bazaar and a dinner cruise with a show.
12 hPrivate
€145
Off the beaten track5.0
Cairo
Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur Day Tour
The first pyramid, the first true pyramid and the first capital, without the Giza crowds.
7 hPrivate
€80
Classic Cairo4.8
Cairo
The Egyptian Museum, Citadel, Khan El Khalili Bazaar and Old Cairo
Five thousand years in one day: pharaohs in Tahrir, Saladin's citadel, the Hanging Church and the bazaar.
9 hPrivate
€85
Royal Mummies Hall5.0
Cairo
The Civilization Museum (NMEC), the Citadel, Khan El Khalili and Old Cairo
The royal mummies of Ramses II and Hatshepsut, then the citadel, the churches and the bazaar.
9 hPrivate
€85
Food included4.8
Cairo
Old Cairo Guided Walking Tour: History, Culture and Street Bites
Al-Muizz Street on foot with a local guide, tasting koshari, ta'ameya and feteer along the way.
4 hPrivate
€55
On foot4.9
Cairo
Islamic Cairo Walking Tour: Khan El Khalili and Al-Azhar Mosque
A thousand years of mosques and markets on foot, from Al-Azhar to Bab al-Futuh.
4 hPrivate
€45
Private guide5.0
Cairo
Private Old Cairo Tour: Islamic Cairo, Coptic Cairo and Khan El Khalili
Mosques, churches, the synagogue and the bazaar, by car and on foot, with lunch.
7 hPrivate
€70
No commissions5.0
Cairo
Guided Shopping Tour in Cairo and Khan El Khalili Market
A guide who knows the workshops, the fair prices and where the good papyrus, silver and spices really are.
4 hPrivate
€40
Dinner included4.9
Cairo
Night Tour of Cairo with Dinner
The city lit up: Al-Muizz Street, Khan El Khalili, the Nile from a rooftop, and a proper Egyptian dinner.
4 hPrivate
€65
Felucca included4.9
Cairo
Cairo Night Tour: Sunset Felucca, Khan El Khalili, Mosque and Dinner
Sail the Nile at sunset, then the old city by night with dinner.
5 hPrivate
€80
Dinner and show4.8
Cairo
Cairo Bedouin Night: Private Transfer, Dinner and Live Show
A desert camp on the edge of Giza: tea by the fire, grilled dinner, music and the pyramids in the dark.
4 hPrivate
€75
Show included4.7
Cairo
2-Hour Nile River Dinner Cruise in Cairo
Open buffet, live band, belly dance and tanoura, and Cairo lit up on both banks.
3 hShared coach
€60
Small boat4.7
Cairo
Sunset and Night Open-Air Nile Cruise in Cairo and Giza
An open-deck motor yacht, the sun setting behind Giza, tea and music, no show and no buffet.
2 hShared coach
€45Private boat5.0
Cairo
Luxury Private Felucca on the Nile with Lunch
Your own sailing boat for two hours, a picnic lunch on board, and the river to yourselves.
3 hPrivate
€70
In a family home5.0
Cairo
Cairo Cooking Class with an Egyptian Family
Shop the market, cook koshari and molokhia in a family kitchen, eat together.
4 hPrivate
€65
Seafood lunch4.8
Cairo
Alexandria Day Trip from Cairo
The Mediterranean city of Alexander and Cleopatra: catacombs, the Roman theatre, Qaitbay and the new library.
12 hPrivate
€95
