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
From your El Gouna hotel
Day trips from El Gouna to Cairo, the pyramids and Luxor
- To Hurghada airport
- 25 minutes
- To Cairo
- 6 h by coach, 1 h by plane
- To Luxor
- 4 h by private car
- Pickup surcharge
- 5 EUR per person
El Gouna is 25 minutes north of Hurghada, so every Cairo and Luxor day runs from your hotel with a 5 EUR per person pickup surcharge: the pyramids and Grand Egyptian Museum from 130 EUR by coach or by plane from Hurghada airport, Luxor by private car from 100 EUR.
How the days run from El Gouna
Coach pickups start at 02:00 at the El Gouna hotels because the coach continues south to collect Hurghada; the Luxor car leaves at 04:30. Flight guests are driven to Hurghada airport for the 06:30 flight. Everything else is the same as from Hurghada: tickets, lunch, the Egyptologist and the return to your hotel the same night.
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Questions from El Gouna guests
The coach is the cheapest and the most common: pickup between 02:00 and 03:30, 5.5 to 6 hours each way with a guide on board, back around midnight. The flight takes an hour each way with a private car and Egyptologist in Cairo, pickup about 04:30 and back about 22:00. Families with small children and guests over 65 usually choose the flight.
By private car: pickup between 04:30 and 05:30, 3.5 to 4 hours to Luxor with a rest stop, the tour with your Egyptologist, and back at the hotel between 20:00 and 21:00.
Yes. Daily transfers between the Red Sea and Cairo or Luxor have run without convoy since 2016 in licensed vehicles with rested drivers; the guide carries a Ministry of Tourism ID.
Bus and car days until 18:00 the day before if seats remain; flight days three days ahead.
All tours from El Gouna
Prices shown for guests staying in El Gouna.
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
Best seller4.9
Luxor
Luxor Full Day: Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon, Karnak and Luxor Temples
Both banks of the Nile in one day: the tombs of the pharaohs in the morning, the great temples in the afternoon.
8 hPrivate
€75
Seti I included5.0
Luxor
Private Valley of the Kings Tour: Tombs of Seti I and Tutankhamun
The finest tomb in the valley and the most famous, both included, with three more on the general ticket.
5 hPrivate
€95
