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From Hurghada: Cairo and Giza Full-Day Highlights Tour

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    From Hurghada: Cairo and Giza Full-Day Highlights Tour

    4.6

    846 reviews

    From $160 per person

    Explore Egypt's capital on a 20-hour tour of Cairo and the Giza Plateau, with round-trip transfers from the Red Sea resorts of Hurghada, Makadi, El Gouna, and Soma Bay. Visit the Great Pyramids of Giza, see antiquities at the Egyptian Museum, and more.

    About this activity

    Free cancellation
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    Covid-19 precautions
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    Mobile ticketing
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    Duration 20 hours
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    Live tour guide
    English, German, Italian, Russian
    Pickup included
    Pick-up from your hotel in Soma Bay

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Discover the last surviving 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
    • Explore the ancient pyramids of the Giza Plateau
    • See antiquities of Ancient Egypt at the Egyptian Museum
    • Add on optional extra camel rides and more
    • Learn more about the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
    Full description
    Travel back in time to experience the heritage of Pharaonic Egypt on a full-day tour to Cairo and Giza, with transfers by air-conditioned vehicles from the Red Sea. Following a pick-up from your hotel, get some great views of the landscape en route to the Egyptian capital. Stops can be made whenever you require. Upon arrival in Cairo, visit the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square, and discover one of the most comprehensive collections of Ancient Egyptian relics in the world. Explore treasures that tell the story of a highly-developed culture. For a supplement, you can enter the Mummy Room to learn all about the mummification process, and come face-to-face with some of the Egyptian royals of the Pharonic days in mummified form. Transfer to Giza in the afternoon to see the Great Pyramids and Great Sphinx in the Giza Plateau. Marvel at this last surviving monument of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, built more than 4.500 years ago as everlasting graves for the pharaohs Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos. Marvel at the mysterious Sphinx statue of a Pharaoh’s head with a lion’s body. Optional activities in Giza upon payment of a supplement include a look inside the Great Pyramid or Small Pyramid, a ride on a camel, or a visit to the Solar Boat Museum, where you will see the legendary boat that Pharaoh Cheops had built in order to sail through the underworld Transfer back to your hotel in the evening for the end of tour services.
    Includes
    • Transfers from/to your hotel and between the sights by high-class air-conditioned vehicles
    • Guided tours in your language
    • Entrance fees for the above mentioned sights
    • Lunch in a local restaurant
    • Gratuity (tips) for drivers and tour guides
    • Food and drinks
    • Any services not mentioned in "what's included"
    Not suitable for
    • Pregnant women
    • Wheelchair users
    Covid-19 precautions
    Safety measures in place
    • All required protective equipment is provided
    • All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
    • The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
    Traveler requirements
    • You will receive a mandatory temperature check

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    What to bring

    • Passport or ID card
    • Comfortable shoes
    • Sunglasses
    • Sun hat

    Not allowed

    • Smoking
    • Luggage or large bags

    Know before you go

    •  Additional activities offered on request at a supplement include: a visit to the Mummy Room in the Egyptian Museum; camel ride around the pyramids; entrance to the Great Pyramid in Giza; entrance to the Small Pyramid in Giza; visit of the Solar Boat Museum in Giza
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.6 /5

    based on 846 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      4.6/5
    • Transportation
      4.1/5
    • Value for money
      4.6/5
    • Safety
      4.6/5

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    Klare Empfehlung. Es war zwar wirklich ein langer Tag, aber wir konnten gut im Mini Van schlafen und somit die Zeit in Kairo wirklich genießen. Aufgrund der Epidemielage waren wir fast allein an den Pyramiden! Die Fahrer waren sehr verantwortungsbewusst und der Guide Ahmed einfach toll und sehr mitreißend. Das Mittagessen war sehr basic, aber völlig ausreichend. Wir haben zusätzlich noch eine Bootsfahrt auf dem Nil gemacht (ca. 5 EUR pP extra). Wir waren von 2 Uhr nachts bis 21 Uhr abends unterwegs.

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    January 28, 2021

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    Verena – Germany Verified GetYourGuide customer

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    It was a great trip from Hurghada to Cairo. It is long and exhausting to drive the whole journey, but you were rewarded to finally see the pyramids on site. Our driver was perfectly reliable, trustworthy and a great company. Our tour guide, Ahmed, is also a great tour guide that you could wish for. He is an experienced tour guide with 30 years of professional experience and made us laugh and explained a lot and would like to book it with him again next time we should go to Cairo I can only recommend this holiday or day trip it was fun when you are in If you want to buy that is an 11 hour drive there and back. We had the best guide and the best driver.

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    November 9, 2020

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    Petkovic – Switzerland Verified GetYourGuide customer

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    Luckily, we were only 4 people on the trip so each of us had a full row on the bus and could lie down and sleep the whole journey. That definitely helped making the long trip bearable. The drivers were nice and friendly, although they did not speak much English. Our guide Ahmed called us from Cairo when we entered the bus in the middle of the night telling us the plan for the journey. Ahmed was in general very enthusiastic and informative and it was very clear, that he wanted us to have a good experince! The Nile cruise is an absolute rip-off, so do not bother. However, we felt a little pressured to do it even though we did not really want to pay the extra 10 Euros. However, Ahmed made it sound like the money would also go towards entering a pyramid. I reckon it is all a big scam and a proper waste of money. Despite that, I can definitely recommend Ahmed and the trip as a whole!

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    April 13, 2020

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    Maja – Denmark Verified GetYourGuide customer

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