Private shore excursions from Alexandria cruise port, each with a licensed Egyptologist guide and your own car and driver. Alexandria city starts at $70, Islamic and Coptic Cairo at $90, and the Pyramids and Saqqara at $120 per person. See the Islamic and Coptic Cairo tour from Alexandria port.
Alexandria shore excursions are private day trips from Egypt’s main Mediterranean cruise port. The Giza Pyramids are about 220 km away, three hours by road each way, so a Pyramids day takes about 12 hours. With less time in port, Alexandria itself has Roman catacombs, Qaitbay Citadel and the Library of Alexandria, all within 20 minutes of the ship.
Your guide waits at the cruise exit with your name on a sign, and the car is parked close by.
About three hours on the Desert Road, with a rest stop and your guide’s introduction to ancient Egypt.
Time at the Great Pyramid, the panorama point and the Sphinx. Inside tickets can be added.
A break for lunch near the Pyramids before the afternoon visit.
The Step Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest stone pyramid in Egypt, and a decorated tomb.
Back to Alexandria on the Desert Road while you rest.
At the port at least two hours before departure, guaranteed.
Times shift to match your ship’s arrival and all-aboard times.
Tell us your ship, arrival time and all-aboard time, online or on WhatsApp.
Attarious and his team send a timed plan and a written price, usually the same day.
Your guide and driver meet you at the cruise exit and bring you back with time to spare.
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About 220 km. The drive takes roughly three hours each way on the Desert Road, so a Pyramids and Saqqara excursion from Alexandria port takes about 12 hours and starts at $120 per person.
Visit the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Pompey’s Pillar, Qaitbay Citadel and the Library of Alexandria, then drive along the Corniche. Our 6-hour Alexandria city excursion covers these and starts at $70.
If it is your first time in Egypt and your ship is in port for 11 hours or more, go to the Pyramids. If your port day is shorter, or you have seen the Pyramids before, stay in Alexandria.
Take an overnight tour. You see the Pyramids and Cairo on the first day, sleep in a Cairo hotel, and visit the museums or Islamic Cairo before driving back to the port. Overnight tours start at $300.
Yes. We plan every excursion to have you back at the port at least two hours before departure, and a backup vehicle stays on standby on the long routes. If we ever miss that, Egypt Day Tours takes full responsibility and pays for your hotel and your flight to the ship’s next port of call.
Yes. Every Alexandria shore excursion is private, so you can swap Saqqara for the Grand Egyptian Museum, add a Nile lunch or slow the pace. Tell us when you book and we send a timed plan.
No separate visa is needed. Your cruise line provides the Egypt visa or landing permit for every passenger, so you simply step off the ship and meet your guide.
