Five days in Cairo with a private guide. After arriving you visit the Giza Pyramids and Saqqara, then spend a day at the Grand Egyptian Museum and another exploring the city, including Islamic and Coptic Cairo. On day five you are transferred to the airport. It is a relaxed way to see Cairo properly, with airport transfers and guiding included, from $400.
Your Egypt Day Tours representative meets you at Cairo airport with a name sign and helps you through immigration and customs, then takes you by private air-conditioned car to your hotel. On the way they run through the plan for your trip and answer any questions, and at the hotel they help you check in. Overnight in Cairo. Meals: none.
After breakfast your guide collects you from your hotel for the Giza Pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren) and Menkaure (Mykerinus), then the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple of Khafre. You continue to Saqqara for the Step Pyramid of Djoser, built in the 3rd Dynasty and considered the world’s first pyramid, and finish at Memphis, the first capital of ancient Egypt, where the colossal statue of Ramesses II lies. Overnight in Cairo. Meals: breakfast.
After breakfast your guide collects you for a full day in Cairo, starting at the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Pyramids, home to the complete Tutankhamun collection, much of it on display for the first time, in galleries that take you through Egyptian history in order. In the afternoon you visit the Saladin Citadel and the alabaster Mosque of Muhammad Ali, then Old Cairo for the Hanging Church, the Church of Abu Serga and the Ben Ezra Synagogue. Optional in the evening: a Nile dinner cruise with Egyptian folk shows ($55 per person). Overnight in Cairo. Meals: breakfast.
A free day in Cairo, with two optional extras: a day trip to Alexandria ($85 per person) or a Cairo city tour with a felucca ride on the Nile ($50 per person). Overnight in Cairo. Meals: breakfast.
After breakfast your representative takes you to Cairo airport and helps you through immigration and customs for your flight home. Meals: breakfast.
All prices are in US dollars per person and depend on your travel dates, group size and hotel category. Every tour is private, so we prepare a quote for your own group. You can pay online through our secure payment gateway with no extra costs or surcharges.
After you book, we email your confirmation and tour voucher with all the contact numbers you need.
Tipping is not included and is at your discretion.
100% refund if you cancel 60 or more days before arrival, 50% refund at 30 to 59 days, and free rebooking to new dates inside 30 days. Full details on our cancellation policy page.
A 20% deposit by card confirms your booking (70% for groups of 20 or more). You pay the balance in Egypt.
We strongly recommend travel insurance. Our cancellation policy page lists the providers we trust.
Not included unless listed: special entry tickets (such as inside a pyramid), visa fees, tips and personal expenses.
Yes, day 2 pairs the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx with a visit to Sakkara’s Step Pyramid.
Day 4 is kept free, with optional add-ons like a full-day trip to Alexandria ($85 per person) or a Cairo city tour with a felucca ride ($50 per person). Just let us know if you’d like to add either.
Yes, it’s paired with your Grand Egyptian Museum visit on day 3.
Yes, you’ll have your own Egyptologist guide and vehicle throughout.
Yes, your Egypt Day Tours representative will be there with a sign with your name to help with your transfer to the hotel.