Overnight Tour Cairo and Alexandria from Alexandria Port

Your guide meets you outside the cruise terminal in Alexandria with a name sign and drives you about three hours to Cairo, talking about ancient and modern Egypt along the way. You visit the Giza Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, stop at the panorama point for photos of all three, and see the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple. After lunch at a local restaurant you visit the Egyptian Museum and its treasures, then check in to your hotel. In the evening you can add a dinner cruise or the Pyramids Sound and Light Show. Overnight in Cairo. Meals: none.

After breakfast you drive back to Alexandria for a tour of the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, from the early Roman period, the Citadel of Qaitbay and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina from outside, with lunch at a local restaurant, before returning to your ship at Alexandria port. Comfortable walking shoes and a sun hat are recommended. The tour can also start in Alexandria and end in Port Said, or the reverse. Meals: breakfast and lunch.

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.

• Under 6 years free, 6 to 11 years 50% of the adult price, 12 years and over full price.

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, your Egypt Day Tours guide and manager will be waiting for you at the cruise docking spot, holding a sign with your name.

After the roughly 3-hour drive from Alexandria to Cairo, you’ll visit the Pyramids of Giza (Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus), the Great Sphinx, the panorama viewpoint, and the Egyptian Museum, with lunch at a local restaurant.

You’ll tour the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Qaitbay Citadel, and see the Alexandria Library from outside, with lunch at a local restaurant before returning to your cruise at Alexandria Port.

Yes. Your guide plans the day around your ship’s all-aboard time, and we guarantee you will be back at Alexandria Port at least 2 hours before your ship departs. 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, Egypt Day Tours only offers private tours, so you’ll have your own guide and vehicle for both days, and the itinerary can be customized on request.