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Day tours from Cairo & Giza hotels
Cairo & Giza day tours
The pyramids, the museums, old Cairo and the Nile, in day tours that pick you up at your hotel and bring you back the same day. Every tour shows its full plan, stop by stop, before you book.
- Day tours
- 28
- Pickup
- Hotels in Cairo and Giza
- Every tour
- Private car and guide
Showing all 28 day tours
Pyramids, Memphis and Saqqara
Giza pyramids · Sphinx · Saqqara · Memphis
- Private
- Lunch included
- Optional shopping stop
Giza pyramids and the Egyptian Museum
Giza pyramids · Sphinx · Egyptian Museum, Tahrir
- Private
- Lunch included
- Optional shopping stop
Grand Egyptian Museum and the pyramids
Giza pyramids · Sphinx · Grand Egyptian Museum
- Private
- Lunch included
- Optional shopping stop
Egyptian Museum, the Citadel and Coptic Cairo
Egyptian Museum · Citadel and Mohamed Ali Mosque · Hanging Church · Ben Ezra Synagogue
- Private
- Lunch included
- Optional shopping stop
Pyramids sound and light show with dinner
Show at the Giza plateau · dinner at a local restaurant
- Private car and guide
- Dinner included
Private felucca ride
Traditional sailboat on the Nile in Cairo
- Private
- Hotel pickup
Maxim dinner cruise on the Nile
Open buffet · Tanoura show · live music
- Private transfers
- Shared boat
Quad bike at the Giza pyramids
Desert ride with views of the three pyramids
- Bedouin guide
- Hotel pickup
Giza pyramids and the Sphinx, half day
Giza pyramids · panoramic viewpoint · Sphinx · Valley Temple
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
Grand Egyptian Museum with a guide
Grand Hall · Grand Staircase · Tutankhamun Galleries
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir
Egyptian Museum, Tahrir Square
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Main hall · Royal Mummies Hall
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
The Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque
Citadel of Saladin · Mosque of Muhammad Ali
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
Coptic Cairo
Hanging Church · Abu Serga · Ben Ezra Synagogue
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
Islamic Cairo and Al-Muizz Street
Al-Azhar Mosque · Al-Muizz Street · Khan El Khalili
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
Coptic and Islamic Cairo in a day
Citadel · Sultan Hassan · Coptic Cairo · Al-Muizz Street · Khan El Khalili
- Private
- Lunch included
Pyramids and both museums in a day
Giza pyramids · Sphinx · Grand Egyptian Museum · Egyptian Museum
- Private
- Lunch included
The two museums: GEM and Tahrir
Grand Egyptian Museum · Egyptian Museum
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
Saqqara, Dahshur and Memphis
Red Pyramid · Bent Pyramid · Step Pyramid · Memphis
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
Alexandria in a day from Cairo
Catacombs · Pompey's Pillar · Roman Amphitheatre · Qaitbay · Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Private
- Lunch included
Fayoum: lakes, waterfalls and pottery
Wadi El Rayan lakes and waterfalls · Tunis Village pottery
- Private
- Lunch included
Khan El Khalili walk
Khan El Khalili · Al-Muizz Street
- Private
- Guide
Cairo street food
Koshary · falafel · ful · sweets and tea
- Private
- Tastings included
Egyptian cooking class
Cook Egyptian dishes · eat what you made
- Private
- Meal included
Tanoura show night
Tanoura dance · live Sufi music
- Private transfers
- Show ticket
Cairo on a layover
Giza pyramids · Sphinx · Grand Egyptian Museum
- Private
- Airport pickup
Luxor in a day from Cairo
Karnak · Valley of the Kings · Hatshepsut Temple · Colossi of Memnon
- Private
- Flights not included
Book a guide only in Cairo
Your own plan · licensed guide · English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian
- Guide only
- Car on request
Hotel pickup
Where is your hotel?
Every Cairo tour starts at your hotel. How long the first drive takes depends on where you stay.
About 4 minutes to the pyramids without traffic. The shortest start of the day.
About 20 minutes to the pyramids without traffic. City traffic often adds time.
About 42 minutes to the pyramids without traffic. Expect the earliest pickup.
Distances and times from map routing without traffic, to the Giza pyramids entrance area. Your tour's own page shows the full route.
Places to visit
The sites on these tours
Giza PlateauPyramids of GizaKhufu's Great Pyramid, Khafre, Menkaure and the Great Sphinx: history, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 7:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 700- Muqattam Hills, Islamic CairoCairo CitadelSaladin's fortress on the Muqattam Hills and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali: history, hours, tickets.Opening hours: From 8:00 or 9:00 am, last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 550
Old Cairo (Misr al-Qadimah), FustatCoptic CairoThe Hanging Church, Abu Serga and the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo: history, hours, tickets.Coptic Museum hours: 9:00 am – last entry 4:00 pmCoptic Museum, foreign adult: EGP 280- Fatimid Cairo, Gamaliya and al-Darb al-AhmarIslamic Cairo and Al-Muizz StreetThe Fatimid city of Cairo, from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla: history, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 9:00 am – last entry 4:00 pmAl-Muizz ticket, foreign adult: EGP 220
Old walled city, by al-Azhar MosqueKhan el-KhaliliCairo's old bazaar beside al-Azhar Mosque and Al-Muizz Street: history and what to see.
West bank of the Nile, south of SaqqaraDahshurSnefru's Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid, south of Saqqara: history, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 8:00 am – last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 200- Giza, near the pyramidsGrand Egyptian MuseumTutankhamun's galleries, Ramesses II in the Grand Hall and the Hanging Obelisk: hours and booking.Galleries: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (9:00 pm Wed, Sat)Entry ticket: Online only, timed entry
Southwest of Cairo, west of the NileSaqqaraDjoser's Step Pyramid, the nobles' tombs and the Memphis colossus of Ramesses II: hours and tickets.Opening hours: 8:00 am – last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 600
Plan your Cairo day
Cairo guides
How hotel pickup works for Cairo day toursDrive times without traffic from three Cairo hotel areas, who meets you, and what the transfer includes.- What can you see in Cairo in 6 hours?A half-day tour, one cluster of nearby sites, or a two-hour felucca sail or quad ride; check last entry.
Best time of day to visit the Giza pyramidsOpening hours, the 4 p.m. cutoff, Ramadan hours, monthly temperatures and the evening show.
Cairo day tours for families with kidsFree entry under 6, student tickets with ID, what each Cairo tour includes, and what to ask first.- Giza pyramids or Saqqara: which day trip first?Giza first, then Saqqara: what each site has, hours, tickets and the drive between them.
Egyptian Museum or Grand Egyptian Museum?Tutankhamun is at the GEM and the royal mummies at NMEC: what each Cairo museum holds and how to choose.
Best Cairo day tours for first-time visitorsOur Cairo tours compared by what they cover and how long they run, and how to pair them without repeats.
Before you book a Grand Egyptian Museum visitTimed online tickets, gallery hours by weekday, what admission covers and where Tutankhamun is.