📝 Trip Overview & Description
Travel from Sharm El Sheikh to Cairo by bus and spend the day discovering some of Egypt’s best-known archaeological and historical sites.
The itinerary combines a visit to the Old Egyptian Museum with the monuments of the Giza Plateau, where you will see the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos, the Great Sphinx, and the Valley Temple of Chephren. The day also includes lunch at a local restaurant and a shopping stop in Cairo.
A professional guide accompanies the sightseeing program, while round-trip transportation between your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh and Cairo is provided by comfortable air-conditioned bus.
✨ Experience Highlights
- ✓ 🏛️ Discover the collections displayed inside the Old Egyptian Museum
- ✓ 👑 See historical objects connected with King Tutankhamun
- ✓ 🔺 Walk around the famous Giza Pyramids
- ✓ 🦁 Visit the monumental Great Sphinx
- ✓ 🏛️ Explore the Valley Temple of Chephren
- ✓ 🍽️ Have lunch at a local restaurant during your Cairo visit
- ✓ 🛍️ Stop for shopping before completing the day's program
- ✓ 👨🏫 Enjoy the sightseeing program with an English, Russian, or Italian-speaking guide
- ✓ 🚌 Travel between Cairo and Sharm El Sheikh in an air-conditioned bus with a toilet
- ✓ 🚐 Hotel collection and return transfer included
🗺️ Trip Itinerary & Highlights
🚐 Hotel Pickup & Journey to Cairo
Your journey begins at approximately 00:00 (midnight) with pickup from your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, depending on your hotel location. Board a comfortable air-conditioned bus with a toilet and travel overnight towards Cairo, crossing the Sinai Desert and passing along the Gulf of Suez.
🏙️ Arrival in Cairo
Arrive in Cairo at approximately 8:30–9:00 AM, where you will meet your professional Egyptologist guide, who will accompany you throughout the sightseeing program and introduce you to the history of the sites included in the tour.
🏛️ Old Egyptian Museum
Visit the Old Egyptian Museum and explore its collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts from different periods of Egyptian history, including historical objects associated with King Tutankhamun.
🍽️ Egyptian Lunch
Take a break during the Cairo program and enjoy an included lunch at a local restaurant before continuing to the Giza Plateau. Drinks ordered at the restaurant are not included in the tour price.
🔺 Giza Pyramids
Continue to the famous Giza Plateau and explore the area of the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos, with time to discover the site and take memorable photographs of these remarkable ancient monuments.
🦁 Great Sphinx & Valley Temple
Continue your visit at the Great Sphinx and the nearby Valley Temple of Chephren, completing the main archaeological part of your sightseeing program at the Giza complex.
🛍️ Shopping Stop
During your time in Cairo, the program includes a shopping stop, giving you an opportunity to browse for souvenirs and other items before completing the day's itinerary.
🚌 Return to Sharm El Sheikh
After completing the Cairo program, board the bus for the return journey across the Sinai Peninsula to Sharm El Sheikh, with arrival expected at approximately 00:00–00:30 (midnight) the following day, followed by drop-off at your hotel.
✓ What is Included
- 🚐 Pickup from and return to your hotel
- 🚌 Transportation from Sharm El Sheikh to Cairo and back
- ❄️ Comfortable air-conditioned bus with toilet
- 👨🏫 Professional guide speaking English, Russian, or Italian
- 🎟️ Admission to the Old Egyptian Museum
- 🔺 Visit to the Giza Pyramids
- 🦁 Visit to the Great Sphinx
- 🏛️ Visit to the Valley Temple of Chephren
- 🍽️ Lunch at a local restaurant
- 🛍️ Shopping stop
- 💰 Entrance charges, applicable taxes, and service fees for the included itinerary
✕ What is Excluded
- 🥤 Beverages during lunch
- ⛵ Nile boat ride
- 🔺 Tickets to enter the interior chambers of the pyramids
- 📸 Photography charges at the museum
- ➕ Additional activities selected during the day
- 💰 Personal purchases and expenses
- 💵 Tips
- 🛂 Egypt entry visa: $30, when required
- 🛂 Visa assistance: $8 if the visa has not been obtained beforehand — $38 total
- ➕ Anything not specifically listed in the included services
🎒 What to Bring / Take with You
- • 🛂 Passport or ID card
- • 👟 Comfortable shoes suitable for walking
- • 🕶️ Sunglasses
- • 🧢 Hat or another form of head covering
- • 🧴 Sunscreen
- • 📷 Camera or other photo/video equipment
- • 🧥 Warm clothing during winter or lightweight, loose clothing during summer
- • 🍱 Breakfast Box: Ask your hotel reception to prepare a breakfast box on the evening before the trip and remember to collect it before departure.
💡 Important Tips & Instructions
- ✓ 🛂 An Egyptian visa is required for this excursion.
- ✓ 🚐 Pickup: Approximately 00:00 (midnight); the exact time depends on your hotel location.
- ✓ 🏨 Return: Approximately 00:00–00:30 (midnight) the following day.
- ✓ ⏳ Total duration: Approximately 24 hours
- ✓ 📅 Availability: Daily
- ✓ 📌 Booking: At least one day before the planned trip is recommended.
- ✓ 💵 Payment: Cash on the day of the excursion.
- ✓ 🚫 No advance payment is required.
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