Cairo 2 Days by Plane · shared
From $231 / person2 days
Free cancellation up to 24h
Travel insurance included
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Duration 17 hours
Cairo in a Day from Hurghada by Road: Grand Egyptian Museum, Pyramids & Sphinx
Private tour
A long but efficient way to see Cairo from the Red Sea: hotel pickup in Hurghada, three hours in the Grand Egyptian Museum, lunch, then the Giza plateau with the Pyramids. It is a [shared group / private] tour by [VEHICLE], with a live English-speaking guide, and it is designed for travellers who want the two biggest sights in one day. Expect an early start and a late return.
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
Itinerary
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Pickup location:
Pickup at your hotel in el-quseir
03:00 (approx — exact time will be shared)
- Transfer by air-conditioned vehicle· 5.5 hours
Cairo
Arrive 09:15·~3h here
Grand Egyptian Museum
3 hours here- Transfer by air-conditioned vehicle· 45 minutes
Giza
Arrive 14:15·~1h 30m here
Pyramids of Giza & panorama
1 hour 30 min hereCairo
Arrive 12:45·~1h here
Lunch at a local restaurant
1 hour here
Main stop
For reference only. Itineraries are subject to change.
Transportation
Transportation from Hurghada to Cairo (about 5 h 30 min)
Includes
- English speaking tour guide (Egyptologist).
- Entrance fees to the mentioned sights
- Lunch
- Drinks (water and cola) on the bus.
- Personal expenses
- Drinks in the restaurants and the hotel
- Guests from Marsa Alam are charged a transfer fee of 60€ per person.
- Guests from El Quseir are charged a transfer fee of 45€ per person.
Important information
Private or group
This tour runs privately: only your own party travels, with your own guide and vehicle.
What to bring
- Passport or ID copy
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Sunscreen and a hat
- Camera
Know before you go
- This is a shared departure: the programme runs in a fixed order and the group moves together. You cannot reorder, add or skip a stop — that is what keeps the price at this level. Our private Cairo tours change freely.
- Three main sights in a day, no more. A fourth turns the day into a march between car parks. Here they are the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Giza plateau, and lunch.
- The Grand Egyptian Museum gets three hours. It holds around 120,000 artefacts and the complete Tutankhamun collection, so the day is built around it rather than fitting it in.
- Dahshur is not on this trip. Adding it to a road day means cutting the museum to about 90 minutes — it belongs on the two-day version.
- Five hours on the road each way, with one comfort stop near Zafarana. Pickup is 03:00, and 20–40 minutes earlier from Safaga and Soma Bay.
Frequently asked questions
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