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Abu Simbelthen Cairo & Giza
12 nights · 13 days · As a couple
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- Day 5 Giza Pyramids Half-Day Private Tour · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 6 Historic Cairo on Foot: al-Mu'izz Street from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 7 Royal Mummies and Old Cairo: The Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Coptic Cairo · Half day · about 5 hours
- Day 8 Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur: The First Pyramids · About 6 hours
Abu Simbel
Days 1–3 · 3 nightsWhat to know about Abu Simbel
- How long
- From an Aswan base. Ramses II's colossal temple on Lake Nasser, reached from Aswan by an early road trip of about six hours there and back, or by a short flight.
- What deserves priority
- The temples of Ramses II and Nefertari.
- Abu Simbel
Two temples cut into a cliff above the Nile, taken apart and rebuilt higher to save them.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
Cairo & Giza
Days 4–13 · 9 nightsWhat to know about Cairo & Giza
- How long
- 3 nights recommended. Give Giza and the museum a full day together, then a second day for historic Cairo's mosques, churches and bazaar.
- What deserves priority
- Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum.
- Al-Mu'izz Street
The main street of the Fatimid court city, where for eight centuries anyone with power built to be seen.
Open 09:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
The synagogue whose storeroom kept a medieval community's paperwork for centuries.
Open 09:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Cairo Citadel
A medieval fortress above the whole of Cairo, and the seat of Egypt's rulers for more than six centuries.
Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Dahshur
Where the Egyptians learned how to build a pyramid, by getting it wrong first.
Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Giza Plateau
Three generations of kings built here; the plateau asks who did the building, and how they lived.
Open 08:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Grand Egyptian Museum
A museum whose greatest collections belong to places you can see on the same day.
- Day 4Travel to Cairo & GizaTransfer time reservedSee day
Our suggestion for this day
Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum
- The Giza pyramids
- The Sphinx
- The Grand Egyptian Museum
Add to day 5More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- Short drives within Cairo and Giza
- At the sites
- Most of the 7 hours, split between the plateau and the museum
- Format
- Private
- Best time
- Start early: the plateau is coolest and quietest in the first hours after opening
- Published departure window
- Morning pickup from your Cairo or Giza hotel
- Giza pyramids area Open 08:00–16:00 · checked 19 September 2026
Our tip Do the plateau first while it is cool, and give the museum the afternoon rather than the last hour of the day.
The full tour pageCompatible tours for day 5 (6)
Historic Cairo on Foot: al-Mu'izz Street from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla- Bab al-Futuh
- Mosque of al-Hakim
- Mosque of al-Aqmar
Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur: The First Pyramids- Saqqara
- Serapeum of Saqqara
- Imhotep Museum
Royal Mummies and Old Cairo: The Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Coptic Cairo- National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
- Royal Mummies Hall
- The Hanging Church
Historic Cairo Private Day Tour: Citadel, Coptic Cairo and Khan el-Khalili- The Citadel
- The Hanging Church
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
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- Day 6Historic Cairo on FootSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe street the Fatimid caliphs laid out as the spine of their new court city.See day
- Day 7Royal Mummies and Old CairoSuggested · Half day · about 5 hoursThe pharaohs built for eternity, and here, three thousand years later, they lie in a new museum on the edge of Old Cairo.See day
- Day 8Saqqara, Memphis and DahshurSuggested · About 6 hoursSee how pyramid building developed before Giza, on a day out from Cairo.See day
- Day 9A free day in Cairo & GizaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
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- Day 13Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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- Abu Simbel3 nights
- Cairo & Giza9 nights
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- 12 nights · 13 days
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