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Fayoumthen Cairo & Gizathen Abu Simbel
11 nights · 12 days · As a couple
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Cairo & Giza
Days 1–2 · 2 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 1Arrival in Cairo & GizaTime reserved for arrivalSee day
Our suggestion for this day
Fayoum Oasis Day Trip from Cairo: Wadi El Rayan Waterfalls, Magic Lake and Sandboarding
- Wadi El Rayan
- The Magic Lake
- Tunis village
- Lake Qarun
Add to day 2More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- About 2 hours each way from Cairo
- At the sites
- About 6 hours in Fayoum
- Format
- Private
- Best time
- October to April; summer afternoons are very hot
- Published departure window
- Morning pickup
Our tip Wear shoes you do not mind filling with sand. Sandboarding is easy to try and hard to master.
The full tour pageCompatible tours for day 2 (1)
Wadi El Hitan and Wadi El Rayan Day Trip from Cairo: The Valley of the Whales- Wadi El Hitan
- Wadi El Rayan
- Tunis village
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Abu Simbel
Days 3–12 · 9 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
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- FayoumA visit from Cairo & Giza
- Cairo & Giza2 nights
- Abu Simbel9 nights
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- 11 nights · 12 days
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- As a couple
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