Cairo night tour: Khan el-Khalili, dinner and felucca ride

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Duration4h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · AR +5

PickupAt your hotel

A traditional wooden sailing boat on the Nile has no engine, just wind and a slow, deliberate pace.

This four-hour guided night tour of Cairo starts with hotel pickup and takes you through Khan el-Khalili, the largest bazaar in Africa, and Al-Muizz Street's medieval architecture, with stops at a historic café and a 10th-century mosque. You'll choose dinner from koshari, shorma, or falafel at a local restaurant, then sail the Nile for 30 minutes on a traditional felucca. The guide speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and three other languages; children from age one are welcome.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Cairo's historic center and river

Pick up from hotel
Tour Al-Muizz Street and Khan el-Khalili
Visit Café El Fishawi for tea and shisha
Enjoy 30-minute felucca ride on Nile

The Experience

The tour begins with pickup from your Cairo or Giza hotel and heads straight into the old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A two-hour walk covers Al-Muizz Street, lined with medieval architectural details most visitors miss, and Khan el-Khalili—the sprawling bazaar that has operated since the 14th century and still fills with locals after dark. Your guide navigates the narrow passages and explains what you're standing in front of, rather than leaving you to guess at the stalls and the crowds.

Halfway through, you stop at Café El Fishawi, which has served mint tea and shisha for over 200 years and earned the nickname Café of the Spies for the conversations that happened there. You'll sit where Egyptians sit and drink what they drink—traditional mint tea or a shisha pipe—before heading back into the market or toward dinner. The café anchors the evening in how Cairo actually moves after sunset, not as a photo stop.

Dinner is your choice: koshari (rice, lentils, pasta and chickpeas layered together) at Abu Tarek, shorma (thin slices of meat or chicken) at Papa Abdu, or falafel if you prefer vegetarian. These are neighborhood restaurants where locals eat, not tourist versions of the food. After dinner, you board a felucca—a wooden sailing vessel with no engine, powered only by the wind—for a 30-minute drift down the Nile. The boat moves slowly enough that the city lights reflect clearly in the water and conversation doesn't have to compete with noise. Hotel drop-off closes the loop.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off in Cairo or Giza.
a live guide in your choice of language.
a two-hour walking tour of Khan el-Khalili and Al-Muizz Street with entry to a 10th-century mosque.
tea or shisha at Café El Fishawi.
dinner at a local restaurant (koshari, shorma, or falafel, your choice).
and a 30-minute felucca sail on the Nile.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessiblePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by somos egipcios

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you're traveling with a group or family and want a guide who handles the navigation and history—the walk through Khan el-Khalili and the old town moves faster and makes more sense with someone who knows which streets matter and what the buildings are. The fixed itinerary and included dinner mean the evening holds together without anyone building it.