Full-Day Cairo Tour: Pyramids, Museum & Khan el-Khalili
Three thousand years of Egypt in one day: pyramids, mummies, and a working bazaar
A private full-day tour of Cairo covers the Giza Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum and Khan el-Khalili bazaar, with a guide, hotel pickup, lunch and all entry fees included. The tour runs 8 to 10 hours and operates in English, Spanish or Arabic. Choose the option with lunch if you want a meal included. The tour-only option skips it.
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2 optionsStep-by-step itinerary
Explore Pyramids, Museum, and Market
- Pickup from hotel in Cairo or Giza
- Visit Giza Pyramid complex
- See Great Pyramid of Giza
- Explore Pyramid of Menkaure
- Explore Pyramid of Khafre
- Visit Great Sphinx of Giza
- Tour Egyptian Museum
- Walk through Khan el-Khalili market
- Drop off at hotel in Cairo or Giza
- Giza Pyramids 2h
- Great Pyramid of Giza 1h
- Pyramid of Menkaure 30m
- Pyramid of Khafre 30m
- Great Sphinx of Giza 1h
- Egyptian Museum 3h
- Khan el-Khalili 1h
- Giza Plateau 30m
- Panoramic View of the Pyramids 30m
What’s included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Cairo or Giza.
- entry fees to the Giza Pyramids and Egyptian Museum.
- a private air-conditioned vehicle for all transport.
- a live guide in English, Spanish or Arabic.
- a bottle of water.
- all taxes and services. If you choose the lunch option, local Egyptian food is included.
- Every day 08:00
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Visit the Giza Pyramids and Great Sphinx, explore the Egyptian Museum's pharaonic collection, and browse Khan el-Khalili bazaar with hotel pickup and lunch.
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The experience
Your guide picks you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza and drives you straight to the Giza Plateau, where the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Menkaure stand on the same limestone plateau where they were built during the Fourth Dynasty. You walk among them and stand in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza: a 240-foot limestone statue with a lion's body and a human head, cut from the bedrock and facing directly from west to east. The plateau sits about 60 meters above sea level, and from there you get a panoramic view of all three pyramids together.
After the pyramids, the tour moves to the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo, the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East and home to the world's largest collection of pharaonic antiquities. The building itself dates to 1902, designed by French architect Marcel Dourgnon and inaugurated by Khedive Abbas Helmy II. Inside, the collection spans from the Predynastic Period through the Greco-Roman era. The scale is what stops most visitors: room after room of statues, sarcophagi, jewelry and objects from tombs. If your option includes lunch, you eat local Egyptian food during the day.
The tour ends at Khan el-Khalili, the historic bazaar in central Cairo established during the Mamluk era. It is a working market, not a museum: artisans still make traditional crafts and souvenirs in the workshops, and the lanes stay crowded with both tourists and Egyptians shopping. Your guide drops you back at your hotel afterward. The whole day is covered: entry fees to the pyramids and museum, all transport in a private air-conditioned vehicle, a bottle of water, and taxes and services.
Top questions
Can I be picked up at my hotel?
You can choose: pickup at your hotel, or go straight to the meeting point. When you book, you choose your hotel from 1,996 pickup locations; if yours isn’t listed, you can type in your address.
What languages is the tour guided in?
Live guide in English, Spanish and Arabic.
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (6 to 11 years); Infant (under 6): free.
What are the three pyramids I'll see on the Giza Plateau?
The Great Pyramid of Giza (also called the Pyramid of Khufu), the Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Menkaure. All three were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom and stand on the same plateau, so you see them together in one location.
Is the Great Sphinx included in the tour?
Yes. The Great Sphinx of Giza stands on the Giza Plateau as part of the same complex. It measures 240 feet long from paw to tail and is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt.
What will I see inside the Egyptian Museum?
The Egyptian Museum holds the world's largest collection of pharaonic antiquities, spanning from the Predynastic Period to the Greco-Roman era. The collection includes statues, sarcophagi, jewelry and objects recovered from tombs across thousands of years of Egyptian history.
What is Khan el-Khalili?
Khan el-Khalili is a historic bazaar in central Cairo established during the Mamluk era. It remains a working market where Egyptian artisans produce and sell traditional crafts and souvenirs, and both tourists and locals shop there.
Does the tour include food?
One option includes lunch of local Egyptian food during the day. The other option does not. You choose at checkout which one suits you.
How long does the full tour take?
The tour runs 8 to 10 hours total, including hotel pickup and drop-off, time at the pyramids, the museum visit and Khan el-Khalili.
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Full-Day Cairo Tour: Pyramids, Museum & Khan el-Khalili
8h–10h · EN · ES +1
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