Safaga: Cairo Day Trip by Plane with Giza Pyramids & Egyptian Museum

Overview

Some journeys are worth waking before the sun. While Safaga's harbour and long open beaches still lie in the dark, you make the short transfer to Hurghada Airport and lift off for Cairo - trading the breezy port town for the greatest history lesson on earth, and leaving the many hours of desert road behind you.

In Cairo your Egyptologist guide is waiting at the museum you chose: the storied Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square or the vast new Grand Egyptian Museum. Tutankhamun's treasures, painted coffins and the faces of pharaohs bring five millennia into sharp focus. Then comes the reason you flew - the Giza Plateau, where the three Pyramids rise from the sand and the Great Sphinx meets your eye as it has met travellers' for thousands of years.

Close up, the scale is almost impossible to put into words. These are the last standing wonder of the ancient world, built by hand more than four and a half thousand years ago. Over a relaxed lunch and a walk through a Cairo bazaar, you begin to feel why this one skyline has drawn pilgrims, pharaohs and explorers for longer than almost anywhere on the planet.

Everything is taken care of: pickup from your Safaga hotel, the transfer to Hurghada Airport, round-trip flights, air-conditioned transport, entrance fees and lunch are all included. Optional extras - a Nile boat ride, entry inside the Great Pyramid or a camel ride - are yours if you want them. By evening you are back on the Safaga coast, carrying one of Egypt's most remarkable days with you.

Highlights

• ✦Skip the long desert drive - fly from Safaga to Cairo and back in a single day
• ✦Stand before the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple
• ✦Explore the Egyptian Museum or the new Grand Egyptian Museum, depending on your option
• ✦Travel with an expert English-speaking Egyptologist guide
• ✦Enjoy lunch at a traditional Egyptian restaurant and browse a Cairo bazaar
• ✦Add a Nile boat ride, camel ride or entry inside the Great Pyramid if you wish

Included

• ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off from your Safaga hotel
• ✓Air-conditioned transfer between Safaga and Hurghada Airport
• ✓Round-trip domestic flights between Hurghada and Cairo
• ✓Air-conditioned transportation throughout the tour in Cairo
• ✓Small-group or private tour, depending on the selected option
• ✓Expert English-speaking Egyptologist guide
• ✓Entrance fees to the Egyptian Museum or the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), according to your option
• ✓Entrance fees to the Giza Plateau, including the Great Sphinx and Valley Temple
• ✓Lunch at a traditional Egyptian restaurant
• ✓Shopping stop at a local bazaar

Not included

• −Drinks at the restaurant
• −Optional activities (Nile River boat ride, entry inside the Great Pyramid, and camel or horse riding)
• −Guides in Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Chinese and Russian (available as an add-on)

Good to know

• iChild price: ages 3-11 · Infants under 3
• iPlease bring your passport or ID card
• iPlease wear comfortable walking shoes
• iPlease wear weather-appropriate clothing
• iPayment for the Cairo day trip by plane must be made at least 7 days before departure to secure flight tickets
• iGuides in Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Chinese, and Russian are available as an optional add-on for your group
• iOptional activities are available, including a Nile River boat ride, entry inside the Great Pyramid, and camel or horse riding
• iPlease bring extra cash if you wish to purchase drinks, souvenirs, or optional activities