Adventure

From Hurghada: Full-Day Trip to Cairo by Plane

Activity provider: FTS Travels
Adventure

From Hurghada: Full-Day Trip to Cairo by Plane

Activity provider: FTS Travels

From US$ 342.83 per person

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Take a 1-hour flight from Hurghada to Cairo for a day trip in Egypt’s capital city with an Egyptologist as your guide. Visit the famous pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, and the Egyptian Museum. Spend the afternoon shopping at the Khan el-Khalili market.

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Duration 1 day
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Live tour guide
German, Spanish, English, Russian, French, Arabic, Italian
Pickup included
Pickup and drop off from any hotel in Hurghada.
Wheelchair accessible
Small group
Limited to 8 participants

Experience

Highlights
  • Visit the famous pyramids of Giza
  • Admire the uniqueness of the Sphinx
  • Discover more about the history of the country at the Egyptian Museum
  • Enjoy shopping at the Khan el-Khalili market
Full description

Discover Cairo in a unique manner: from the skies on a flight from Hurghada and on the ground to see the iconic pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, and the Egyptian Museum with an Egyptologist as a guide.

Take a step back in time throughout your tour and travel comfortably between locations in an air-conditioned van.

Travel from Hurghada to Cairo by plane, where your exciting day tour truly begins. After the pickup at your hotel in Hurghada, sit back and relax in an air-conditioned vehicle as you drive to the airport to catch a domestic flight to Cairo.

Upon arrival in Cairo, meet your Egyptologist guide who will accompany you throughout your tour.  Head to Giza, where you visit the famous and impressive pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos, as well as the Sphinx. After a break for a delicious lunch, then board a typical Felucca boat to cross the Nile to the City (optional). Continue to the Egyptian Museum. Here, admire the treasures of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun, as well as other artifacts.

In the afternoon, change the pace of your tour by shopping at the Khan el-Khalili market. Marvel at the colorful, delicate, and ornate stalls of local goods like platters, lamps, and cups surrounding you. At the end of the tour in Cairo, head over to the airport to catch your return flight to Hurghada. Once there, be transferred back to your hotel.

Includes
  • All transfers in an air-conditioned vehicle
  • Domestic flights (Hurghada – Cairo/Cairo – Hurghada)
  • Tour guide
  • Soft drinks during the drives
  • Entrance fees to all the attractions mentioned in the itinerary
  • Lunch at an excellent restaurant
  • Drinks at the restaurant
  • Anything else not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Optional 20-minute cruise (10 EUR paid in cash onsite)
  • Camel ride

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What to bring

  • Passport or ID card
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Sunglasses

Not allowed

  • Pets

Know before you go

  • Please contact the tour operator after booking to provide all the names and passport numbers of all the travelers as well as the desired pick-up time from your hotel in Hurghada
  • Pick up and drop off from any hotel in Hurghada is free of charge. Pick up and drop off from Makadi, Sahl hashesh, Soma Bay, El Gouna and Safaga are available for an additional fee
  • If the flight back is at 8:00 PM your guide will transfer you directly to the airport, if the flight is at 10:00 PM the guide can take you or local shops and cafes or you can choose to wait at the airport

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.4 /5

based on 500 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.2/5
  • Transportation
    4.2/5
  • Service
    4.3/5
  • Organization
    4.3/5

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This was the perfect tour for us. Everything was right all around. Our guide Hassan made this tour special, very committed and catered to all individual needs, thank you again for this unforgettable experience.

April 28, 2023

Overall a worthwhile trip if you want to see the pyramids. Since the pyramids are the tourist attraction par excellence, it is accordingly touristy here. 5 minutes to take pictures and on to the next spot. Camel rides cost extra, but there's no getting around that with kids. Admission to the pyramid was calculated here on GYG at €25 pp, on site it costs €3(!)€. The stops at the papyrus and perfume factory are annoying. They only serve to provision the guide. The Nile trip, which was not announced, costs extra, but it is an experience. The museum was pulled through in 1 hour, there is probably no other way, we photographed the Sphinx from afar. The evening market was amazing and the most relaxing part of the tour. Bus transfers, flight etc everything went smoothly. In summary: Of course you can't expect any cultural highlights on a day with "once everything", but you've been there live once.

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April 19, 2023

The sights shown and explanations by the guide Dr. Mohamed Abdel Kader were excellent and very easy to understand. We learned a lot about Egypt and its history from him. The transfer by plane was suboptimal, on the return flight endless waiting time, since it was only at 11 p.m., very bad timing. Finding the right terminal and gate was also very difficult for the group.

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April 7, 2023

Product ID: 21224