Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Discover Cairo and Ancient Egypt with our self-guided tour, allowing you to explore one of the world's oldest and most extraordinary civilizations at your own pace. Stand before the Great Pyramid of Giza — the last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, built from 2.3 million limestone blocks around 2560 BC — and gaze into the enigmatic face of the Great Sphinx carved from living bedrock 4,500 years ago. Descend into the tombs of the Valley of the Kings where Tutankhamun rested for three millennia, walk through the grand Egyptian Museum's treasury of pharaonic gold on Tahrir Square, and marvel at the colossal columns of Karnak Temple rising 24 meters into the desert sky. Wander the medieval ...
Highlights
6 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
6 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Enjoy audio guide access for more than 60 sites across Cairo and Egypt
This is a self-guided app-based tour with no in-person guide or fixed meeting point. Travelers are free to start at the suggested location below or choose any stop on the route as their starting point, and explore in the order that suits them best.
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Discover Cairo: A Self-Guided Tour
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Discover Cairo and Ancient Egypt with our self-guided tour, allowing you to explore one of the world's oldest and most extraordinary civilizations at your own pace. Stand before the Great Pyramid of Giza — the last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, built from 2.3 million limestone blocks around 2560 BC — and gaze into the enigmatic face of the Great Sphinx carved from living bedrock 4,500 years ago. Descend into the tombs of the Valley of the Kings where Tutankhamun rested for three millennia, walk through the grand Egyptian Museum's treasury of pharaonic gold on Tahrir Square, and marvel at the colossal columns of Karnak Temple rising 24 meters into the desert sky. Wander the medieval ...
Highlights
6 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
6 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Enjoy audio guide access for more than 60 sites across Cairo and Egypt
This is a self-guided app-based tour with no in-person guide or fixed meeting point. Travelers are free to start at the suggested location below or choose any stop on the route as their starting point, and explore in the order that suits them best.
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Itinerary
1
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
The world's greatest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities — over 120,000 artifacts spanning 5,000 years, including Tutankhamun's golden death mask, his solid gold inner coffin, royal mummies of Ramesses II and Hatshepsut, and treasures from every dynasty of pharaonic civilization housed in the iconic pink building on Tahrir Square.
2
Pyramids of Giza
The last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World — the Great Pyramid of Khufu stands 146 meters tall, built from 2.3 million limestone blocks around 2560 BC. Beside it rise the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, and the enigmatic Great Sphinx guards the plateau — a limestone lion with a human face carved from living bedrock 4,500 years ago.
3
Khan Al-Khalili
Cairo's legendary medieval marketplace — a labyrinth of narrow alleys dating to 1382, overflowing with brass lanterns, hand-blown glass, spices, perfume oils, gold jewelry, and inlaid woodwork. The historic El-Fishawi café has served Turkish coffee without closing for over 200 years amid the bazaar's intoxicating atmosphere.
1 hour
4
Mosque of Muhammad Ali
The magnificent alabaster mosque crowning Saladin's 12th-century Citadel on the Mokattam Hills — its Ottoman domes and soaring minarets visible across Cairo, with panoramic views stretching to the pyramids. The fortress complex also houses military museums and the ornate 14th-century Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad.
5
Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary)
One of the oldest churches in Egypt — the Hanging Church (Al-Mu'allaqa) dates to the 3rd century, built above the gatehouse towers of the Roman fortress of Babylon. Its nave suspended above a passageway gives it its name, while nearby the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus shelters the crypt where the Holy Family is believed to have rested.
1 hour
6
Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
A massive 14th-century Mamluk masterpiece at the foot of the Citadel, considered one of the finest mosques in the Islamic world
7
Temple of Karnak
The greatest temple complex ever built — Karnak's Hypostyle Hall contains 134 columns rising 24 meters, carved with hieroglyphs by Ramesses II and Seti I. Connected by a 2.7-kilometer Avenue of Sphinxes to Luxor Temple, the complex reflects 2,000 years of continuous construction by Egypt's most powerful pharaohs.
8
Valley of the Kings
The royal necropolis where pharaohs were buried for 500 years — 63 tombs cut deep into the limestone cliffs of the Theban Hills, including the legendary tomb of Tutankhamun discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Descend into corridors blazing with painted scenes of the afterlife journey, preserved in stunning color across millennia.
9
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Egypt's most architecturally stunning temple — three colonnaded terraces rising against dramatic golden cliffs, built for Queen Hatshepsut, the powerful female pharaoh who ruled Egypt for 22 years. Relief carvings depict her legendary trading expedition to the Land of Punt and her divine birth as daughter of the god Amun.
10
Step Pyramid of Djoser
The world's first monumental stone building — Pharaoh Djoser's Step Pyramid, designed by the genius architect Imhotep around 2670 BC, rising in six tiers above the vast Saqqara necropolis. Surrounding painted tomb chambers contain 4,000-year-old scenes of daily life preserved in extraordinary vivid color.
