Grand Egyptian Museum and Pyramids Tour

Pickup and the Drive Out

A van collects you at your hotel in Cairo or Giza within 60 minutes before your booked start time, so be ready an hour before the time you select. The drive to the plateau takes an hour in each direction, with two pickup location options and two drop-off locations around Al Giza and Cairo.

Pyramids Before the Museum

The order matters for timing. The plateau visit comes first, in the morning, and the museum slot comes later in the day. Last entry to the galleries is one hour before they close, so a museum visit needs to start early enough to use the full two hours.

Check the opening hours for the day you book, because Saturday and Wednesday run late and galleries stay open until 9 PM.

Getting Between the Two

The museum stands at El Remayah Square on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, at the edge of the Giza plateau. On this tour the van handles the hop between the pyramids and the museum, so there is no walk in the heat and no taxi to arrange.

Included in the $97

Seven lines are included. Pickup and drop-off from your accommodation in Cairo or Giza, transport in an air-conditioned vehicle, a professional Egyptologist guide, bottled water, complimentary lunch at an Egyptian restaurant, entry tickets to the Pyramids-Sphinx area and the Grand Egyptian Museum, and all taxes and service charges. Guide languages are English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

The two tickets are what you pay for elsewhere. On the Private Pyramids and Museum Day the from price of $35 leaves the entry fees out, and $46 of mandatory charges are added, $81 in all.

• Hotel pickup and drop-off in Cairo or Giza
• Air-conditioned vehicle
• Professional Egyptologist guide
• Bottled water
• Lunch at an Egyptian restaurant
• Entry tickets: Pyramids-Sphinx area and Grand Egyptian Museum
• All taxes and service charges

Not Included

Three things sit outside the price. Entry inside the Great Pyramid is not covered, drinks at lunch are extra, and tips are not mandatory but not covered. The camel ride on the itinerary is optional and carries an extra fee.

Long-range pickup from Nasr City, Cairo Airport, Heliopolis, Mirage City, Rehab City, Madinaty, New Cairo, New Capital hotels or 6th of October City is bookable as a paid add-on at checkout.

• Entry inside the Great Pyramid
• Drinks at lunch
• Tips (not mandatory)
• Optional camel ride, extra fee
• Long-range pickup from outer districts, a paid add-on

Line by Line

The table splits every cost line on this tour. It follows the inclusions and exclusions on GetYourGuide, so you can compare it line by line with any other day trip.

One Honest Note

Two hours is the museum slot on this tour. The museum's own group guided tour lasts about 2 hours as well, so the pace matches the official visit, but you will see the highlights rather than the full collection. If the museum is your priority, book the museum alone on the Private Grand Egyptian Museum Tour, which runs 3 to 5 hours with free time, or go self-guided with the Grand Egyptian Museum Tickets, which give you the whole day.

Read how long to spend before you decide.

Museum-first Visitors

Two hours inside the GEM covers the highlights, not the whole building. If you want to work through the collection at your own pace, the Private Grand Egyptian Museum Tour gives you 3 to 5 hours with free time, and the Grand Egyptian Museum Tickets let you stay all day for $35, self-guided.

Travellers Who Want Their Own Vehicle

This is a shared group, and the day is built around other passengers. If you want a private car and Egyptologist for the same pyramids-plus-museum route, the Private Pyramids and Museum Day is the fit. Budget for its entry fees, because the base price there leaves both tickets out.

Wheelchair Users

The listing states plainly that this tour is not suitable for wheelchair users. The museum itself admits visitors with disabilities free of charge on every day of the week with valid ID, so a self-guided visit on the Grand Egyptian Museum Tickets is the alternative to look at.

Very Young Children

Children under 6 enter the museum free on the official rules, though they still pay the guided-tour difference if they join a guided tour, and discounts need valid ID. A 7 to 8 hour day in plateau heat is a long ask for small children, so consider the shorter museum-only options or read how long to spend.

Visitors from the Red Sea Resorts

This tour starts in Cairo or Giza. If you are based in Hurghada, the Grand Egyptian Museum from Hurghada runs the pyramids, the Sphinx and the museum by bus for $49, and from Sharm El Sheikh the Grand Egyptian Museum from Sharm flies you up for $240 on a 16 to 18 hour day. See the day trips from Hurghada and Sharm section for the trade-offs.

Opening Hours

The museum lists hours for all seven days with no closed day. Saturday and Wednesday are the late days, with galleries open until 9 PM. Last entry is one hour before the galleries close, so about 5 PM on regular days and 8 PM on the late days.

A two-hour guided slot needs to start before those cut-offs.

Bags and Food

Bags larger than 40 x 40 cm must go to the cloakroom, and luggage and large bags are not allowed on the tour, so leave the big bag at the hotel. No outside food or drink, smoking only outdoors, and children must be accompanied by an adult. For this tour the practical meaning is simple: daypack or smaller, nothing you cannot carry for eight hours.

Photography

Personal-use photography is allowed except in designated areas, and the Tutankhamun galleries ban photography in designated spots. Flash, tripods, selfie sticks, drones and live streaming are all not permitted, so plan to shoot handheld with natural light. Do not touch the artefacts.

Tickets

Official tickets are valid only for the date and time booked, allow a single entry and carry the visitor's name, and they are non-refundable after purchase. On this tour both tickets sit inside the $97 price, and the tour's own terms apply: free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start. Compare that with the standalone Grand Egyptian Museum Tickets, which are non-refundable.

What to Bring

Bring a passport or ID card, and a copy is accepted. Bring water for the plateau, where shade is scarce and the heat is real in the middle of the day, even though the van carries bottled water. Comfortable closed shoes matter on the rocky ground.

Carry some cash for tips, which are not mandatory, and for drinks at lunch, which are extra. The site's rules and what to bring section has the full list, and the opening hours sit there too.