Museum day
A Cairo museum tour on this site starts at $57: four hours at the Grand Egyptian Museum with your own guide and roundtrip hotel transfers, for someone who wants the museum and nothing else. Add the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and lunch and it is $97 for 7 to 8 hours, or $100 for a private seven-hour day with a felucca ride. There is no stand-alone museum ticket among the 65 tours here: each option is a tour that takes you there. Two different museums appear in these listings, so check which one.
Quick answer
The short answer. For the museum alone, the private Grand Egyptian Museum tour at $57 (173 reviews at 4.5). For the museum and the pyramids in one day, the $97 tour has by far the most reviews of the five: 4,927 reviews at 4.7. Staying in Hurghada? The flight day at $273 is the one that names the Royal Mummies Hall.
Two museums
Two different museums share most of a name, and each Cairo museum tour below is built around a named building. Three of the five name the Grand Egyptian Museum. The private two-day tour names the Egyptian Museum, a separate, older building that one listing calls the Old Egyptian Museum. The flight day from Hurghada lets you visit either the Grand Egyptian Museum or the Egyptian Civilization Museum.
Some trips from the Red Sea resorts say only “your choice of museum”, and one offers the Grand Egyptian Museum or “the Museum of Antiquities”. A listing worded like that does not tell you in advance which building you will see, so ask before you book if one of them is the reason for the trip. Those trips are compared on the Hurghada and Sharm page.
Five tours, cheapest first
Durations, ratings and review counts are the live listing figures.
The one tour of the 65 that is only the museum. Your own guide takes you through the Grand Egyptian Museum, and roundtrip hotel transfers are included. 173 reviews at 4.5. If a Cairo museum tour is all you want from the day, start here.
The Grand Egyptian Museum, which the listing describes as home to the world’s largest artifact collection, then the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx and Khafre’s Valley Temple, with lunch in the title. 4,927 reviews at 4.7, the most of the five.
A private full day with an expert guide: the Giza Pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum, a felucca ride and lunch. 326 reviews at 4.7. It costs $3 more than the tour above, and its listing calls it private; the other one does not.
This one starts in Hurghada, not in Cairo: you fly in for the day. The listing says it includes the Royal Mummies Hall, with the Pyramids of Giza and either the Grand Egyptian Museum or the Egyptian Civilization Museum. 234 reviews at 4.9, the highest rating of the five.
Two private days with an Egyptologist: the Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum and the Khan El Khalili bazaar, plus a felucca ride on the Nile. 75 reviews at 4.6. Of these five, it is the Cairo museum tour that names the Egyptian Museum rather than the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Book direct
The five museum listings, with live prices and ratings.
★ 4.5 · 173 reviews
★ 4.7 · 4,927 reviews
★ 4.7 · 326 reviews
★ 4.9 · 234 reviews
★ 4.6 · 75 reviews
Every trip, current fare
Price, listed length and rating for each tour. Where a listing gives a range of hours or several days, the hourly figure is left blank.
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo: The Grand Egyptian Museum Private Guided TourRoundtrip hotel transfers | 4 h | $57 | Private guide at the museum | $14.25 | 4.5 · 173 |
| Cairo: Grand Egyptian Museum, Pyramids, Sphinx Tour & LunchPyramids, Sphinx, Valley Temple | 7 - 8 h | $97 | Grand Egyptian Museum collection | — | 4.7 · 4,927 |
| Cairo: Private Grand Egyptian Museum & Giza Pyramids TourFelucca glide and lunch | 7 h | $100 | Grand Egyptian Museum and Giza | $14.29 | 4.7 · 326 |
| Hurghada Cairo flight: pyramids, kings mummies museum or GEMFlight from Hurghada | 16 h | $273 | Royal Mummies Hall included | $17.06 | 4.9 · 234 |
| Cairo: 2-Day Pyramid, Museum, Bazaar Private TourKhan El Khalili bazaar | 2 days | $275 | Pyramids, Sphinx, Egyptian Museum | — | 4.6 · 75 |
Which one if…
Matched on what each listing states, not on guesses about the exhibits.
The private Grand Egyptian Museum tour at $57: four hours, your own guide, hotel transfers both ways.
The $97 tour, the most reviewed of the five, or the private day at $100 with a felucca and lunch. More combined options are on the pyramids and museum page.
The flight day from Hurghada at $273 names the Royal Mummies Hall. None of the four tours that start in Cairo mentions it.
The private two-day tour at $275 is the one of the five that names it, with the pyramids and the bazaar.
Three listings say private: the museum-only tour at $57, the full day at $100 and the two-day tour at $275.
The four-hour museum-only tour. Every other option here runs seven hours or longer.
Worth it?
On the numbers, the museum-only tour costs $57 for four hours, about $14.25 an hour, with a private guide and hotel transfers. The private full day at $100 works out at about $14.29 an hour for seven hours: almost the same rate, and it adds the Giza Pyramids, a felucca and lunch.
The $97 tour has the weight of evidence: 4,927 reviews at 4.7, against 326 reviews at 4.7 for the private day. If you want the Cairo museum tour with the most reviews behind it, that is the one. Its listing does not say whether the group is private or shared, so check before you book.
Entry tickets are a separate question. None of the five descriptions says whether museum entry is in the price, so read the inclusions on the listing. To choose by price band instead, all 65 tours are compared on the main page.
Want the Citadel and the old streets as well as a Cairo museum tour? The Old Cairo tours start at $30.
Old Cairo tours→Common questions
From $57 for four hours at the Grand Egyptian Museum with a private guide. With the pyramids it is $97 or $100, the flight day from Hurghada is $273 and the private two-day tour is $275. Whether a private price covers one person or the group is not stated, so check it on the listing.
Three of the five name the Grand Egyptian Museum. The two-day tour names the Egyptian Museum. The flight day from Hurghada offers either the Grand Egyptian Museum or the Egyptian Civilization Museum.
None of the five descriptions says so either way. Open the listing and read what is included before you book.
The flight day from Hurghada at $273 says it includes the Royal Mummies Hall. It is a 16-hour day that starts in Hurghada, not in Cairo.
The $57 private Grand Egyptian Museum tour includes roundtrip hotel transfers. The other four descriptions do not mention pickup, so check the listing.
Four hours for the museum alone, 7 to 8 hours with the pyramids, seven hours for the private day with a felucca, 16 hours for the flight day from Hurghada and two days for the private two-day tour.
Yes. The $97 tour covers the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx and Khafre’s Valley Temple in 7 to 8 hours; the private $100 day adds a felucca ride and lunch.
Go deeper
Pyramids of Giza tours from Cairo: half-day and full-day, with a camel ride or on foot, by price.
Cairo day tourOne day in Cairo: pyramids, museum, Citadel and Khan el Khalili in a single guided day, compared.
Pyramids and museumPyramids plus the Grand Egyptian Museum or Egyptian Museum in one tour: what each listing includes.
Private toursPrivate tours of Cairo and Giza: half-day and full-day, from the pyramids to the museums, by price.
Old CairoOld Cairo, Islamic and Coptic Cairo tours: the Citadel, Al-Muizz Street, the Hanging Church and churches.
Khan el KhaliliKhan el Khalili bazaar tours: shopping walks and private guides through the markets.
Cairo: Pyramids & Great Sphinx Private Tour with Camel Ride
★ 4.9 · 7,942 reviews · 4 - 8 hours