Pyramids plus a museum, compared
A Cairo pyramids and museum tour that starts in Cairo costs $97: 7 to 8 hours at the Grand Egyptian Museum, then the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx and Khafre’s Valley Temple, with lunch in the listing title, 4,927 reviews at 4.7. A private version with a felucca ride and lunch is $100 for seven hours. From Hurghada or Sharm El Sheikh the same pairing is a full day by bus, from $50, or by plane at $267.
Quick answer
The short answer. From Cairo: $97, 4,927 reviews at 4.7, or $100 private. Museum only: $57 private with hotel transfers. From the Red Sea: $50 by bus from Hurghada, $90 by bus from Sharm, $267 by plane from Hurghada.
Which museum
Read the description of each Cairo pyramids and museum tour, not just the title. The two Cairo-based tours name the Grand Egyptian Museum. The $97 tour calls it home to the world’s largest artifact collection; the $100 private tour calls it the modern Grand Egyptian Museum.
Two of the resort tours give a choice. The $267 flight day visits the Grand Egyptian Museum or the Old Egyptian Museum; the $90 bus day from Sharm, the Grand Egyptian Museum or the Museum of Antiquities. The $50 bus day from Hurghada does not name the museum in its description at all.
If the Grand Egyptian Museum is the reason you are going, book one of the two Cairo-based tours, or confirm the museum on the listing before you pay.
Six listings
Of six Cairo pyramids and museum tour listings, three start in Cairo and three bring you there from a resort.
A beginner-friendly day trip by bus for travellers new to Egypt. 1,487 reviews at 4.8.
Your own guide at the Grand Egyptian Museum and roundtrip hotel transfers. No pyramids. 173 reviews at 4.5.
Pyramids, a museum and lunch. 1,410 reviews at 4.9.
Starts in Cairo, 7 to 8 hours, lunch in the title. 4,927 reviews at 4.7.
Starts in Giza, seven hours, expert guide. 326 reviews at 4.7.
16 to 17 hours, lunch with views of the pyramids. 4,065 reviews at 4.9.
Every trip, current fare
Six listings from $50 to $267. The resort prices include the journey to Cairo; the Cairo prices do not.
| 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 to Cairo: Pyramids & Museum for First-Time VisitorsBeginner-friendly for first-time visitors | 1 day | $50 | Day trip by bus from Hurghada | — | 4.8 · 1,487 |
| Sharm El Sheikh: One Day Trip to Cairo, Pyramids, Sphinx & GEM by BusGrand Egyptian Museum or Antiquities | 1 day | $90 | From Sharm by bus | — | 4.9 · 1,410 |
| Hurghada: Cairo Day Trip by Flight, Pyramids, Sphinx & MuseumGrand or Old Egyptian Museum | 16 - 17 h | $267 | Flight from Hurghada | — | 4.9 · 4,065 |
Tickets or a tour
This page compares guided tours, not tickets on their own. If you came looking for Grand Egyptian Museum tickets online, note that none of the six descriptions says whether museum entry is in the price, so read the inclusions on the listing.
This site has no separate entry price to show you: the listings price the whole tour. The same goes for Egyptian Museum tickets at the older building that two resort tours offer as an alternative.
What a tour adds to tickets for Grand Egyptian Museum entry is the guide and the transport. The $57 private tour, for example, comes with roundtrip hotel transfers and four hours with your own guide.
Which one if…
Five situations, answered from the descriptions.
The museum-only private tour takes four hours for $57. Add a half-day pyramids visit from the pyramids page.
No description gives an age rule or a child price, so check the listing. The private $100 day keeps your group together, with lunch.
From Cairo, the $97 day: 4,927 reviews at 4.7. From Hurghada, the $50 bus day is built for first-time visitors.
Only the $50 bus day from Hurghada fits. From Cairo, the lowest price for both sights is $97.
No new museum Cairo tour from Hurghada here guarantees the Grand Egyptian Museum: the flight day names it or the Old Egyptian Museum, the bus day names neither. See the resort page.
Only the museum, or the old Egyptian Museum? Museum tours, compared.
Museum tours→Is it worth it
From Cairo, the numbers favour it. The $97 day costs forty dollars more than the $57 museum-only tour and adds the pyramids, the Sphinx, the Valley Temple and lunch. It is also rated higher, 4.7 against 4.5.
The private $100 day adds a felucca for three dollars more. Its 4.7 rests on 326 reviews, the group-style day on 4,927.
From a resort, a Cairo pyramids and museum tour by plane is the expensive choice: $267 against $50 by bus. The flight day is rated 4.9 on 4,065 reviews, the bus day 4.8 on 1,487, and both last a full day.
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★ 4.5 · 173 reviews
★ 4.7 · 4,927 reviews
★ 4.7 · 326 reviews
★ 4.8 · 1,487 reviews
★ 4.9 · 1,410 reviews
★ 4.9 · 4,065 reviews
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One-day tours→Common questions
$97 from Cairo for 7 to 8 hours, $100 private. From Hurghada, $50 by bus or $267 by plane; from Sharm, $90 by bus.
The two Cairo-based tours name the Grand Egyptian Museum. The flight day and the Sharm bus day give a choice of museums; the Hurghada bus day does not name one.
No. This site compares guided tours; the descriptions do not say whether entry is included.
Yes on four of the six: the $97 and $100 Cairo days, the Sharm bus day and the flight day.
Only the museum-only $57 description includes roundtrip hotel transfers. For the others, check the listing.
Seven to eight hours from Cairo. From Hurghada by plane, 16 to 17 hours; the bus days are listed as one day.
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★ 4.9 · 7,942 reviews · 4 - 8 hours