This half day Grand Egyptian Museum tour is made for travelers who want to see the best of the world’s largest archaeological museum without spending a whole day there.
The Grand Egyptian Museum, often called the GEM, stands about 2 kilometres from the Pyramids of Giza and holds more than 100,000 artifacts from every period of ancient Egypt. Its biggest draw is the complete treasure of Tutankhamun, shown together in one place for the first time since Howard Carter found the tomb in 1922.
A museum this size is easy to get lost in. Your private Egyptologist guide plans the visit around the pieces that matter most, explains the stories behind them, and takes you through the busiest galleries at the best times. You will see the golden mask of Tutankhamun, the giant statue of Ramesses II in the Grand Atrium, the Grand Staircase lined with royal statues, and the 4,500-year-old solar boat of King Khufu.
The tour suits cruise passengers on a short stop, business travelers, families with children, and anyone who wants to pair the museum with the pyramids or a free afternoon. We pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza, handle the tickets, and bring you back after lunch.
The museum is close to the Giza Plateau. If you have a full day, choose our Grand Egyptian Museum and Giza Pyramids day tour and see both with the same guide.
Your driver and guide meet you in the hotel lobby. You travel to the museum in a private air-conditioned car while your guide gives you a short introduction to ancient Egypt.
Your guide handles the tickets and security, so you go straight in. Outside the entrance, you see the hanging obelisk of Ramesses II, which you can walk underneath to see the cartouche carved on its base.
You start in the Grand Atrium with the colossal statue of Ramesses II, climb the Grand Staircase past statues of kings and gods, and spend the longest part of the visit in the Tutankhamun galleries. You end at the Khufu Boat Museum to see the king’s restored solar boat.
Visit the museum shops, take photos on the terraces with views of the pyramids, or relax with a coffee.
Enjoy a lunch of Egyptian dishes near the museum.
Your driver takes you back to your hotel in Cairo or Giza, with the rest of the day free.
The full contents of the boy king’s tomb, shown together for the first time: the golden mask, his gold coffins, thrones, chariots, jewellery and the shrines that held his sarcophagus.
The giant granite statue of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh greets you in the Grand Atrium. It stands about 11 metres tall and weighs around 83 tonnes.
Six floors of steps lined with statues of kings, queens and gods, with a view of the Giza pyramids through the glass wall at the top.
A cedar-wood boat built for King Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid, about 4,500 years ago. It was found buried next to his pyramid in pieces and carefully rebuilt.
Your guide picks the best pieces from the main galleries, which follow Egypt’s history from prehistoric times to the Roman period.
The first obelisk in the world displayed hanging in the air, so you can see the cartouche of Ramesses II carved on its underside.
The tour is private for your own group only. The more people in your group, the lower the price per person.
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Group Size |
Price per person |
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1 person |
$150 |
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2 people |
$85 |
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3 – 7 people |
$75 |
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8 – 16 people |
$60 |
Children: 0–5 years free; 6–11 years pay 50%; 12 years and older pay the adult price.
