Cairo Layover Tours | Cairo Top Attractions
Check everything and its opposite in Cairo during your Cairo layover tours luxury and poverty, culture and illiteracy, beauty and ugliness.
Incomplete Head of Nefertiti
The loveliest of the portraits of Queen Nefertiti, the wife of Akhenaton.
Pyramids of Giza
The most famous pyramids in Egypt and one of the old Seven Wonders of the World and the only one remaining
Container For Canopic Vases
Contain Tutankhamun's internal organs.
The huge Sphinx of Giza Plateau
The second Pyramid of king Chefren and the famous Sphinx with the head of the king himself and the body of the lion.
Cairo National Museum
The entrance of present Egyptian Museum or Cairo national Museum.
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Cairo layover tours are permitted for passengers with transit time between 6 and 12 hours. Enjoy exploring some of Cairo’s highlights like the Egyptian Museum, Pyramids of Giza and the sphinx, and end in Khan El Khalili Bazaars, the oldest in the Middle East.
Golavita arranges Cairo layover tour with reputable English, French, Spanish, Italian speaking guide for the day to take you around the sites of Cairo. Our Guide will be waiting for you at the arranged time in Cairo international airport to join you for your few hour’s trips to some of Cairo’s highlights.
The Cairo airport is 13.5 miles from central Cairo, which makes it a very do-able stop for long layovers, allowing you to get out of the airport and see some of the Cairo sights.
Cairo Layover Highlights
- Egyptian Museum
- Pyramids of Giza
- Sphinx
- Valley temple of king Chephren
- Khan El Khalili Bazaars
Egyptian Museum
You will start your tour with the Treasure-house or Egyptian Museum. It will be easy to find yourself overwhelmed by the impressive artwork that fills every centimeter of the Museum. So in general what you will see represent one of the world’s oldest known civilization, dating back as early as four thousand years B.C. The treasure of the chronological order from the predynastic period until the end of the Roman period in the ground floor is awaiting your visit, love, and appreciation.
On the second floor, you will see the treasure of the only tomb we found intact, the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamon. You can also look at his beautiful golden mask and his golden sarcophagus which weighs more than 110 kilograms of gold.
Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx
You will continue to the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx. The tour will include four stops starting from the great pyramid of the king Cheops, where you guide, will explain everything about it and mention that it’s the only wonder from the old seven wonders still exists. You will have the chance to see the original entrance of this pyramid which still closed till now, and you will see the present entrance which was dug in the Islamic era and still in use till now.
Then you will move to the next place which is called “Panorama” from where you can make very nice photos for the three pyramids in one line with the satellite pyramids of the king Men-Kaw-Ra or Mykreinus. Your guide will help you in talking some funny ones with your finger at the top of the pyramids or carry the pyramids in your hand or tour both first and second pyramids while spreading your hands. Then you will go beside the second pyramid of the king Chephren and the only one still keep the casing near the summit of it.
Sphinx and the Valley temple
Then you will join your guide to the most famous Sphinx in Egypt and the guard of the area. You will end your tour in the only valley temple we still have in good condition in Egypt or the mummification temple and the causeway up to the Sphinx where you can make nice pictures while kissing the Sphinx and have the statue like the background behind.
Explore the biggest Bazaar in Egypt Khan El Khalili before you head back to Cairo airport.
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Cancellation Policy and refunds
Our goal is to provide extensive tours and excursion services and innovative travel products for our guests to ensure they enjoy the best of what Egypt has to offer as a holiday destination but we understand things happen in life and sometimes you have to cancel or change your tour plan. We want to make it as easy as possible to do so we try to make our cancellation policy as good as we can and we divided the cancellation policy into Individual Travelers, groups depending on the high and peak period of the season.
Day Tours and Shore Excursions Cancellation
Cancellation by the clients
Cancellation requests should be sent via fax or emailed to provide the Company with written confirmation that your reservation should be cancelled.
In case you cancel your trip, the following scale of charges will be applied.
- For daily excursions no cancellation fee ( 0 % cancellation fee ) is charged and a full refund is given if the cancellation is received 12 hours before trip starts.
- Less than 12 hours before the trip starts a 50% will be charged as a cancellation fee.
- Additionally, there are cancellation fees on all domestic flights within Egypt. If you cancel a tour at any time, you will be subject to any fees according to airline’s cancellation policy.
Cancellation by Golavita
We reserve the right to cancel a tour at any circumstances but will not cancel a tour less than 45 days before departure, except for Force Majeure, Low Bookings or clients’ failure to pay the final balance, the Company will, upon cancellation, return all monies paid excluding payment for travel insurance or offer an alternative tour of comparable standard. No compensation will be paid to the Client if cancellation is because of Force Majeure or Low Bookings.
Tour Packages and Nile Cruises Cancellation
Cancellation by the clients
Cancellation requests should be sent via fax or emailed to provide the Company with written confirmation that your reservation should be cancelled.
In case you cancel your trip, the following scale of charges will be applied.
Individual Travelers
- Up to 20 days before arrival date 5% cancellation fee
- 19 – 08 days before arrival date 15% cancellation fee
- 07 days before arrival date 100% cancellation fee
Groups (10 persons or more)
- Up to 30 days before arrival date 5% cancellation fee
- 29 – 16 days before arrival date 25% cancellation fee
- 15 – 08 days before arrival date 50% cancellation fee
- 07 days before arrival date 100% cancellation fee
Christmas & New Year from 20/12 till 06/01 & Easter holidays from 19/03 till 31 /03
- 30 days before arrival date 25% cancellation fee
- 29 – 16 days before arrival date 50% cancellation fee
- 15 days before arrival date 100% cancellation fee
Cancellation by Golavita
We reserve the right to cancel a tour at any circumstances but will not cancel a tour less than 45 days before departure, except for Force Majeure, Low Bookings or clients’ failure to pay the final balance, the Company will, upon cancellation, return all monies paid excluding payment for travel insurance or offer an alternative tour of comparable standard. No compensation will be paid to the Client if cancellation is because of Force Majeure or Low Bookings.
Frequently asked questions
What is the reservation system in Golavita?
Once you make your mind about the trip or tour package you want, try to make your reservation as early as possible via one of our contacts to give us the chance to secure your space for your wanted trip upon receiving a deposit of 25 %. You can pay the deposits with any kind of credit cards, dollars, Euros or English pounds.
How can I contact Golavita ?
Golavita tour is available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to receive and answer your requests or your bookings inquires via phones, Email and lives on line chat. Moreover all our contacts, you can find easily on our home page.
Who do I contact in case of emergency?
Upon your arrival to one of Egypt’s airport and after you will be greeted and welcomed by our staff and on the way to your hotel, our representative will give you papers with all useful information about Egypt and the contact numbers and phone line from which you will keep all the stay and from which you can call us day and night.
What is the official currency in Egypt?Will I be able to exchange dollars, Euros, or other currencies in Egypt?
Egyptian currency is known as Genieh or L.E or Pound .Currency exchange is available at banks, official bureaux de change and most hotels. Banks often have better exchange rates than bureaux de change or hotels. All common international currencies are accepted. There are ATMs in Cairo and other major cities in Egypt that accept any hard currency credit cards
Is it allowed for non-Muslims to enter historical mosques in Egypt?
• Non-Catholics can enter the Vatican and non-Christians are welcomed at churches around the world. While not all the holy mosques of Egypt are off-limits to non-Muslims. All the historical mosques are open for the visit of Muslims/non-Muslims alike like Mohamed Ali Mosque within the Citadel, Amr Ibn El Ass mosque, Ibn Tulun mosque, El Refae mosque, Madrassa of Sultan Hassan and Al Azhar mosque. However, there are protocols which must be followed. Always remember a mosque is a place of prayer and worship for Muslims. It is not a museum.
Can I take pictures while visiting the monuments in Egypt
The answer is between yes and no. in most of the sightseeing it is allowed to take photos and make your trip memorable but there are other places in which you can not take even your camera with you for example Egyptian Museum, Valley of the kings, inside any of the Pyramid, inside the tombs in Sakkara, tombs of noblemen in Luxor, valley of the queens in Luxor.
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