Cairo Museums
Two great collections in one day — the historic Egyptian Museum and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, with the Royal Mummies.
What does Cairo Museums include, and what does it cost?
Cairo Museums is a private full-day tour of Cairo, from €64 per person for a party of 6 or more. It includes a private Egyptologist guide throughout, lunch on each touring day, private air-conditioned transfers and hotel pickup & drop-off. Entrance tickets are paid at the gate.
Overview
A day for those who love the objects themselves. You begin at the storied Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, whose century-old halls hold the densest concentration of pharaonic treasure anywhere, then move to the modern National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC), where the great Royal Mummies Hall presents the kings and queens of the New Kingdom in hushed, climate-controlled galleries. A connoisseur's day, narrated by your Egyptologist.
Itinerary
Egyptian Museum, Tahrir
The grand old museum on Tahrir Square — statuary, sarcophagi, papyri and the gold of the New Kingdom, walked highlight by highlight with your guide.
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Cross the city to the NMEC in Fustat, a modern museum tracing Egypt from prehistory to the present across a single sweeping narrative.
Royal Mummies Hall
Descend into the dimly lit Royal Mummies Hall, where the preserved bodies of pharaohs including Ramses II and Hatshepsut rest in dignified display.
Included & not included
Included
- Private Egyptologist guide throughout
- Lunch on each touring day
- Private air-conditioned transfers
- Hotel pickup & drop-off
- Bottled water every day
Not included
- Entrance tickets to sites and monuments — paid at the published gate rate, with nothing added
- International flights to and from Egypt
- Egypt entry visa
- Tipping (gratuities)
- Personal expenses
- Optional extras — Abu Simbel, camel rides, dinner cruise, drinks
Good to know
Is the Royal Mummies Hall included?
Yes — entry to the Royal Mummies Hall within the NMEC is included. It is a quiet, respectful space, and photography is not permitted inside.
How do the two museums differ?
The Egyptian Museum is dense, historic and treasure-packed; the NMEC is modern and narrative, with the mummies as its centrepiece. Together they give a complete picture.
Is this too much for one day?
Not with a guide curating the highlights. We focus on the essential objects in each, with a break between the two museums.
Is this journey right for you?
- Travellers who would rather see four things properly than twelve badly
- Anyone who wants a licensed Egyptologist beside them, not a headset and a flag
- Couples and families for whom pace, comfort and privacy decide whether a trip works
- Visitors marking something — a honeymoon, an anniversary, a milestone birthday
- Anyone looking for the lowest price on Egypt — we are not the cheapest and do not try to be
- Coach tours, shared group departures and itineraries sold by the seat
- Hostels, dormitories and hop-on backpacking routes
- Travellers who would rather organise the logistics themselves
What this journey is, without exception
Every operator in Egypt uses the word luxury. These are the specifics behind ours — checkable before you pay for anything.
A licensed Egyptologist, not a guide
Every journey is led by a guide licensed by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism with a degree in Egyptology. They are with you at the monuments, not waiting in the car park — and they are yours for the day, answering your questions rather than reciting to forty people.
Your party only
No shared coaches. No fixed departure dates. No strangers on your itinerary. If you are two people, the vehicle, the guide and the pace belong to two people.
Built around you, then written down
We design the itinerary from your interests and your dates — not from a catalogue page. You receive it in writing before anything is paid, and it changes as often as you want it to until it is right.
One price, itemised
The quote lists what is included and what is not, line by line, before you commit. Your Egyptologist, private air-conditioned transfers and lunch on touring days are inside the price on every journey, and entrance fees are inside it on every multi-day one. Where something sits outside — monument tickets on a day tour, for instance — it is named on the page you are reading, at the rate the ticket office charges, not discovered at the end.
Reachable while you travel
You have a direct line to the people who planned your journey for the whole time you are in Egypt — not a call centre, and not a number that stops answering after the deposit clears.
Time protected, not filled
A day with four sites crammed into it is a cheaper day to sell and a worse day to live. We plan around light, heat and crowds — the Valley of the Kings at opening, the Egyptian Museum when the coaches have gone — and we leave the afternoon alone.
On price, plainly
Kemet sits at the upper end of the Egyptian market and we are comfortable saying so. A private Egyptologist for a week costs what it costs; so does a car that is yours alone and a room that faces the river rather than the car park. What we will not do is quote low, then recover the difference through optional extras, shopping stops and an itinerary that quietly turns into a group. Every price on this site is a per-person starting point for a private journey, and the written quote that follows is the price you pay.
Preparation reading
Guides to help you prepare for this journey.
Egypt Travel Guide
Everything you need to plan a trip to Egypt — visa requirements, the best time to go, getting around, top destinations, culture and practical essentials.
Best Time to Visit Egypt
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Getting Around Egypt
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