visit the Famous Cave Church of St. Simon in Cairo , passing by the Garbage City in Cairo and The City of the Dead. Private guided tour enables you to see some Local sites in cairo
visit the Famous Cave Church of St. Simon in Cairo , passing by the Garbage City in Cairo and The City of the Dead. Private guided tour enables you to see some Local sites in cairo
- Cave Church - Our guide will pick you up from your hotel at 10:00 am to start your day tour visiting the famous Cave Church of St. Simon in Cairo. There are seven cave churches carved into the nearby Moqattam Mountain. The Monastery of St. Simon the Tanner is the largest and features an amphitheater with a seating capacity of 20,000. It’s a…
- Cave Church - Our guide will pick you up from your hotel at 10:00 am to start your day tour visiting the famous Cave Church of St. Simon in Cairo. There are seven cave churches carved into the nearby Moqattam Mountain. The Monastery of St. Simon the Tanner is the largest and features an amphitheater with a seating capacity of 20,000. It’s a worthwhile visit if you’re interested in seeing something unique in Egypt.
- Mansheya Nasir - Next, you’ll pass by the Garbage City in Cairo, located in a very local neighborhood called Manshiyat Naser, or “Garbage City in Cairo” as it’s more commonly known. This slum settlement is situated to the southeast of Cairo. Its residents are affectionately known as “Garbage People” because they have sustained themselves for decades as Cairo’s unofficial sanitation crew. The Garbage People, mostly Coptic Christians, first immigrated to Cairo in the 1930s in search of better opportunities. Being very poor and without a solid financial plan, they survived by living in makeshift housing and recycling the city’s compostable waste products by feeding it to their pigs.
Today, Cairo’s Garbage People make ends meet by going door to door to collect people’s trash for a nominal fee, which is then brought back to their Garbage City neighborhoods. There, they sort and recycle everything they can, using it for their own manufacturing.
- City of the Dead (Northern Cemetery) - Then, you’ll pass through The City of the Dead, an Islamic necropolis and cemetery below the Mokattam Hills in southeastern Cairo.
Note: You will pass through the Garbage City without getting out of the car, as the area is almost entirely filled with garbage and has a very bad smell that can cause diseases. This is why we have created a passing-through trip, as customer safety is our main concern.
For pick-up/drop-off from Cairo airport, Sphinx airport, New Administrative Capital, New Cairo, Heliopolis, Badr City, Shorouk, Rehab, Obour, Sheraton Almatar, Sheikh Zayed City, or Madinaty City, there will be an additional cost.
- Round-trip transfer in a private, air-conditioned vehicle.
- Complimentary lunch included.
- All fees and taxes covered.
- Bottled water provided during the trip.
- Round-trip transfer in a private, air-conditioned vehicle.
- Complimentary lunch included.
- All fees and taxes covered.
- Bottled water provided during the trip.
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- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
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- Tipping
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- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
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- Tipping
- recommended all travelers
- recommended all travelers
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.