Full-Day Private Tour of Coptic Cairo: Explore Cave Church, Coptic Museum, and Holy Coptic Sites

Egypt is home to a range of stunning Coptic holy sites
tour the incredible Saint Simon Church (Cave Church)
tour the ‘Hanging Church’
experience the ‘Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church’
see The Church of St. George the Martyr
tour the ‘Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra’
visit the Coptic Museum.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cave Church - Proceed to Moqatem for a chance to visit the magnificent Saint Simon Church (Cave Church), which is dedicated to the renowned shoemaker. While you admire the church’s design and art-works, the professional Egyptologist will enlighten you about how Saint Simon played a vital role in moving the Mokattam Mountain. Apart from the architectural masterpieces, the heavenly vibes are sure to uplift you.
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch
  • Other
What's Not Included
  • • Tipping
Location
Cave Church
Mokattam,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Alissa
Dec 4, 2025
Stunning and informational - My mom and I had a very great experience with this Tour! Fatma, our tour guide was very kind and educated, making the experience better than we could ask for! Overall, the tour was beautiful and informational! Thank you Fatma for being such an amazing guide!
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Christa
Nov 10, 2025
The best way for experiencing coptic Cairo - The best way for experiencing a lot of different sides of coptic cairo. We loved every second of it! This was one of the highlights of our time in Cairo.Fatma was the best guide, she gave us all the interesting information about all the churches and the history around coptic Cairo. Going to the monastery of St. Simon and coming through garbarge city is an experience all on its own. We ended our tour by eating lunch at Abou Tarek. The most famois restaurant making the national dish of Koshary!
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Bob_w
Nov 4, 2025
Abanoub as guide was great! - Abanoub is a wonderful guide. We had an easy pace with lots of explanation. Because the tour was private with him, we had lots of time for discussion and answering questions. We enjoyed many different things, but the highlight was the Coptic Cave Church… what a lively, vibrant place! It was also very interesting to drive through the neighborhood to get there and learn about the Coptic involvement in garbage collection and recycling. Big tours with buses probably cannot get in there, so doing it with Abanoub was a real treat. Highly recommended!
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Z0nnyac
Oct 14, 2025
Coptic Cairo with an expert - Our guide, Manar, was very knowledgeable & interesting. It was nice to just be a group of 2 so we could always hear her fascinating stories & explanations. Our driver, Khaled, did a great job navigating thru the streets of Cairo. Would absolutely recommend this tour!
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Gary_c
Oct 12, 2025
This tour is a must to learn about Coptic Cairo! - This tour is a must for anyone wanting to learn about Coptic Cairo! Our tour guide Manar was very kind and enthusiastic about Coptic art and did a fantastic job explaining things. She spent many years in school and holds degrees in this subject which is evident in her detailed explanation of items in the Coptic Museum. The driver Khaled handled the busy streets of Cairo with ease and got us to every destination safely. If you want to learn about Coptic Cairo with a fantastic tour team ask for Manar!
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Z7059jogaryc
Oct 12, 2025
This tour is a must for learning about Coptic Cairo! - This tour is a must for anyone wanting to learn about Coptic Cairo! Our tour guide Manar was very kind and enthusiastic about Coptic art and did a fantastic job explaining things. She spent many years in school and holds degrees in this subject which is evident in her detailed explanation of items in the Coptic Museum. The driver Khaled handled the busy streets of Cairo with ease and got us to every destination safely. If you want to learn about Coptic Cairo with a fantastic tour team ask for Manar!
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773faresh
Mar 9, 2025
Fabulous tour! - Did the Coptic tour. Manar was tour guide and she was phenomenal. Great information and attitude. Definitely great time and was very helpful and she answered all of our questions. Let’s not forget Ihab the driver. Very nice and flexible. They were both great. I highly recommend this tour.
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Travel58661879375
Oct 11, 2024
Amazing tour with Abla - To say my tour guide, Abla is well-versed on the topic of ancient Egypt, is an understatement! She has a Doctorate in Archeology who speaks at least 4 languages that i know of! She was an amazing woman to meet and share the day with. On top of all her knowledge, she is a great photographer as well! I can't recommend her enough for any tour that you really want to learn the history about what you are visiting.
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M_passpartout
Aug 12, 2024
A wonderful day of learning about Coptic Cairo with Manar, our excellent guide and friend. - Manar, our expert tour guide to Coptic Christian sites, and Deuce Azhar, our expert driver, provided a wonderful day of learning the culture and history of Coptic Cairo in a friendly, relaxed environment. Manar has a deep knowledge of the Coptic’s and clearly explained the architecture and symbolisms of the churches. There was a mystery around every corner because we are keen to notice features that more hurried visitors overlook. At each stop, Manar would guide us through the site, then give us free time to carefully photograph our visits. She showed great patience in allowing us to record these special memories and encouraged us to not rush but take whatever time we needed. This would not be possible on a group tour! One site that we had seen on YouTube but had not planned to see was the unique recycling village of “Garbage City”, a large neighborhood where all manner of freight vehicles - trucks, motorcycles, hand carts, bicycles, cars - haul giant loads of materials sorted by the residents from trash piles to sell. Manar was quick to resolve a logistics problem when we could not access our tickets to the Coptic Museum due to a technical issue. She offered us several solutions, one being a switch to a sail with lunch on a felucca on the Nile. It was a calm fantastic experience after driving through city traffic. The boat captain she arranged for us did more than pilot the boat. He entertained us, suggested photo poses and encouraged my wife and I to slow dance to his playing of Nat King Cole’s “What a Wonderful World.” Manar suggested photos with the Cairo background and posed with us for a few lifetime memories of today in this “Wonderful World.” We could not recommend Manar and this Viator tour more highly in your visit to Cairo. Let her and Deuce Azhar manage the hectic roads and stress of Cairo so you can do what you came for: to learn about this culture and history and enjoy Cairo.
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Narelle_l
Mar 28, 2024
Very interesting, informative tour. - Amazing trip through the chaotic Cairo streets. Seeing the church built into the side of a mountain was great and wonderful acoustics. Garbage town was interesting. A very informative tour of Coptic Cairo. The museum had some great artefacts. I would recommend this tour.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).