8-Hour Cairo Hidden Gems Tour with Cave Church and Garbage City

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Visit the seven cave churches of St. Simon carved into Moqattam Mountain
• 02 See the Monastery of St. Simon, the Tanner, with its 20,000-seat amphitheatre
• 03 Learn about Garbage City and the community that has long served as Cairo's unofficial sanitation crew
• 04 Explore the City of the Dead, an Islamic necropolis below the Mokattam Hills

Go on an 8-hour tour to Cairo's off-beat places. Visit the famous cave churches of St. Simon, pass by Garbage City, and explore the City of the Dead below the Mokattam Hills. Learn the intriguing history of each place from your tour guide and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

Its inhabitants are affectionately known as "Garbage People" because they have been sustaining themselves for decades as Cairo's unofficial sanitation crew.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Hours

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Yes

City Cairo

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Cave Churches, Garbage City and the City of the Dead

• Have breakfast at the hotel and meet your tour guide at 10:00 am.
• Visit the famous cave churches 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 one in Egypt and has an amphitheatre with a seating capacity of 20,000.
• Drive by Garbage City, a slum settlement located to the southeast of Cairo. Its inhabitants are affectionately known as "Garbage People" because they have been sustaining themselves for decades as Cairo's unofficial sanitation crew.
• Travel to the City of the Dead, an Islamic necropolis and cemetery below the Mokattam Hills in southeastern Cairo.

Meals: Lunch.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• Round-trip transfer from and to your destination in a private air-conditioned vehicle
• English-speaking Egyptologist guide
• Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites as per the itinerary
• Lunch at a local restaurant
• Bottled water during your trip
• All taxes and service charges

What's Not Included

• Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
• Tipping

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Cairo, Egypt

Tour start

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.