City of the Dead (Al-Arafa) Tours and Activities

A unique blend of cemetery and residential neighborhood, Cairo’s City of the Dead is a fascinating place to explore. Visit its shops, tombs, houses, and mausoleums on a 4-hour, private tour for your group of up to 15 people. This guided experience includes round-trip hotel transport, and a trip to the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, one of the oldest mosques in the city.

Enjoy the history of the holy family in Egypt and visit the largest church in Africa heading to the city of the dead to see a cemetery of more than 1200 years old

Discover the mosques and madrasas of one of the world’s oldest Islamic cities on a customizable, private tour of the city with a local guide. Explore historic Cairo, a UNESCO site that was founded in the 10th century, and see how the city’s tradition, art and architecture braid together in the narrow streets. Learn about life in the city while taking in the rich scents, sights and sounds of the Egyptian capital.

You will have some of the best tour guides and Egyptologists in Egypt. Our tour guides have a Master’s in Egyptology. Our guides are trained in mainstream Egyptology, and are also well-versed in unconventional Egyptology and are capable of debating about unorthodox theories and contradicting them with traditional ones. We run sightseeing tours 24/7, with sunshine, rain, heat or cold. Our tour guides and Egyptologists speak fluent English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch. We take sightseeing tours in all the afore-mentioned languages. Our staff are customer-service oriented, patient, flexible and quite understanding of our clients’ needs, interests and expectations. The staff will listen very carefully to you and customize the tour according to what you need and expect. The staff will take a very good care of you, giving you what expect and a bit more. We value our staff because they are simply our wealth.

Experience a unique part of Cairo with a guided tour of the City of the Dead, an ancient cemetery that’s alive with life. Explore its crowded aisles of beautiful Islamic architecture with a local guide, and learn why so many Cairenes (around 500,000) are living alongside gravestones and mausoleums. This tour includes round-trip transport, as well as bottled water and snacks for your convenience.

Sun Pyramids Tours tour guide will pick you up from your hotel by an air conditioned vehicle to visit great landmarks from the Islamic civilization era.

This 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.

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

Reveal the mystery of the Pyramids, feel the energy of special places, understand the philosophy of Sphinx, discover your unlimited abilities by driving a quad in narrow, crowded streets and the wide desert. Get adrenaline by climbing high above Cairo in the Mokattam mountains and enjoy other surprises. All in one day.

This trip covers the best spots in Cairo! You will be staying in a luxury accommodation where you can see the Pyramids from the pool! Have the opportunity to shop for local Egyptian Cotton products, visit the Pyramids and many mosques and churches including the Ancient Cave Church. You will have some amazing entertainment including a Whirling Dervish Dinner Show and a Light and Sound show of the pyramids. All meals entertainment and accommodation included so all you have to do is relax and have fun! All with air-conditioned transportation and an English-speaking guide. One of the many things we are very excited about is that the new Egyptian Museum is opening and you can be some of the first tourists to visit it!

Meet your Egyptologist tour guide in your hotel holding a sign board of your name. Start your tour to see the famous mosque in Cairo which was built inside the biggest fortress in Cairo. Explore the mosque with your guide and and learn about how it was covered in alabaster stone and silver. Nest, head to the City of Dead to see some tombs and learn more about its history from your guide. Afterwards you will go directly to Al-Azhar park which one of the largest park in Egypt. Go up to the highest point of Cairo to see all of the city, before heading back to your hotel.