# 2-Day Cairo & Pyramids Overnight Trip

- Destination: Sharm El Sheikh
- Duration: 2 Days / 1 Night
- Price: from USD 363.75 per adult (prices are shown in USD, EUR and EGP at booking)
- Meeting point: Hotel pickup time depends on your package — around 4:30 AM if you've added domestic flights, or around 11:30 PM the night before if you're taking the overnight drive across Sinai.
- Best for: History lovers and curious travelers
- Booking: online; "Reserve Now, Pay Later" is available (no online payment is needed to hold a booking)
- Page: https://www.sunnyegypttravels.com/en/trips/sharm-cairo-pyramids-2-day-overnight-trip-by-plane
- Last updated: 2026-10-09

A relaxed two-day private Cairo trip — Giza's pyramids, the Egyptian Museum, and a proper hotel overnight instead of a same-day rush. Choose overland or add a domestic flight.

You didn't come all this way to see the pyramids from a bus window. This two-day trip from Sharm El Sheikh gives Cairo the one thing a single day never can — real time. While the resort sleeps, you're crossing Sinai through the night (or skipping that drive entirely if you've added the domestic flight), and you wake up to a full day in the capital and a full morning at the wonders themselves, instead of racing the clock.

Cairo pulls you in fast. At the Egyptian Museum, the glass cases stop being glass cases — Tutankhamun's gold, the pharaohs' faces, thousands of years close enough to really look at. After a real Egyptian grilled lunch, you climb to the Citadel, where Mohamed Ali's white marble mosque looks out over the whole city. Then an hour disappears in Khan el-Khalili, trading prices and small talk with shopkeepers whose families have worked these same alleys for six hundred years. By evening you're checked into a proper hotel, Cairo lit up below you.

Then comes the morning the whole trip was for. Nothing about the Giza Plateau is small — Rome hadn't been founded when the Great Pyramid was already ancient — and you get three unhurried hours to actually take that in: standing under it, meeting the Sphinx's stare, feeling forty-five centuries look back. Saqqara comes after lunch — the Step Pyramid, the oldest large stone building on Earth, the place where building in stone itself began. It's less sightseeing than it is a correction: everything you thought 'ancient' meant quietly rearranges itself.

The way back does its own work on you. Somewhere in the dark crossing Sinai, half-asleep, it all settles into place — the mosque over the rooftops, the lanterns in the bazaar, that first look up at the pyramids from the plateau. The sea will look exactly like you left it when Sharm's lights come back into view. You won't.

## Highlights

- Giza Pyramids and Sphinx
- Egyptian Museum
- Citadel & Mohamed Ali Mosque
- Khan el-Khalili Bazaar
- Saqqara's Step Pyramid
- Overnight hotel stay near the pyramids

## What's included

- Entrance tickets — Giza Plateau, Egyptian Museum, the Citadel & Mohamed Ali Mosque, and Saqqara
- Hotel overnight and private Egyptologist guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Sharm El Sheikh
- Lunch on both days
- Guide language options — English, Arabic, Russian, Italian, or more on request
- All taxes and service fees

## What's not included

- Breakfast
- Dinner
- Drinks at restaurants
- Personal expenses and tips
- Domestic flights (available as an add-on)
- Great Pyramid interior ticket (optional add-on — already included in The Complete Experience package)
- Nile motorboat ride (optional add-on)

## What to bring

- Passport
- Comfortable clothing
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
- Camera
- Comfortable walking shoes

## Itinerary

1. **23:30** — Overnight Departure: Picked up from your Sharm hotel for the night drive across Sinai, arriving in Cairo as the city wakes up.
2. **09:00** — Egyptian Museum: Spend the morning among Tutankhamun's treasures and thousands of other ancient Egyptian pieces.
3. **11:30** — Lunch, Cairo-Style: A real Egyptian grilled lunch — not a tourist buffet.
4. **13:00** — The Citadel: Saladin's Citadel and the Mohamed Ali Mosque, overlooking the whole city below.
5. **16:00** — Khan el-Khalili: Wander the old bazaar's copper, silver, and spice stalls as the lanterns come on.
6. **19:00** — Your Night in Cairo: Check into your hotel, have dinner your own way, and rest before day two.
7. **08:00** — The Giza Plateau: Three unhurried hours with the pyramids and the Sphinx.
8. **11:00** — Lunch Before Saqqara: A quiet lunch stop on the road south.
9. **12:00** — Saqqara: The Step Pyramid — the world's oldest large stone building, built almost 4,700 years ago.
10. **14:00** — The Way Back: The drive back across Sinai to Sharm — except this time, you've actually seen Cairo.

## Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 3 days before the trip.

## Frequently asked questions

**How long is the trip?**
The trip lasts 2 days and includes 1 hotel night near the pyramids.

**Which main sights are included?**
The trip includes the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum, the Citadel and Mohamed Ali Mosque, Khan el-Khalili Bazaar and Saqqara's Step Pyramid.

**Are domestic flights included?**
Domestic flights are excluded from the standard inclusions and are available as an add-on or through the With Domestic Flights option.

**Which meals are included?**
Lunch is included on both days. Breakfast, dinner and restaurant drinks are excluded.

**Is entry inside the Great Pyramid included?**
The Great Pyramid interior ticket is an optional add-on and is already included in The Complete Experience package.

**What is the cancellation policy?**
Free cancellation is available up to 3 days before the trip.

**Which hotel is used and what room type is included?**
We confirm the hotel name, category and room type before the trip; a single room is available as an add-on.

**What are the domestic flight details when that option is chosen?**
The flight from Sharm El Sheikh to Cairo takes about an hour; we send flight numbers and times after ticketing.

**What is included with lunch?**
Lunch is included on both days; drinks at restaurants are not included.

**What should I bring for the overnight trip?**
Bring your passport, sun protection, water, extra cash, any personal medication and a change of clothes for the night.

**What is the detailed itinerary for each package?**
The day-by-day itinerary is on the trip page; any difference between packages is shown in each package's name and description.