Private Tour
The Grand Egyptian Museum Tour
Overview
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4 hours
Mobile ticket
The GEM Complex is now offering limited tours to test site readiness and the visitor experience ahead of the official opening. Access is currently limited to the Grand Hall, Grand Staircase, commercial area, and exterior gardens. All other interior spaces, including access to the galleries and collections, are restricted until the official opening.
The Grand Egyptian Museum also known as the Giza Museum, is an archaeological museum under construction in Giza, Egypt, about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) from the Giza pyramid complex. The Museum will host over 100,000 artifacts from ancient Egyptian civilization, including the complete Tutankhamun collection, and many pieces will be displayed for the first time. With 81,000 m2 (872,000 sq ft) of floor space, it will be the world's largest archeological museum. It is being built as part of a new master plan for the Giza Plateau, known as "Giza 2030".
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Grand Egyptian Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum. The GEM Complex is now offering limited tours to test site readiness and the visitor experience ahead of the official opening. Access is currently limited to the Grand Hall, Grand Staircase, commercial area, and exterior gardens. All other interior spaces, including access to the galleries and collections, are restricted until the official opening. It is the largest museum in the world containing about 100 thousand artifacts including the collection of the famous King Tut. You will see some antiquities of the King Tut for the first time shown in the museum.
What‘s Included
Bottled water
All Fees and Taxes
Air-conditioned vehicle
An Egyptologist and guide
The entrance fees for the Grand Egyptian Museum
Tipping
Extra charge for the hotels far from the centre of Cairo like the 6 of October and the New Cairo
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Reviews
6 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Egyptian history is interesting
Coastal18692973463,,Sep 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Thank you to our guide Zizou. He explained the complex history of Egypt in an easy-to-access manner and was very patient to answer our questions. Be especially careful to know that we are Taiwanese, and we will also specifically explain some words we are not more familiar with, as well as spell out the names of different pharaohs and gods. Even the English navigation won't understand! Having his tour allows us to visit the Greater Egyptian Museum more mindful~
Unique museum with excellent guidance
DayTrip07523977064,,Mar 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very excellent tour of an impressive museum with very good and competent guide. Zizou is an Egyptologist, has a profound knowledge that he could also convey very well. He immersed us in the world of ancient Egypt, he could answer all questions, speaks very good English and on top of that he is a very personable and cultured person. Luckily we booked the tour with Zizou, we can recommend without restriction. We have also had other experiences with other guides.
A gem of a tour at GEM
John F,,Feb 10, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A really knowledgeable, enthusiastic and accommodating guide who brought Egyptian history alive. His depth of knowledge was impressive and we had a wonderful day. Truly memorable.
Excellent guide for visiting Egypt for the first time
Emanuel B,,Feb 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent guide with deep cultural knowledge. We were two friends visiting Egypt for the first time, guide spoke good English. Happy to reccomend for others visiting.
Worth the wait!
elizabethfC3522XU,,Dec 6, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00They have done an incredible job with this museum. We were not sure when we booked our trip that the museum would be open yet, but we lucked out with it opening weeks before we arrived. The layout and amount of artifacts already in the museum is astonishing. Our guide Zizou took us through the museum over the course of several hours. Zizou is an Egyptologist and has a vast knowledge and understanding of the history of Egypt. Despite only being in the museum a handful of times himself at that point, he gave us so much insight, answered all of our questions and was easily able to guide us through the entire museum. Please use Zizou, you will not regret it. I asked him several questions while in the museum and he was able to go into such specific detail, going well beyond the questions I asked to give a full picture of each dynasty. He’s fluent in hieroglyphics and was able to translate several of the stones as part of his explanations. Can’t recommend him enough. At the end of the trip with my dad, we left our group tour to spend the last few days with Zizou again because he was such an incredible guide.
A World Class Museum with Amazing artifacts
Jeffrey G,,Nov 26, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We were fortunate to have Zizou as our guide. We were not sure the museum would be open to the public when we arrived in Cairo but when we found out it was it became a priority to see it in person. The museum is beautiful on the outside and so massive. When we visited only 12 galleries were open but these are huge galleries. Without a guide we would have only been able to see a few of the 12. Zizou took us to the most important relics and explained about what we were seeing. He assisted us with photos, helped with lunch selection (food was very good there) and made our overall experience one we will not forget. He helped us maximize our time and we left very happy with deciding to take this tour.
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