Cairo Half Day Trip to El Mokattam Mountain Cave Church
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Overview
Formally known as St. Simon the Tanner Monastery, the Cave Church is one of Cairo’s most fascinating attractions, but it’s not easy to reach on public transit and it helps to have a private guide to tell the fascinating story. This private half-day tour includes everything you need to make the most of the church and Mokkatom Mountain: a guide, lunch, bottled water, and door-to-door private transfers.
Cairo · 2367 Day Trips · typical ~7,482 EGP · 3,013 EGP — good value
Highlights
- ✦Private tour
- ✦Hotel pickup
What's included
- ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off
- ✓All Transfers by Private A/C latest Model Vehicle
- ✓Driver
- ✓Private tour
- ✓Entry Fees
- ✓bottled water
- ✓Lunch
- ✕Tipping
Itinerary
- 1Cairo
- 2Cave Church
- 3St Simon the Tanner Monastery
- 4Cairo
Frequently asked questions
- How long is this experience?
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- Can I cancel my booking?
- Yes — you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before it starts.
- What's included?
- Hotel pickup and drop-off · All Transfers by Private A/C latest Model Vehicle · Driver · Private tour · Entry Fees · bottled water · Lunch
Reviews (5)
Emos Tours was a professional company to work with, commutating with me prior to the tour to confirm pickup and location. They were on time and delivered everything as described in the tour itinerary. Unfortunately, our guide provided limited context to the sites that we saw and was extremely difficult to understand. While I wouldn't hesitate to book with Emos again, I'd hope for another guide.
Picked up on time from hotel with driver and guide. Great place to visit. Amazing building of church carved out of rock. Off the beaten tourist track and got to see the garbage city too. A charming real area and not as pungent as I was led to believe. The your was short, only a couple of hours rather than the half day.
A great trip to the Church of St Simon the Tanner, set in a huge cave in an off-the-beaten-track part of Cairo. The church is not old but has striking iconography in a very unusual setting. The mountain location provides views of Cairo. The journey there involves passing through the ‘garbage city’, home of the Zabaleen refuse collectors - an interesting and, I must say, humbling sight in itself. My guide Said and driver Mohamed were excellent. Said spoke very good English and provided plenty of information along the way, allowing me plenty of time to look around with lots of flexibility. The v
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“A great trip to the Church of St Simon the Tanner, set in a huge cave in an off-the-beaten-track part of Cairo. The church is not old but has striking iconography in a very unusual setting. The mountain location provides views of Cairo. The journey there involves passing through the ‘garbage city’, home of the Zabaleen refuse collectors - an interesting and, I must say, humbling sight in itself. My guide Said and driver Mohamed were excellent. Said spoke very good English and provided plenty of information along the way, allowing me plenty of time to look around with lots of flexibility. The v”
