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Cave church Garbage City and Coptic Cairo Hanging Church

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Cave church Garbage City and Coptic Cairo Hanging Church
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Overview

Visit the Monastery of Saint Simon, also known as the Cave Church of Zabbaleen. It is located in the Mokattam Mountain, a short drive through the so called “Garbage City’ – a large population of garbage collectors or Zabbaleen that live there and Coptic Cairo the hanging church , Abe Serga church , then back safely to hotel

How this compares

Cairo · 5282 Cultural & Historic · typical ~4,081 EGP · 502 EGPgood value

Highlights

  • Private tour
  • Hotel pickup

What's included

  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Bottled water
  • private tour
  • hotel pick up and drop off
  • lunch (based on the tour options you’ve booked)
  • Qualified Egyptologist tour guide(based on the tour options you’ve booked)
  • gratitude

Itinerary

  1. 1
    Cave Church
  2. 2
    Coptic Cairo

Frequently asked questions

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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?
Air-conditioned vehicle · Bottled water · private tour · hotel pick up and drop off · lunch (based on the tour options you’ve booked) · Qualified Egyptologist tour guide(based on the tour options you’ve booked)

Reviews (22)

4.5
★★★★★
Based on 22 verified reviews
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cream_c
★★
Apr 2026

As soon as I got in the car, the driver said there was a free trial today. I said, "Thank you, but no thanks. Please go straight to the cave church." After I finished visiting the cave church, the driver said we were going to visit a free experience now. I said no, please go directly to the next church! Then the driver asked me what church? I said it was like the second stop on my trip - the Hanging Church.He replied that he didn't know my itinerary included the Hanging Church. So I asked him to call his company to clarify. He then made several calls. While he was on the phone, I sent a messag

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Douglas_H
★★★★★
Dec 2024

Karim, our guide was friendly and full of information. Peter, our driver did a wonderful job through hectic conditions. A different side of the city of Cairo and worth experiencing. We did turn down (learned from previous tours) visits to oil and essence shop and papyrus shop which are less learning experiences and more pushy sales.

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Gevik_M
★★★★
Nov 2024

Very educational and interesting. Driving through garbage city was not a pleasant experience though, but only one road to get you to cave church

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Pietro_P
★★★★
Mar 2026

Unique experience that gives you the chance to see a kind of reality foreign to us Westerners, beautiful churches carved into the rock. I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning about a glimpse of Egyptian life. Our driver, before taking us to our destination, however, led us inside four stores with the aim of making us buy something: this thing was not requested and liked by us.

502 EGP/ per person
4.5(22)verified reviews
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Karim, our guide was friendly and full of information. Peter, our driver did a wonderful job through hectic conditions. A different side of the city of Cairo and worth experiencing. We did turn down (learned from previous tours) visits to oil and essence shop and papyrus shop which are less learning experiences and more pushy sales.
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