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Suez Canal Full-Day Tour from Cairo

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Suez Canal Full-Day Tour from Cairo
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Duration
6-8h
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Cancellation
Free 24h before

Overview

The Suez Canal revolutionized trade and transportation, opening the Mediterranean to the Red Sea when it first opened in 1869. With this tour, you'll get to visit the famous canal with a local guide, and get round-trip transportation from your Cairo hotel. After visiting the canal, you’ll get to eat at a local restaurant before returning to Cairo.

What's included

  • Pick up service from your hotel in Cairo and back.
  • All transfers by private air condition van
  • English-speaking Egyptologist guide.
  • Bottled water on board the vehicle during the tour.
  • Lunch meal at local restaurant in El Suez
  • All taxes & service charge.
  • Lunch
  • Bottled water
  • Any extras not mentioned in the program

Itinerary

  1. 1
    Suez Canal

Frequently asked questions

How long is this experience?
6-8h
Can I cancel my booking?
Yes — you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before it starts.
What's included?
Pick up service from your hotel in Cairo and back. · All transfers by private air condition van · English-speaking Egyptologist guide. · Bottled water on board the vehicle during the tour. · Lunch meal at local restaurant in El Suez · All taxes & service charge. · Lunch · Bottled water

Reviews (5)

3.0
★★★
Based on 5 verified reviews
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Emanueal_N
Apr 2025

Absolutely the worst, after 5 hours of endless driving in circles being lost, we only finally made it to the location to find out it was closed. So no lunch, no canal, 5 hours of driving and we ate a chicken sandwich at McDonald's.. 2 1/2 hour return to hotel. 7 1/2 hours of my life wandering the desert in Egypt.

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Debbie_E
★★★★★
Oct 2022

On time great guide had a very relaxing and enjoyable day The best communication before and during the day

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Donald S
Sept 2018

This was a disgrace - there is no such thing as a tour of the Suez Canal - the whole experience was a sham. Luckily we had been forewarned by another tour operator in Cairo that there is no access to the Suez Canal only a ferry across BUT THAT DIDNT HAPPEN maybe. We were first shown the Red Sea and told this is the Suez Canal, so after discarding this we were taken to some Hotel and taken to the 6th Floor and told to look out the window and there was the Suez Canal and we can't getting any closer as it is a military Zone - should have told us that before we left Australia. Then Lunch - as it w

7,535 EGP/ per person
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