Private tour in Cairo Mahmoud H

Garbage City and City of the Dead Tour

Tour #1162301
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Includes all fees

Book with a 20% deposit

up to 6 people

4 hours

Private transportation

Party size:

1

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Overview of your Cairo tour:

Watch Cairo's unofficial sanitation crew living in makeshift housing recycling the city's compo-stable waste products by feeding it to their pigs , sort and recycle everything they could, using it for their own manufacturing. explore an area known as "Garbage City, " which is a slum settlement at the base of Mokattam Hill on the outskirts of Cairo, and inhabited by the Coptic Christians. community of garbage collectors who make their living collecting and recycling 17, 000 tons of garbage produced by Cairo's residents. within the Garbage City Seven churches and chapels are hidden within a series of caves unexpectedly rise against the backdrop of Mokattam hills , created by the garbage collectors. Also in this tour you will explore the City of the Dead, where the deceased take up residency among the living. It is a Muslim Cemetery with multiple Tombs. A fair number of these tombs are occupied by families who either wish to stay near their deceased relatives OR have squatted there in order to escape poverty .

Your Cairo tour itinerary

• pick up from Hotel • Drive to the Garbage City in Cairo to see the trash collectors sorting and recycling the garbage • Explore the Main church of the city of the garbage St simon Church • Stop by St pola church and see the best curving ever • Have a look at the calligraphy created by the french artist • Drive around the City of the Dead and visit a local tomb inhabited by a poor family • Visit a huge mosque and see the tombs of the royal family • Go up the Minaret to see everything in cairo • drop off at the hotel Tour can be customized upon request This tour is customizable

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Transportation Details
Type: Private Transportation

A/C car with private driver licensed by the ministery of tourism

What's included
  • Other: Pick up services from your Cairo Hotel . All transfers by a Private air-conditioned vehicle. Private your language -speaking Egyptologist guide. Bottled water during your trip. Shopping tours in Cairo
  • Private Guide
  • Private Transportation
What's extra
  • Other: Personal expenses. Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites. Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary.
Meeting location

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  • You can request a different meeting location (for example, your hotel) during the checkout process.
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Tour categories

City Highlights

Layover

History

Languages
Fluent

English

Fluent

Arabic

Fluent

German

Activity level
Minimal
Accessibility

Kid Friendly

wheelchair Accessible

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Includes all fees

Book with a 20% deposit

Size:

up to 6 people

Duration:

4 hours

Transportation:

Private transportation

Party size:

1

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Includes all fees

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up to 6 people

Duration:

4 hours

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Private transportation

Party size:

1

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