Private 2-Day Tour to El Minya from Cairo: Explore Tuna El Gabal & Tel El Amarna

This tour will take you off of the traditional tourist track to El Minya, 4 hours south of Cairo in Upper Egypt. Enjoy two day touring the sights in the area, including pharaonic tombs and ruins at Tuna El Gabal, Beni Hassan and Tel Amarna.

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

El Minya – Tuna El Gabal

Tuna el-Gebel - In the morning, your private guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza for a 4-hour drive to El Minya. Upon arrival, you’ll explore the city’s notable sites, including the vast plain where Akhenaton was inspired to establish his city. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant in El Minya…

What's Included
  • Entrance fees to all sights in Minya
  • All service charges and taxes included
  • Two lunches at a local restaurant in El Minya
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off from Cairo
  • Meals included: Breakfast and lunch
  • 4-star hotel accommodation with breakfast (Aton Hotel or Siva Nefertiti)
  • Complimentary bottled water on the vehicle
  • Private transfers in an air-conditioned vehicle
What's Not Included
  • Any Extras not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Tipping
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Mmfarrell2016
Dec 31, 2021
Highly recommended. Two day trips with Sun Pyramid Tours the best we've taken. - We took the 1-day trip to Beni Hassan and Tel Al-Amarna from Giza. Super deluxe, with hotel pickup, spacious and comfortable van, built-in security, and excellent guide Mohamed Fayed and skillful driver Yosiree. Mohamed knows the history and culture of Egypt from ancient to modern times and is charming and funny to boot. The sites we visited-- colorful tombs and sprawling palace ruins--would probably be crammed with tourists anywhere but Egypt, but we had them to ourselves. Drive was long but very scenic, with Yosiree's Egyptian radio music and plenty of snacks to keep us happy.
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T1979aqhannahp
Jan 16, 2020
Wonderful experience :) - I had a really great experience with this company. They communicated with me via WhatsApp prior to meeting and supported me from my hotel to El Minya in a private vehicle with a driver Ahmed and guide Mohammed. My driver and my guide were very friendly and informative. Mohammed was able to answer all my questions and went above and beyond in sharing all his knowledge, giving a great tour, as well as being a personal photographer! Highly recommend this tour, especially if you have an interest in Amarna period Egypt.
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G1205sycarlaa
Dec 13, 2023
Complete waste of money! - We booked a 2 day trip to El Minya. Which ended up being 48 hours of constant disappointment! I would not recommend using Sun Pyramid Tours for anything. If I could rate less than 1 star I would! The driver was good and for the most part we felt very safe. Except when he was driving back to Cairo. He was driving very fast, breaking hard and taking unnecessary risks. In El Minya and for all the tours, the driver didn’t know where he was going and more than once stopped to ask for directions. We felt like we wasted so much time in the back of the car while the driver and the guide were trying to figure out where we were going. We booked an English speaking guide. While the guide spoke English, he didn't understand English. He had never been before to El Minya, and told us on more than one occasion. He couldn’t answer most of my questions about Amarna or Beni Hassen. He couldn't even read a map of Amarna. When the driver was lost he was supposed to help with the navigation, but didn't know how to navigate on Google maps. We had asked before the trip if we could leave out the El Minya city tour and be back in Cairo by 3pm, which both the guide and the driver were aware. But the guide didn't take into account the visiting time or the trip back, and we arrived back in Cairo late. Even when we were picked up from the train station, we were told they would be there at 7am, and they arrived at 7:45am (strolling over with a cigarette and coffee). They even parked away from the train station so we had to walk to the car. For this trip, when we paid, we were told we would be booked into a 4 star hotel. When we arrived in El Minya, we stopped outside a 2 star hotel in a back ally. When we challenged this, we were informed the 4 star per the booking form was not good. So instead of providing us with an alternative 4 star option, I was told your company had booked this 2 star hotel (even though it was more expensive than a 4 star). I explained I expected to stay in a 4 star, so they quickly rebooked with one of the original hotels per the booking sheet, which had terrible reviews. The room was disgusting, and the breakfast was terrible. Our only options offered was either this disgusting 4 star hotel or an unknown 2 star hotel in an area away from the main road. All I wanted was a 4 star hotel overlooking the Nile in a nice area, which is what I paid for. We loved the time spent in Armana and Beni Hassen, and it would have been equally as interesting without the guide. DO NOT this tour with Sun Pyramids Tours!
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