Duration: 4 hours
Starts from: Cairo
Group size: Up to 12 guests
Difficulty: Easy

Overview

An evening at Giza for the Sound and Light Show, with the story of the pharaohs told in light and narration across the pyramids and the Sphinx, plus return transfers.

Giza feels very different after dark. The coaches have gone, the air has cooled and the three pyramids become dark shapes against the sky. We collect you from your hotel in the early evening and drive out to the plateau, with your guide on hand to sort out tickets and answer questions on the way.

The show is held in an open-air seating area facing the Sphinx. Coloured lights and laser projections play over the Sphinx and the pyramids while a narrated soundtrack tells the story of the kings who built them. Performances run in several languages on different evenings, so we book the one that suits you.

It is a theatrical, slightly old-fashioned production rather than a history lecture, and that is part of its charm. Afterwards we drive you back across the city, with the lights of the Nile along the way, and you're at your hotel about four hours after pickup.

Highlights

The Sphinx and the three pyramids lit up after dark
Light and laser projections with a narrated soundtrack
Shows in several languages on different evenings
The Giza plateau in the cool of the evening
Views of the Nile on the drive back through Cairo

Itinerary

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Day 1
Hotel → Giza Sound and Light Show → Hotel
Early-evening pickup from your hotel and the drive out to the Giza plateau. You take your seat facing the Sphinx for the Sound and Light Show, with the pyramids lit up behind it and the story of ancient Egypt told in your chosen language. Afterwards you're driven back through Cairo, arriving at your hotel about four hours after pickup.