Private Visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)

My main goal was to see all of King Tuts artifacts...I was impressed. My guide Marie was the best. Very knowledgeable and helpful.

From beginning to end, this tour was nothing short of phenomenal. Driver was on time and my guide Sameh was a wealth of knowledge, showing kindness and ensured I felt comfortable. Thank you so much for making my entire trip 💕

Very short visit. Guide available and enjoyable Really huge site to visit as soon as the opening if you want to approach the treasure of Tutenkamon. From 12:00 it is the rush!! 2 sick friends (beware that Egypt is a country at high risk in terms of food hygiene!!) could not visit. Although the tickets were not bought by the agency (the guide only had 2 tickets instead of 4) the agency did not want to refund them!

Excellent organised tours, with proffesional guide. I will thanks Rana, for all the organisation,Mohamed for the pleasant three days and the good explanation during our tour to Saqqara and the various museums , the drivers for safe driving, one unforgetable and enyouable week.

The Grand Egyptian Museum is definitely a must see if you’re in Egypt. The space is modern, clean, and beautifully designed, with plenty of light and thoughtful layout. You can see a couple of real mummies, which is both eerie and fascinating. It takes about 2 to 3 hours to walk through the whole museum at a relaxed pace. Some displays were unfortunately closed when I visited, which was a bit disappointing, but what is available is still very impressive. Tickets cost around $25 for adults over 25. There are guide options available, but I personally preferred to go at my own pace and read the information provided. All in all, a great experience if you’re into history and want to understand a bit more about Egypt’s ancient past. Just make sure to check what’s open before you go!

Fatima was a wonderful tour guide and our driver was fantastic! A great way to start our Egyptian vacation!

Sameh, our guide, was excellent. We walked thorough all the galleries and he gave us very detailed descriptions of the highlights. We decided to stay longer and found our own way back to our hotel.

Smooth pick up at our hotel, Guide with knowledge that he shared. Drop off and done. Guide did talk low, needs to improve he's voice range. And please use mint drops.

Grand Egyptian Museum On this, my third trip to Egypt, I had hoped that I would finally see the new Grand Egyptian Museum, which is intended to house all of the King Tut artifacts, many of which have never been exhibited before. To my dismay, the museum is still less than 25% open, but it is still worth the trip, not only for the great staircase of statuary in the soaring atrium, but also for the architecture of the building itself. The final building design was the winner of a world-wide competition of 1,557 entries, awarded to architects Róisín Heneghan and Shi-Fu Peng, and their company Heneghan Peng Architects of Ireland in 2002, and it has been under construction since 2005. Pyramid and triangular shapes permeate every detail of the building’s design, from its general shape to the innumerable carvings and decorative moldings throughout. It would be a cliché to describe the entrance atrium as “soaring,” but nothing less describes it. In fact, the huge space dwarfs even the monumental 3,200-year-old Statue of Ramesses II that was placed on the first landing of the staircase in 2018. Many other marvelous statues and sculptures ascend the staircase, platform by platform. As a 72-year-old, partially disabled person in a wheelchair, I did not expect to get up the staircases, but with the extraordinary assistance of my helper, Mohamed, I was transported from landing to landing via a series of steep conveyor belts up which he pushed me with great effort. My experience would have been extremely limited without his heroic efforts. I thank him from the bottom of my heart. The personality and knowledge of the guide makes or breaks the entire experience, and I was lucky enough to “draw” the lovely and extremely knowledgeable Dalia Kamel (daliabashatours@gmail.com). A part-time television actress in her “other” life, she is also studying Japanese culture and language “on the side.” Dalia’s undergraduate and advanced studies in Egyptology have given her an encyclopedic knowledge of Egyptian history and culture, and she knows the provenance of every artifact on display in the museum by heart. And despite her extensive training, she does not lecture or come across as a bore. She presents the material in an engaging and comfortable manner, answering all questions (no matter how lame) with a reassuring smile. I was lucky to have her, and can’t recommend her services more highly. In conclusion, even though the Museum is still under development, that which can be seen is worth the trip, not only for the sculptures now on display, but also for the magnificent architecture of the building, itself a world-class work of art. .

Grand Egyptian Museum On this, my third trip to Egypt, I had hoped that I would finally see the new Grand Egyptian Museum, which is intended to house all of the King Tut artifacts, many of which have never been exhibited before. To my dismay, the museum is still less than 25% open, but it is still worth the trip, not only for the great staircase of statuary in the soaring atrium, but also for the architecture of the building itself. The final building design was the winner of a world-wide competition of 1,557 entries, awarded to architects Róisín Heneghan and Shi-Fu Peng, and their company Heneghan Peng Architects of Ireland in 2002, and it has been under construction since 2005. Pyramid and triangular shapes permeate every detail of the building’s design, from its general shape to the innumerable carvings and decorative moldings throughout. It would be a cliché to describe the entrance atrium as “soaring,” but nothing less describes it. In fact, the huge space dwarfs even the monumental 3,200-year-old Statue of Ramesses II that was placed on the first landing of the staircase in 2018. Many other marvelous statues and sculptures ascend the staircase, platform by platform. As a 72-year-old, partially disabled person in a wheelchair, I did not expect to get up the staircases, but with the extraordinary assistance of my helper, Mohamed, I was transported from landing to landing via a series of steep conveyor belts up which he pushed me with great effort. My experience would have been extremely limited without his heroic efforts. I thank him from the bottom of my heart. The personality and knowledge of the guide makes or breaks the entire experience, and I was lucky enough to “draw” the lovely and extremely knowledgeable Dalia Kamel (daliabashatours@gmail.com). A part-time television actress in her “other” life, she is also studying Japanese culture and language “on the side.” Dalia’s undergraduate and advanced studies in Egyptology have given her an encyclopedic knowledge of Egyptian history and culture, and she knows the provenance of every artifact on display in the museum by heart. And despite her extensive training, she does not lecture or come across as a bore. She presents the material in an engaging and comfortable manner, answering all questions (no matter how lame) with a reassuring smile. I was lucky to have her, and can’t recommend her services more highly. In conclusion, even though the Museum is still under development, that which can be seen is worth the trip, not only for the sculptures now on display, but also for the magnificent architecture of the building, itself a world-class work of art. .