El Minya Day Tour from Cairo: Tell el-Amarna and Beni Hassan
Akhenaton's lost capital and the rock-cut tombs of Beni Hassan
This full-day excursion covers roughly four hours of driving each way to reach El Minya, along the Nile south of Cairo. Your guide collects you from your Cairo hotel early — around 6:00 AM — for the drive south, arriving at Tell el-Amarna, the short-lived capital founded by the pharaoh Akhenaton, reached partly by a small motorboat crossing.
The day continues to Beni Hassan, where rock-cut tombs from the Old and Middle Kingdoms are set into the cliffs above the river, before the drive back to Cairo with a late lunch along the way, arriving back at your hotel in the evening.
Because this route runs well off the standard tourist circuit, it suits travelers who've already covered Cairo's essentials more than first-timers — Gentoura's Full-Day Tour to Saqqara and Dahshur and Giza Pyramids and Sphinx Half-Day Tour are better starting points for a first visit.
Cairo — where the ancient world begins.
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