The Giza Pass — pyramids, Sphinx and Solar Boat Museum on a two-day pass.

Sites included.

Four sites: the Great Pyramid of Khufu (interior entry — the most expensive individual ticket on the plateau at EGP 900 stand-alone, the Giza Pass's primary value proposition), the Sphinx (free site, included for completeness), the Solar Boat Museum (Khufu's ship reassembled, EGP 200 stand-alone), and the new visitor centre with its Old Kingdom interpretive gallery (EGP 150 stand-alone). The pass also includes access to the Great Pyramid's evening sound-and-light show on one of the two validity days (the show otherwise requires a separate EGP 400 ticket).

The validity window — two days.

Two days from first scan. Visitors typically consume the daytime sites on day one and return for the evening sound-and-light show on day one or day two. The two-day validity is shorter than the Luxor Pass's five-day window because the Giza plateau itself is a smaller geographic area and the included sites can comfortably be visited in two full days without rushing.

Gate-applied variances.

Two persistent variances. Variance one: the Great Pyramid interior entry is limited to a fixed daily quota (currently 300 visitors). Pass-holders are not given priority; arriving at the gate after the daily quota has been filled means the pass-holder cannot use the interior-entry component that day and must return the next day (when the previous-day quota resets). The registry's working advice: arrive at the plateau before 09:00. Variance two: the Sphinx evening sound-and-light show timing is shifted between language slots (English, Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Japanese) and the pass covers any single show within the validity window, not all six. The visitor must select the language at the show ticket office on arrival.

Refund policy.

The Giza Pass is non-refundable once issued. There is no 72-hour window equivalent to the Luxor Pass. The Tourism Authority's view is that the Giza Pass is a same-day or next-day commitment and that the validity window is short enough that refunds are not warranted; the registry has documented six refund disputes since 2021, none of which have been successful.

How to buy.

The Giza Pass is sold only at the new visitor centre near the Pyramids (the official Tourism Authority outlet on the plateau). Payment in US dollars cash, Egyptian pounds cash, or Egyptian and foreign credit cards. The visitor centre is open 06:30 to 17:30 daily.

The pyramid-interior quota system.

The Tourism Authority manages the Great Pyramid interior visits through a daily quota of 300 visitors split into morning and afternoon batches (150 each). The quota is intended to manage in-pyramid air quality and to limit the wear on the descending corridor. The Giza Pass holder is not given priority within the quota; the working rule is first-come-first-served at the daily ticket window, and pass-holders who arrive after the daily quota has been filled must return the next day. The registry's working notes since the quota's introduction in 2022 document the typical fill-time pattern: the morning quota typically fills by 10:30 during high season and by 12:00 during low season.

The Sphinx-show timing variance.

The Sphinx sound-and-light show runs three sessions per evening with rotating language slots. The schedule shifts seasonally; the winter schedule (November to March) is 18:30 / 19:30 / 20:30, and the summer schedule (April to October) is 19:30 / 20:30 / 21:30. The Giza Pass covers one session at the language of the visitor's choice, selected at the show ticket office on arrival. The registry's working advice for visitors: arrive twenty minutes before the desired session to confirm seating; popular language slots (English and Arabic) sometimes fill before the official cut-off time.

Combining the Giza Pass with the Combined Cairo-museum pass.

The Giza Pass and the Combined Cairo-museum pass are sold separately and are independently structured. Visitors planning a Cairo stay with both Giza-plateau visits and Cairo-museum visits will need to purchase both passes. The registry's working notes show that this is the most common purchase combination for first-time visitors to Cairo who want to see the major sites in five to seven days; the combined cost ($60 + $120 = $180) is substantial but compares favourably against individual entry to the same sites at full tourist rates (approximately $310 to $340 depending on the museum mix).

The companion files on Luxor Pass and Combined Cairo-museum pass cover the other pass categories.