Private Half-Day Trip to Garbage City and Cave Church

Our representatives will meet you to transfer you to Mokattam The Mokattam neighborhood is located in Cairo Governorate, on top of the famous Mokattam Mountain, where it is characterized by its distinctive topography that includes three main plateaus: Upper Plateau, Middle Plateau, and Lower Plateau. Nafoura Square is the main square in this neighborhood, a vibrant center that combines commercial and social activities and reflects the activity of urban life in Mokattam.

In Mokattam, you will visit the Church of Samaan Al Kharaz. Legend has it that Samaan Al Kharaz was a leather tanner and shoe repairer and a pious man. One day, when a woman came to mend his shoes, he felt the desire to look at her legs, so he gouged out his eye with a drill in fulfillment of Christ's commandment: ‘If your right eye hinders you, pluck it out and throw it away. When the church learned of what he had done, the priests decided to forgive him for his simplicity.

After completing the religious visit, you will be taken to the neighborhood of Zabalia (garbage), which is near the majestic Mohammed Ali Citadel that testifies to the Egyptian state in the past, you find hills of houses in which every corner carries some kind of garbage inside large sacks, to witness the stories of workers in collecting, recycling and sorting garbage, and how they turned their lives into a harmonious symphony, each knows his role and practices it with love so that he can face life with its harshness and the societal view of its owners.

You will then be transferred to your hotel