Discovering The Secrets of Garbage City and the Cave Church

Abanoub is a Legend

Spent the day with Abanoub yesterday at trash city and Jesusland. The tour massively exceeded expectations and was without one of the best tours I've done in Egypt or in other countries. If you want to see behind the scenes of trash city or views that others won't. Then Abanoub holds the keys. 10/10

Ben Harris · October 2026

Discovering The Secrets of Garbage City and the Cave Church

organziation was a bit messy . i did a late booking - had to pay in advance - but then apparantly there was not enough people so cancelled. but all went ok he made himself available and i got a great private tour

patrick timmerman · October 2026

An energizing walking tour!

Abanoub gave great directions to the meeting point and a helpful introduction. We were interested in this tour when we learned the background story of the Mokattam Mountain and Saint Simon the Tanner. Abanoub walked us through this beautiful site. It was fun to see and climb to the top of the pigeon tower. Garbage city was really informative and it was good to interact with the residents working there, including the kids! Overall we learned so much in a perfect blend of observation oand activity. Thank you, Abanoub!

Joanne Clingan · July 2026

Wow, soo interesting and unique

Great tour. Things I never thought about. Informative and fun. Highly recommended!

Sandra Wigge · March 2026

Impressive tour

This tour is so different from any tour that you got in Egypt: from the cave church with local community playing (not touristy place) to garbage city where so much lives of hardworking man and woman going on. Abanoub is an excellent guide who gives you the local experience that you probably won't get anywhere else. The only issue is that as it's garbage city, the street smelt very bad ... but that's quite expected and not unbearable.

Tam Pham · February 2026

Excellent tour for mom & daughter!

We booked this tour last minute and are so glad we did! Abanoub was an excellent guide-- very knowledgeable, engaging, and friendly! This was a really unique place-- we learned so much about this hard-working community and its incredible recycling system. It was an unexpected and eye-opening side of Egypt, and it ended up being one of my favorite experiences of the trip! Thank you, Abanoub!

robyn Moore · February 2026