Incredible footage has emerged showing one tourist taking extreme lengths to capture the perfect holiday snap.

18-year-old, Andrej Ciesielski, from Munich travelled to Egypt with the intention of climbing 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza and capturing it all on camera.

In a blog post, the teenager wrote: “Walking around in the complex I was waiting for the right moment to start climbing The Great Pyramid of Giza. When I started climbing a street seller was standing behind me but I didn’t care about him I turned around he laughed and I continued climbing.”

“At the half some people got attention on me and looked up to. That’s how the police spotted me. They shouted something in Arabic I think but I didn’t care and kept going while listening to music.”

It took him just eight minutes to reach the top of the 146m-tall pyramid; and a further 20 minutes to reach the bottom.

View from the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza

“In the background you can see Giza. Before my trip I wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to go to Cairo but I was happy that I went there. Together against terror. At the last day there was a terror attack near the pyramids. A few people have been killed. That made me even thoughtfully.”

There are strict rules against scaling pyramids, which can be punishable by three years in prison.