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58 trips, 10 regions, one country.

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Cairo & Giza
The Grand Egyptian Museum & the Pyramids of Giza Best seller
Cairo & Giza · Private

The Grand Egyptian Museum & the Pyramids of Giza

The world's largest single-civilisation museum, then the plateau it was built to face.

8-9 hours From USD 109
Cairo & Giza
Giza pyramids and the Sphinx, half day Best seller
Cairo & Giza · Private

Giza pyramids and the Sphinx, half day

The plateau on its own, in four hours, without the museum attached.

4-5 hours From USD 63
Cairo & Giza
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir
Cairo & Giza · Private

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir

The old museum, still holding the Old Kingdom masterpieces the new one did not take.

3-4 hours From USD 52
Cairo & Giza
National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation and the Royal Mummies
Cairo & Giza · Private

National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation and the Royal Mummies

Twenty-two kings and queens in a purpose-built basement gallery, lit like a crypt.

3-4 hours From USD 55
Cairo & Giza
Islamic and Coptic Cairo on foot
Cairo & Giza · Private

Islamic and Coptic Cairo on foot

Twelve centuries of the city in two neighbourhoods, mostly on foot.

7-8 hours From USD 75
Cairo & Giza
The Citadel and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali
Cairo & Giza · Private

The Citadel and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali

Saladin's fortress, an Ottoman mosque in alabaster, and the best view of the city.

4-5 hours From USD 57
Cairo & Giza
Cairo street food walk in Khan el-Khalili
Cairo & Giza · Private

Cairo street food walk in Khan el-Khalili

Koshari, hawawshi, sugarcane juice and a tea where Naguib Mahfouz wrote.

4 hours From USD 52
Cairo & Giza
Pyramids sound and light show
Cairo & Giza · Private

Pyramids sound and light show

The Sphinx narrates. It is dated, and the setting still works.

2-3 hours From USD 46
Cairo & Giza
Nile dinner cruise in Cairo
Cairo & Giza · Private

Nile dinner cruise in Cairo

Dinner on the water with a tanoura dancer, and the city lit on both banks.

3 hours From USD 52
Cairo & Giza
Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur
Cairo & Giza · Private

Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur

Where pyramid building was worked out, three attempts at a time.

7-8 hours From USD 98
Cairo & Giza
Cairo layover tour with airport pickup
Cairo & Giza · Private

Cairo layover tour with airport pickup

Six hours between flights, done without missing the second one.

5-7 hours From USD 86
Cairo & Giza
Manial Palace and the Baron Empain Palace
Cairo & Giza · Private

Manial Palace and the Baron Empain Palace

Two eccentric palaces, one Ottoman revival and one Hindu-temple fantasy in Heliopolis.

5 hours From USD 60
Fayoum & the lakes
Fayoum and the Wadi El Rayan waterfalls
Fayoum & the lakes · Private

Fayoum and the Wadi El Rayan waterfalls

Egypt's only waterfalls, a lake in the desert, and sandboarding on the way back.

9-10 hours From USD 80
Fayoum & the lakes
Wadi El Hitan, the Valley of the Whales
Fayoum & the lakes · Private

Wadi El Hitan, the Valley of the Whales

Forty-million-year-old whale skeletons with legs, lying where they died.

10 hours From USD 101
Fayoum & the lakes
Tunis village, pottery and Lake Qarun
Fayoum & the lakes · Private

Tunis village, pottery and Lake Qarun

A hillside village of potters above the lake, and lunch in someone's garden.

8 hours From USD 71
Alexandria & the coast
Alexandria in a day from Cairo
Alexandria & the coast · Private

Alexandria in a day from Cairo

Three hours each way on the desert road, for a city that is worth it once.

12-13 hours From USD 150
Alexandria & the coast
El Alamein war cemeteries and museum
Alexandria & the coast · Private

El Alamein war cemeteries and museum

The desert war, three cemeteries, and a coastline that has since been built over.

10-11 hours From USD 126
Alexandria & the coast
Rosetta (Rashid) and the Nile mouth
Alexandria & the coast · Private

Rosetta (Rashid) and the Nile mouth

Ottoman merchant houses where the stone was found, an hour east of Alexandria.

8-9 hours From USD 109
Middle Egypt
Minya and the rock tombs of Beni Hassan
Middle Egypt · Private

Minya and the rock tombs of Beni Hassan

Middle Kingdom tombs cut into a cliff, with wrestling scenes on the walls.

9-10 hours From USD 121
Middle Egypt
Tell el-Amarna, Akhenaten's abandoned capital
Middle Egypt · Private

Tell el-Amarna, Akhenaten's abandoned capital

A whole city built and abandoned inside twenty years, still readable on the ground.

10 hours From USD 132
Middle Egypt
Abydos and Dendera from Luxor Best seller
Middle Egypt · Private

Abydos and Dendera from Luxor

The Seti I temple with its king list, and a zodiac ceiling cleaned back to colour.

10-11 hours From USD 138
Middle Egypt
Sohag, the White and Red Monasteries
Middle Egypt · Private

Sohag, the White and Red Monasteries

Fifth-century Coptic monasteries built from the stone of pharaonic temples.

8-9 hours From USD 113
Luxor & Aswan
Luxor in a day: East and West Bank Best seller
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Luxor in a day: East and West Bank

Karnak and the Valley of the Kings, done properly rather than quickly.

9-10 hours From USD 126
Luxor & Aswan
Hot air balloon over the West Bank Best seller
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Hot air balloon over the West Bank

Up at 05:00 for forty-five minutes over the Theban necropolis at sunrise.

4 hours From USD 144
Luxor & Aswan
Valley of the Kings in depth
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Valley of the Kings in depth

Six tombs including Seti I, with the time to actually read the walls.

6-7 hours From USD 161
Luxor & Aswan
Medinet Habu, the Ramesseum and Deir el-Medina
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Medinet Habu, the Ramesseum and Deir el-Medina

The West Bank sites the day trips skip, and the best-preserved colour in Luxor.

6-7 hours From USD 109
Luxor & Aswan
Karnak sound and light show
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Karnak sound and light show

A walking show through the temple after dark, which beats sitting down at Giza.

2 hours From USD 48
Luxor & Aswan
Felucca to Banana Island
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Felucca to Banana Island

A sail, a plantation, and a glass of fresh juice under the trees.

3-4 hours From USD 44
Luxor & Aswan
Abu Simbel from Aswan Best seller
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Abu Simbel from Aswan

Three hours south at dawn, for the two temples that were cut up and moved.

10-11 hours From USD 207
Luxor & Aswan
Aswan in a day: Philae, the High Dam and the obelisk
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Aswan in a day: Philae, the High Dam and the obelisk

A temple moved island to island, the dam that forced the move, and the obelisk that cracked.

7-8 hours From USD 103
Luxor & Aswan
Nubian village and Elephantine Island
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Nubian village and Elephantine Island

Painted houses, Nubian coffee with ginger, and a language older than Arabic here.

5 hours From USD 63
Luxor & Aswan
Edfu and Kom Ombo by road
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Edfu and Kom Ombo by road

The most complete temple in Egypt, and a double temple split down the middle.

8-9 hours From USD 109
Luxor & Aswan
Felucca sail around the islands at sunset
Luxor & Aswan · Private

Felucca sail around the islands at sunset

Two hours under sail past Elephantine and the Aga Khan mausoleum.

2-3 hours From USD 37
Nile cruises
Nile cruise: Luxor to Aswan, four nights Best seller
Nile cruises · Private

Nile cruise: Luxor to Aswan, four nights

Four nights, five temples, and the only sensible way to see the river towns.

4 nights From USD 793
Nile cruises
Nile cruise: Aswan to Luxor, three nights
Nile cruises · Private

Nile cruise: Aswan to Luxor, three nights

The northbound run, shorter, and with the current behind you.

3 nights From USD 621
Nile cruises
Dahabiya sailing, Esna to Aswan
Nile cruises · Private

Dahabiya sailing, Esna to Aswan

Ten cabins, actual sails, and moorings the big boats cannot reach.

5 nights From USD 1667
Nile cruises
Lake Nasser cruise, Aswan to Abu Simbel
Nile cruises · Private

Lake Nasser cruise, Aswan to Abu Simbel

Four nights on the lake to the rescued Nubian temples, most of them empty of people.

4 nights From USD 1127
Nile cruises
Classic Egypt in eight days Best seller
Nile cruises · Private

Classic Egypt in eight days

Cairo, a Nile cruise and Abu Simbel, with the internal flights handled.

7 nights From USD 1368
Nile cruises
Cairo, Luxor and Aswan in five days
Nile cruises · Private

Cairo, Luxor and Aswan in five days

The short version, by air, with no cruise and no wasted morning.

4 nights From USD 1012
Nile cruises
Egypt in twelve days, Cairo to the Red Sea
Nile cruises · Private

Egypt in twelve days, Cairo to the Red Sea

Pyramids, a cruise, Abu Simbel and four nights on the coast to finish.

11 nights From USD 2518
Nile cruises
Egypt with children, seven days
Nile cruises · Private

Egypt with children, seven days

Shorter site visits, a camel, a felucca, and an afternoon nobody has to be anywhere.

6 nights From USD 1483
Red Sea
Hurghada: reef, beach and a boat day
Red Sea · Private

Hurghada: reef, beach and a boat day

Four nights on the coast with one good boat day and no obligation to do anything else.

4 nights From USD 540
Red Sea
Giftun Island snorkelling day
Red Sea · Private

Giftun Island snorkelling day

Three reef stops, lunch aboard, and water you can see thirty metres through.

8 hours From USD 63
Red Sea
Marsa Alam diving week
Red Sea · Private

Marsa Alam diving week

Six days of diving on reefs that are still in good condition, because fewer people go.

6 nights From USD 1012
Red Sea
Dolphin House at Samadai reef
Red Sea · Private

Dolphin House at Samadai reef

A protected lagoon where spinner dolphins rest, with rules that actually protect them.

7 hours From USD 86
Red Sea
Sharm el-Sheikh and Ras Mohamed National Park
Red Sea · Private

Sharm el-Sheikh and Ras Mohamed National Park

The best reef wall in Egypt, at the point where two gulfs meet.

4 nights From USD 621
Sinai
Dahab and the Blue Hole
Sinai · Private

Dahab and the Blue Hole

A submarine sinkhole, a village that never became a resort, and cushions on the beach.

3 nights From USD 483
Red Sea
El Gouna: lagoons, islands and a boat day
Red Sea · Private

El Gouna: lagoons, islands and a boat day

A purpose-built lagoon town, and the easiest Red Sea base with children.

4 nights From USD 598
Red Sea
Soma Bay and Safaga
Red Sea · Private

Soma Bay and Safaga

A quiet peninsula, shallow sand flats and the wreck of the Salem Express nearby.

4 nights From USD 644
Sinai
St Catherine's Monastery and Mount Sinai at sunrise
Sinai · Private

St Catherine's Monastery and Mount Sinai at sunrise

A 02:00 start, 750 steps at the top, and the oldest working library in the world.

14-16 hours From USD 334
Sinai
Coloured Canyon and the Sinai coast
Sinai · Private

Coloured Canyon and the Sinai coast

A narrow sandstone slot canyon, walked end to end, then lunch by the sea.

8-9 hours From USD 109
Sinai
Pharaoh's Island and the Fjord at Taba
Sinai · Private

Pharaoh's Island and the Fjord at Taba

A crusader castle on an island, and four countries visible from one viewpoint.

7 hours From USD 101
Siwa & Western Desert
Siwa Oasis
Siwa & Western Desert · Private

Siwa Oasis

Ten hours from Cairo, a mud-brick fortress, and salt lakes you cannot sink in.

3 nights From USD 471
Siwa & Western Desert
White Desert and Bahariya Oasis overnight
Siwa & Western Desert · Private

White Desert and Bahariya Oasis overnight

Camping among chalk formations that look like nothing else on earth.

1 night From USD 241
Siwa & Western Desert
Kharga and Dakhla oases
Siwa & Western Desert · Private

Kharga and Dakhla oases

A Christian necropolis, a Persian temple and a mud-brick town still lived in.

3 nights From USD 598
Siwa & Western Desert
Great Sand Sea expedition from Siwa
Siwa & Western Desert · Private

Great Sand Sea expedition from Siwa

Three days in dunes with no road, no phone signal and no other vehicles.

2 nights From USD 793
Suez Canal & the Delta
The Suez Canal at Ismailia
Suez Canal & the Delta · Private

The Suez Canal at Ismailia

Watching a container ship cross a desert, which never stops being strange.

8-9 hours From USD 98
Suez Canal & the Delta
Port Said and the canal mouth
Suez Canal & the Delta · Private

Port Said and the canal mouth

Wooden colonial arcades, a free-port high street and the Mediterranean entrance.

9 hours From USD 106