How Long Should Your Egypt Trip Be?

When guests write to us, the first thing we ask is how many days they have. Egypt is big and the distances are real, so the number of days decides more than anything else what fits. These are the shapes that work best in our experience.

4 days: Giza and Cairo

Enough for the pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum on one day and old Cairo – the Citadel, the Coptic quarter and Khan el-Khalili – on another, with Saqqara if you have half a day spare. Because we are based in Giza, nothing is wasted on long transfers.

7 to 8 days: Cairo plus the Nile

The trip most first-time visitors choose. Three days in Cairo, a short flight south and four nights on a cruise ship between Luxor and Aswan, which covers the Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Philae while your hotel travels with you.

10 to 12 days: finish on the Red Sea

Add three or four nights at the beach after the cruise. Hurghada is about four hours by road from Luxor, and after a week of early starts and temples, a few slow days of sea and snorkelling are welcome.

Two weeks: the whole country

With fourteen days or more you can see Egypt from every side: Alexandria on the Mediterranean, a night under the stars in the White Desert, the Nile from Luxor to Aswan, Abu Simbel and a few days by the sea. This is where our desert experience really shows.