Cairo & Giza
🗓 2–3 daysThe Pyramids, Sphinx and Grand Egyptian Museum.
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Top places in Egypt
The destinations worth building your trip around.
Egypt is the original bucket-list trip: the last surviving Ancient Wonder at Giza, Luxor's Valley of the Kings, and a Nile cruise between temples.
Pair the ancient sites with Red Sea resorts at Hurghada or Sharm for diving and beaches.
The destinations worth building your trip around.
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The Pyramids, Sphinx and Grand Egyptian Museum.
Karnak, the Valley of the Kings and balloon rides.
Nile felucca sailing and Philae Temple.
The Pyramids, Sphinx and Grand Egyptian Museum.
Karnak, the Valley of the Kings and balloon rides.
Nile felucca sailing and Philae Temple.
Reefs, diving and beach resorts.
The Pyramids, Sphinx and Grand Egyptian Museum.
Karnak, the Valley of the Kings and balloon rides.
Nile felucca sailing and Philae Temple.
Reefs, diving and beach resorts.
Visa rules change frequently. Most tourists buy a 30-day e-Visa online or a visa on arrival sticker at the airport. Always verify with the official Egypt immigration / e-visa website before travelling.
The last surviving Ancient Wonder.
Vast columned temple complexes.
Tombs of the pharaohs, including Tutankhamun.
Sail between Luxor and Aswan past temples.
Coral reefs at Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh.
Africa's defining waterway — felucca sail and dahabiya cruise the stretch between Aswan and Luxor for temples and…
A spring-fed Egyptian oasis near the Libyan border — Oracle of Amun ruins, sand-board the Great Sand Sea…
Egypt's triangular peninsula desert — Bedouin camel safaris, granite mountains and snorkeling on the Red Sea reefs.
A surreal chalk landscape with wind-eroded white "ice-cream" formations — overnight 4WD trips, the moon-like backdrop of Egypt.
The 2,285 m biblical mountain — overnight ascent with a Bedouin guide to a sunrise summit and the…
A Red Sea island beach in Giftun Islands NP — coral straight off the white-sand beach, day-trip from…
