Egypt Day Tours

Pickup and drop-off at your hotel or Nile cruise ship, a private air-conditioned vehicle, an English-speaking guide (an Egyptologist at the historical sites) and the entrance tickets named on the tour page. Lunch and bottled water are listed per tour. Fly-in trips, such as Hurghada to Cairo, include the return flights.

The 32 day tours on this page cost $35 to $420 per person. Evening shows, a food walk and half-day museum visits are at the low end; full days with lunch sit in the middle; the most expensive are the long trips that include a domestic flight, such as Sharm El Sheikh to Luxor or Hurghada to Cairo.

The sightseeing tours are private: a vehicle and a guide for your group only, so the start time and the pace are yours. Boat trips such as the Ras Mohamed snorkelling day and the evening shows follow the format described on their own page, with an English-speaking guide or escort included.

Yes. In Luxor and Aswan the tours collect you from your hotel or from the cruise ship at the dock, including the Luxor West Bank and East Bank tours, the sunrise balloon flight and the Nubian village trip. In Alexandria the archaeological tour can start at the port.

In Cairo the Layover Tour, about 8.5 hours from $135, covers the Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum with lunch and a return to the airport. Half-day options take about four hours: the Grand Egyptian Museum from $70, a Giza-only trip from $70 or the Alexandria seafront half day from $75.

From about three hours for an evening show or the Nile dinner cruise to a full day of eight to ten hours for the pyramids, Luxor or Alexandria. The longest are the trips that cross the country, such as Hurghada to Luxor by car at about 15 hours or Sharm El Sheikh to Luxor by plane at about 17 hours.