Egypt travel guide
Balloon flights, feluccas, diving, desert camps, food tours and the experiences that make an Egypt trip.
ExperiencesA Luxor balloon flight lifts off from the West Bank around sunrise and drifts for roughly 40–60 minutes over the Theban hills, Hatshepsut's temple,…
ExperiencesA felucca is a traditional wooden Nile sailing boat with a single tall lateen sail and no engine. The best place to sail one is Aswan, where the river…
ExperiencesEgypt runs evening sound and light shows at the Giza pyramids, Karnak Temple in Luxor, Philae Temple near Aswan and Abu Simbel. Each lasts roughly an…
ExperiencesYou can ride a camel at the Giza pyramids, on Aswan's west bank to the Monastery of St Simeon or a Nubian village, and in Sinai on Mount Sinai and the…
ExperiencesA Cairo Nile dinner cruise is a two-hour evening on a large restaurant boat that sails up and down the river past the city's lit bridges and towers,…
ExperiencesThe classic Egyptian desert camp is a night among the chalk formations of the White Desert, reached by 4WD via Bahariya Oasis about six hours from…
ExperiencesEgypt's dry desert air gives some of the clearest night skies within easy reach of a tourist itinerary. The darkest spots are the White Desert, Siwa's…
ExperiencesStables in Nazlet el-Samman and nearby villages at the foot of the Giza plateau run desert rides of one to three hours, with views of the pyramids…
ExperiencesQuad biking is offered on desert tracks behind Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh and on the desert edge near Giza, usually as a two- to four-hour safari that…
ExperiencesEgypt's Red Sea has some of the most accessible coral snorkelling in the world: in Marsa Alam, Dahab, Sharm el-Sheikh and the bays south of Hurghada…
ExperiencesEgypt is one of the best and most affordable places in the world to learn to dive and to dive: warm, clear Red Sea water, reefs a few minutes from…
ExperiencesA Red Sea liveaboard is usually a seven-night dive cruise from Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh or Port Ghalib, with three or four dives a day at sites day…
ExperiencesEgypt is one of the most reliable kitesurfing destinations near Europe and the Middle East, with a steady northerly wind blowing down the Red Sea and…
ExperiencesThe best sandboarding in Egypt is on the dunes of the Great Sand Sea around Siwa Oasis and around Wadi el-Rayan in Fayoum, the easiest dunes to reach…
ExperiencesSouth Sinai has the best mountain hiking in Egypt: granite peaks above 2,000 metres around St Catherine, wadis with Bedouin gardens, and the…
ExperiencesEgypt sits on one of the world's great bird migration routes: each spring and autumn huge numbers of storks, eagles, buzzards and pelicans funnel…
ExperiencesThe best photographs in Egypt are made in the first and last hours of the day, when low sun rakes across carved stone and the desert turns gold;…
ExperiencesIn Egypt you can snorkel near wild spinner dolphins in the Red Sea, most reliably at Samadai Reef (Dolphin House) near Marsa Alam and at Sataya Reef…
ExperiencesA Cairo food tour is a three to four-hour walk, usually in the evening, through neighbourhoods such as Downtown, Sayeda Zeinab or the lanes around…
ExperiencesAn Egyptian cooking class usually means three to four hours in a family kitchen in Cairo, Luxor or Aswan, often starting with a trip to the local…
ExperiencesA Nubian village visit is a half-day boat trip from Aswan to a riverside village, most often Gharb Soheil on the west bank, to walk through painted…
ExperiencesThe best things to buy in Egypt are Egyptian cotton, genuine papyrus, alabaster and other carved stone, perfume oils, spices and hibiscus, silver and…
ExperiencesTanoura is Egypt's colourful whirling dance, rooted in Sufi devotion and best seen at the al-Ghuri complex in Islamic Cairo, where a heritage troupe…
ExperiencesCairo is a late city: families stroll the Nile corniche past midnight, coffeehouses stay full until the early hours and dinner at 10pm is normal. The…
ExperiencesMany Egypt tours include stops at papyrus galleries, perfume essence shops, alabaster workshops, carpet schools or jewellery showrooms. These shops…
ExperiencesNon-Muslim visitors are welcome in many of Egypt's historic mosques, including the Mosque of Muhammad Ali at the Citadel, Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifai,…
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