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The 15 Best Day Trips & Excursions in Egypt

998 tours  ·  from $8 a head

Everything with a guide, a boat or a minibus attached, in one list. The 15 below are the ones worth giving a whole day to, priced and timed, with the rest of the catalogue underneath.

Cairo: Pyramids & Great Sphinx Private Tour with Camel Ride - Hotel pickup and the ride to the west bank
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Cairo: Pyramids & Great Sphinx Private Tour with Camel Ride

Tour to Giza Pyramids and The Egyptian Museum - Great Sphinx and Valley Temple: a shorter but important stop
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Tour to Giza Pyramids and The Egyptian Museum

2.Tour to Giza Pyramids and The Egyptian Museum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6,016 reviews · from $155Top rated

Review of Cairo’s private Giza Pyramids and Egyptian Museum tour, including price, guide quality, lunch, transport, sales pressure, and booking advice.

“Highly recommended. Was a day full of activities & the guide Usama was really well-informed & knowledgeable. Full marks for the tour all round.”

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From Hurghada: Cairo and Giza Highlights Full-Day Tour - The overnight-style road journey from Hurghada
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From Hurghada: Cairo and Giza Highlights Full-Day Tour

From Cairo: Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Saqqara & Memphis Tour - Saqqara and the Step Pyramid of Djoser
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From Cairo: Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Saqqara & Memphis Tour

4.Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Saqqara & Memphis Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 3,110 reviews · 8 hours · from $90

Review of Cairo’s 8-hour tour to Giza, Saqqara, Memphis, the Sphinx, and Valley Temple, with practical tips on timing, costs, and value.

“We had an amazing experience on our Egypt tour with our guide Samaa. She was incredibly attentive, friendly, and charismatic, and truly made our trip special. My boyfriend and I were very happy with the tour, we felt taken care of the entire time. Samaa always helped us when vendors tried to sell insistently, which made us feel much more comfortable and relaxed. She also took excellent photos of us, which we will cherish forever. I highly recommend her without hesitation ❤️”

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Hurghada: Quad Bike Tour of the Desert and Red Sea - Getting ready at the quad base
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Hurghada: Quad Bike Tour of the Desert and Red Sea

5.Quad Bike Tour of the Desert and Red Sea

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 3,087 reviews · 3 - 5 hours · from $14

Ride a quad through Hurghada’s desert with sunrise breakfast, sunset dinner, camel rides, shows, and stargazing options.

“This has been the best trip, the guides were so friendly and really provided the best activities. Watching the sun set in the desert on the quads was beautiful and then followed a camel ride, dinner, a show and star gazing, would definitely recommend this if you are looking for activities in hurghada”

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Cairo 8 Hour Private Tour of Pyramids, Egyptian Museum and Bazaar - Giza Pyramids: Three Royal Tombs and the Sphinx
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Cairo 8 Hour Private Tour of Pyramids, Egyptian Museum and Bazaar

6.Cairo 8 Hour Private Tour of Pyramids, Egyptian Museum and Bazaar

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,931 reviews · from $49

Review of Cairo’s private 8-hour tour of Giza, the Egyptian Museum, and Khan el Khalili, with camel ride, lunch, guide tips, and value advice.

“Our Tour Guide was incredible! She was fluent in English and taught us everything we could possible need to know about the Egyptian History we came to learn! She also brought us on amazing excursions that was part of the Egyptian history. Getting my own personalized cartouche was greatly appreciated due to being able to brining a pice of Egypt home with me to cherish daily. Overall our tour was impressive! I also found my tour guide to be unique due to caring for the animals who were used to living on the streets. I highly recommend this tour!”

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From Cairo: Half-Day Tour to Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx - The Pyramids of Giza, starting with Khufu
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From Cairo: Half-Day Tour to Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx

Cairo: Pyramids, Sakkara & Memphis Tour with Lunch - The Sphinx and Valley Temple add the human details
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Cairo: Pyramids, Sakkara & Memphis Tour with Lunch

Cairo: Grand Egyptian Museum, Pyramids, Sphinx Tour & Lunch - Hotel pickup and the Cairo traffic factor
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Cairo: Grand Egyptian Museum, Pyramids, Sphinx Tour & Lunch

9.Grand Egyptian Museum, Pyramids, Sphinx Tour & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 2,282 reviews · 7 - 8 hours · from $89

Review of Cairo’s 7 to 8 hour tour covering the Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley Temple, camel ride, and lunch.

“Highly recommend this trip. Our guide Bossi was excellent - knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. Most people would find navigating the whole trip really difficult without a guide. We saw the pyramids, went inside (you have to do it, but it is pretty uncomfortable and hot inside). We saw the sphinx and went on a camel ride. The lunch stop was brilliant, buffet style and quality food. The afternoon in the Grand Egyptian Museum was helpfully guided taking us to the key exhibits. Well worth the money. Thanks”

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Hurghada: Red Sea & Desert Horse Riding Tour with Swimming - Meeting the horses and getting comfortable in the saddle
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Hurghada: Red Sea & Desert Horse Riding Tour with Swimming

From Hurghada: Makadi Bay ATV Tour - Getting comfortable on the ATV
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From Hurghada: Makadi Bay ATV Tour

11.Makadi Bay ATV Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 2,101 reviews · 2 hours · from $17

Ride an ATV from Hurghada across Makadi Bay desert to a beach, with Bedouin tea, camel riding, hotel transfers, and great value.

“I had super communication from booking through to pick up, and the lads doing the trip were just amazing and so much fun, as there were other booking groups there we were taking off on our own which was ace, one of the best trips I've done on a holiday yet.... and I've had a few... Through the edge of the desert to the coast line and back riding over sand dunes, having stops for photos, got some mint sun set pics too. Thanks (shukran) 😊”

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Hurghada: Dolphin Watching Boat Tour with Snorkeling & Lunch - Searching for dolphins on the Red Sea
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Hurghada: Dolphin Watching Boat Tour with Snorkeling & Lunch

Luxor: Shared Full-Day Tour to Luxor West and East Banks - West bank first: the Valley of the Kings
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Luxor: Shared Full-Day Tour to Luxor West and East Banks

13.Shared Full-Day Tour to Luxor West and East Banks

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,812 reviews · 8 hours · from $90

Review of Luxor’s shared full-day tour, covering the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut, Karnak, Luxor Temple, lunch, guides, and value.

“It was an incredible trip, it was a quick one but with very good management and information. Our Guide Omar was very helpful and tool his time to explan and answer our questions throughly. Thank you Omar for the amazing day. We would recommend it to anybody who wants to see everything in luxor from valley of the kings, Karnak temple and Luxor temple and much more in a day. Much appreciated from Ewa and Mery”

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Private Guided Tour to Giza Pyramids and Great Sphinx - Starting from your Cairo or Giza hotel
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Private guided tour to Giza Pyramids, and Great Sphinx

14.Private guided tour to Giza Pyramids, and Great Sphinx

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,755 reviews · from $35

Review of a private Giza Pyramids and Sphinx tour with hotel pickup, Egyptologist guide, camel ride, lunch, tickets, and practical tips.

“I'm glad I did this experience because i would have struggled if i was on my own, but I wouldn't do it again. My guide spent way too much time educating me about the pyramids & surrounding areas. I think she did this because I was solo & she needed to fill the time. At one point she had me sit down, on the ground, and pulled out what looked like pages from an elementary textbook, which she talked through with me 1 by 1. The best part was the camel ride, and during that time I was with a different guide. At the end, she asked me to leave…”

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Hurghada: 6 Islands Tour with Dolphin Watching & Snorkelling - Setting out from the marina
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Hurghada: 6 Islands Tour with Dolphin Watching & Snorkelling

15.6 Islands Tour with Dolphin Watching & Snorkelling

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,624 reviews · 8 hours · from $51

Review of Hurghada’s six-island speedboat tour with dolphins, coral reefs, shipwreck snorkeling, beaches, lunch, and practical tips.

“Absolutely amazing trip, worth every penny!Stunningly beautiful places, breathtaking views. Captain along with crew did outstanding work. Hospitality 5*, professionalism 5*. Friendly, approachable and very professional. We would definitely choose them again. Strongly recommend, fantastic experience; small group 8 pax and it was just perfect. From organisational point of view trip started as planned and finished on time. Also communication with Provider and transfer from/to our hotel were flawless. All things considered 100%.”

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