Egypt Tours & Safaris
Pyramids, the Nile, the Valley of the Kings, and the Red Sea reef. Five thousand years of civilization in one journey.
Destinations in Egypt
Four giant statues of Ramses II guard temples relocated stone by stone above Lake Nasser, twice a year lit deep inside by the sun.
The Temple of Seti I holds the finest raised reliefs in Egypt and the king list that helped decode Egyptian chronology.
Sea breezes, the Qaitbay Citadel, the modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Roman catacombs and the best seafood on the coast.
Granite islands, white feluccas, colourful Nubian villages and the botanical gardens make Aswan the gentlest stop on the Nile.
The medieval fortress crowned by the alabaster Mosque of Muhammad Ali, with military museums and sweeping views to the pyramids.
A relaxed Bedouin beach town famous for the Blue Hole, kitesurfing lagoon and seafront cafes under the mountains.
A quiet desert site where the Bent and Red Pyramids show the experiments that led to Giza, usually with barely another visitor.
The Hathor temple at Dendera keeps its colours: astronomical ceilings, Hathor-headed columns and a rooftop chapel.
Buried in sand for centuries, Edfu survives almost complete, with towering pylons and a granite falcon guarding the gate.
The historic red museum on Tahrir Square still houses royal mummies, Old Kingdom statuary and treasures from centuries of excavation.
Overlooking the Giza plateau, this vast museum holds Tutankhamun's complete treasures, the grand staircase of royal statues and tens of thousands of artefacts.
The colossal limestone lion with a pharaoh's head sits beside the pyramids, carved more than 4,500 years ago and best seen at sunrise or during the evening sound and light show.
Long sandy beaches, warm year-round water and easy reef trips make Hurghada Egypt's most popular seaside base.
Two thousand years of pharaohs added to Karnak, whose Great Hypostyle Hall of 134 vast columns still dwarfs every visitor.
A maze of alleys of copper, spice, perfume and lantern stalls in Islamic Cairo, ringed by ancient mosques and old coffee houses.
A rare double temple to Sobek and Haroeris right on the Nile bank, with an ancient medical calendar carved into its walls.
Karnak, the Ramesseum, and the tombs of Tutankhamun and Ramses along the Nile's west bank.
Southern Red Sea diving with dugongs, turtles and dolphin house reefs, far from the crowds further north.
A night hike up Mount Sinai for sunrise, followed by the sixth-century Saint Catherine's Monastery in the valley below.
Rescued from rising waters and rebuilt on Agilkia Island, the temple of Isis is reached by boat through granite outcrops.
The Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, and the brand-new Grand Egyptian Museum on the plateau's edge.
Egypt's first national park protects sheer coral walls, mangroves and the shipwrecks at the tip of Sinai.
The Step Pyramid of Djoser, painted noble tombs and the Serapeum make Saqqara the oldest great necropolis of ancient Egypt.
World-class reefs, wreck dives at Tiran and Ras Mohammed, plus desert excursions into the Sinai interior.
Palm groves, salt lakes, the mudbrick Shali fortress and the Oracle Temple of Amun, deep in the Western Desert.
The mortuary temple of Egypt's female pharaoh rises in three colonnaded terraces against the Deir el-Bahari cliffs.
A UNESCO desert site where fossil skeletons of ancient whales lie in the sand alongside sculpted sandstone hills.
Wind-carved white rock formations glow at dusk and make one of the world's most memorable desert campsites.