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Tailor-Made Egypt Tours

Egypt

One day you're standing beneath the towering columns of Karnak, the next you're drifting past Nubian villages on a felucca as the sun drops over Aswan. Egypt rewards travellers who look beyond the obvious and take the time to plan a trip that goes further. Red Dot’s private holidays to Egypt are completely tailor-made and designed around you; your interests, your travel style and pace, and your needs. With exceptional guiding throughout, our tailor-made holidays to Egypt bring you closer to a country where four thousand years of history sit comfortably alongside everyday life on the Nile.

Why we love Egypt

Cultural Cairo: We think Egypt’s capital is one for the history buffs and culture-seekers. Alongside the buzz of the recently opened Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo's older quarters are quietly coming into their own, with contemporary galleries and design studios sitting close to age-old workshops. We’d recommend leaving time for a slow morning spent wandering the lanes behind Khan el Khalili, where coppersmiths and gold beaters still work by hand, and inspecting the intricacies of Cairo's mosques.

The pyramids, but not as you know them: Everyone knows the Pyramids of Giza, which is why it pays to travel a little further, with a guide who knows that the magic happens when you step off the well-trodden path. Saqqara holds Egypt's oldest stone monument and tomb paintings that bring ancient daily life vividly to view, while Dahshur offers the pyramids that came before Giza was even possible, often with barely another visitor in sight.

Temples with a story: Luxor’s monumental ancient architecture needs no introduction, from the columns of Karnak to the tombs cut into the Valley of the Kings. But to understand the millennia of history takes more than a quick tour and a couple of holiday photos. A private guide makes all the difference here, translating stone and hieroglyph into stories that bring an ancient world alive.

Life along the Nile: The Nile is the lifeblood of Egypt and there’s no better way to understand its importance than by taking to the water on a cruise between Luxor and Aswan. Whether aboard a small dahabiya or a larger boat, it offers glimpses of daily life playing out on the banks, ancient temples and rural landscapes that seem barely changed in centuries.

The far south, and Abu Simbel: Aswan is where Egypt starts to feel Nubian rather than Arab, in its language, its music and its painted houses. Further south again, Ramses II's temples at Abu Simbel were moved block by block to save them from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, and remain one of the most extraordinary sights in the country.

World-class diving in the Red Sea: More than a thousand species of fish live along Egypt's Red Sea coast, with warm, clear water year-round. Sharm el Sheikh is home to some of the best diving in Egypt, while quieter bases like El Gouna and El Quseir suit those who prefer their coast without the crowds.