The Itinerary Egypt itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Egypt, from 2–10 days — with what every trip actually costs.
- 2–10
- days
- North Africa
- region
Planning a trip to Egypt
Pulled from the 4 routes below — so it says what these itineraries actually do, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Oct–Apr — the months these routes agree on.
How long you need
2–10 days. The shortest is Cairo in 2 days: Giza, the Grand Egyptian Museum and the khan; the longest is Egypt in 10 days: Cairo and the Nile.
What it costs
≈ AED 650 to ≈ AED 200 per person per day, depending on the route. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
e-Visa online before you go, 30 days. Issued at the border to GCC residents and some organised tour groups. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Giza plateau · Grand Egyptian Museum · Islamic Cairo · Khan el-Khalili · Cairo · Giza · Saqqara · Luxor · Aswan · Abu Simbel.
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Best for: The pyramids at opening and a museum that now holds Tutankhamun entire
Cairo in 2 days: Giza, the Grand Egyptian Museum and the khan
Giza plateau → Grand Egyptian Museum → Islamic Cairo → Khan el-Khalili
Two days that put the plateau at dawn and the Grand Egyptian Museum in the afternoon, then give the second day to Islamic Cairo. Camel prices agreed in advance, which ticket covers what, and where to stay so the morning works.
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Best for: Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings on a long weekend, with no cruise and no pretence
Egypt in 5 days: Cairo, Giza and a flying visit to Luxor
Cairo → Giza → Saqqara → Luxor → Cairo
Five days gets you the Giza plateau, the Grand Egyptian Museum and two nights in Luxor. It does not get you Aswan, Abu Simbel or a Nile cruise, and this guide is honest about which of Luxor's tombs are worth the separate tickets when you only have one morning.
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Best for: Pyramids and the Theban necropolis, without a Nile cruise eating half the week
Egypt in 7 days: Cairo, Giza and Luxor
Cairo → Giza → Saqqara → Luxor → Cairo
A week is enough for Cairo, the pyramid fields and three days in Luxor — the greatest concentration of monuments anywhere on earth. The Grand Egyptian Museum, the Valley of the Kings tickets that work differently from everything else, and why the cruise belongs on the ten-day trip.
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Best for: First-time visitors
Egypt in 10 days: Cairo and the Nile
Cairo → Luxor → Aswan → Abu Simbel
The oldest trip on earth, run like clockwork: the Pyramids at gate-opening, Tutankhamun's whole treasury in the new Grand Egyptian Museum, four nights floating Luxor to Aswan past temples that predate everything you've ever seen, and the sunrise colossi of Abu Simbel — with the baksheesh decoder, the card-only ticket update, and every classic hustle pre-empted.
Going somewhere near Egypt?
Africa has more to choose from, or tell us the dates and we'll shape a plan around them.