Multi-day tours
A 3 day Cairo tour that stays in the city costs $314 or $480 on this site: two listings with the pyramids, the Sphinx and the Egyptian Museum, rated on just 2 and 4 reviews. The other three-day trips leave Cairo for the White Desert, Bahariya or Siwa, from $244 with meals and accommodation in the listing. For two days in the city, a private tour with an Egyptologist is $275, 4.6 on 75 reviews. Packages with a Nile cruise run four to nine days, from $1,300.
Quick answer
The short answer. For three days in Cairo itself there are two listings: $314, which adds Coptic Cairo, and $480, which adds a Nile dinner cruise and Memphis. With 6 reviews between them, the best documented city option is the two-day private tour at $275. For three days in the desert, Siwa at $446 is rated 4.9 on 124 reviews.
Three days in the city
Two listings, both with the pyramids and the Egyptian Museum. What they add differs.
Coptic Cairo and the museums, $314. Three days at the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Valley Temple, the Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo, the Hanging Church and the Ben Ezra Synagogue. Rated 5.0 on 2 reviews, which is too few to lean on.
A private 3 day Cairo tour with a Nile dinner cruise, $480. The pyramids, the Egyptian Museum, an evening on the Nile on a dinner cruise and Memphis. Rated 4.7 on 4 reviews.
Neither summary says whether hotel nights are part of the price, and neither says whether the price is per person. Check both on the listing before you compare them with a package that includes accommodation.
Private or shared also differs: the $480 listing calls itself private, while the $314 3 day Cairo tour does not say.
Two days
The one 2 day Cairo tour that stays in the city is the private tour at $275: the pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum and the Khan El Khalili bazaar with an Egyptologist, plus a felucca ride on the Nile. Rated 4.6 on 75 reviews, it has more reviews than both city three-day listings put together.
Two days in the desert. The Bahariya Oasis camp tour at $227 covers the Black Desert, Crystal Mountain and the White Desert National Park, rated 4.9 on 850 reviews, the most of any multi-day listing here. A private version is $160, 4.7 on 174 reviews; an overnight Black and White Desert tour is $359, 4.7 on 17 reviews. All three are compared in the White Desert guide.
Two days south by air. Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbel with a round flight from Cairo and one night cost $815, 4.5 on 24 reviews. An overnight trip to Luxor by plane is $515, 4.5 on 6 reviews.
Three days out of Cairo
Five of the seven three-day listings leave the city. They are the right choice if the desert is the point of the trip rather than the museums.
White Desert and Bahariya. The private adventure at $244 adds the Black Desert, El-Marssos Mountain and Crystal Mountain, with meals and accommodation in the listing, 4.4 on 43 reviews. Three days and two nights through the same area cost $250, 4.4 on 32 reviews.
Siwa. The tour at $446 visits the Military Museum, the tombs of Si-Amun and Shali, with a swim in the oasis, 4.9 on 124 reviews. Another at $411 adds Cleopatra’s Spring and the Mountain of the Dead, 4.8 on 63. Two nights at a Siwa camp with mineral springs and the Great Sand Sea cost $500, 4.7 on 49 reviews.
Four days and longer
The only 4 day Cairo tour here is a Nile cruise: you fly from Cairo and sail from Aswan to Luxor, with Karnak, Edfu, Kom Ombo, the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Abu Simbel and a sunrise balloon flight, for $1,300, 4.4 on 156 reviews.
Longer packages: six days with a Nile cruise, a balloon flight and an Egyptologist for $1,700 (4.8 on 53 reviews); seven days with hotel stay, cruise and flights for $1,700 (5.0 on 2); eight days with flights, a cruise and a balloon ride for $1,808 (4.7 on 12); nine days with transport and accommodation for $2,100 (5.0 on 1). No listing here runs five days.
For a shorter taste of the south from Cairo, the Luxor guide compares the one-day flights.
The numbers
Dividing price by days makes the listings comparable. In the city, the two-day private tour works out at $137.50 a day, the $314 listing at $104.67 and the $480 listing at $160.00.
In the desert, three days with meals and accommodation come to $81.33 a day, and Siwa at $446 to $148.67. With a Nile cruise, the four-day trip is $325.00 a day and the nine-day package $233.33.
Put plainly, the 3 day Cairo tour cost runs from $244 in the desert to $480 in the city. What sets the higher prices apart is written in each listing: a dinner cruise, a private guide, meals, a camp.
Every trip, current fare
Two-, three- and four-day listings with price, length, rating and reviews from the live listings.
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo 3 Days Tours Pyramids, Coptic Cairo & The Grand MuseumEgyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo | 3 days | $314 | Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley temple | — | 5.0 · 2 |
| Cairo: 3-Day Guided Cairo and Pyramids Tour with Nile CruiseNile dinner cruise | 3 days | $480 | Pyramids and Egyptian Museum | — | 4.7 · 4 |
| Cairo: 2-Day Pyramid, Museum, Bazaar Private TourKhan El Khalili bazaar | 2 days | $275 | Pyramids, Sphinx, Egyptian Museum | — | 4.6 · 75 |
| Cairo: 2-Day Bahariya Oasis Camp and Desert TourBlack Desert, Crystal Mountain | 2 days | $227 | Bahariya Oasis camp | — | 4.9 · 850 |
| Cairo: 2-Day Bahariya & White Desert Private Camp AdventureNew White Desert | 2 days | $160 | Black Desert and Crystal Mountain | — | 4.7 · 174 |
| 3 Days 2 Nights Visit White Desert & Bahariya From Cairo3 days, 2 nights | 3 days | $250 | White Desert and Bahariya | — | 4.4 · 32 |
| Cairo: Bahariya Oasis & White Desert 3-Day Private AdventureMeals and accommodation | 3 days | $244 | Black Desert, El-Marssos Mountain | — | 4.4 · 43 |
| Cairo: 3-Day Siwa Oasis Tour, Safari, Camp & Historical SiteSwim in Siwa Oasis | 3 days | $446 | Military Museum, tombs of Si-Amun | — | 4.9 · 124 |
| Cairo: 2-Day 1-Night Luxor, Aswan, and Abu Simbel by FlightRound flight from Cairo | 2 days | $815 | Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbel | — | 4.5 · 24 |
| From Cairo: 4-Day Nile Cruise to Luxor with Balloon FlightKarnak, Edfu, Kom Ombo | 4 days | $1,300 | Aswan to Luxor Nile cruise | — | 4.4 · 156 |
Which one if…
Six situations, each matched to the listing that fits on its own figures.
The $314 listing: Coptic Cairo, the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue; 5.0, but on 2 reviews.
The private $480 listing with a Nile dinner cruise and Memphis; 4.7 on 4 reviews.
The two-day private tour at $275, 4.6 on 75 reviews, with a felucca ride and Khan El Khalili.
Bahariya at $227 for two days, 4.9 on 850, or Siwa at $446 for three.
The three-day White Desert adventure at $244 lists meals and accommodation.
The four-day Nile cruise at $1,300, or two days by air at $815 with Abu Simbel.
Worth it?
On the review numbers, the city packages are thin: 6 reviews across the two three-day listings, against 850 for the most reviewed desert trip. Their ratings, 5.0 and 4.7, sit on too few people to compare with anything else on this site.
There are two ways to fill three days in Cairo. One is a package, where one booking covers the days. The other is three guided days booked one by one: the pyramids and Sphinx private tour at $54 (4.9 on 7,942), the Grand Egyptian Museum with the pyramids at $97 (4.7 on 4,927) and the Citadel with Old Cairo at $76 (4.7 on 1,278), $227 for the three. The one-day tours guide compares them.
A 3 day Cairo tour package is worth it when its extras matter to you: the dinner cruise, Coptic Cairo in the same booking, or one guide for all three days.
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The two city three-day listings, the two-day private tour, three desert trips and two Nile cruise packages, at live prices.
★ 5.0 · 2 reviews
★ 4.7 · 4 reviews
★ 4.6 · 75 reviews
★ 4.9 · 850 reviews
★ 4.4 · 43 reviews
★ 4.9 · 124 reviews
★ 4.4 · 156 reviews
★ 4.8 · 53 reviews
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White Desert tours→Common questions
The two city listings are $314 and $480. Three days in the desert run from $244 to $500. Whether a price is per person or per group, check on the listing.
The two city listings do not say. The White Desert adventure at $244 lists meals and accommodation, and the nine-day package lists transport and accommodation.
The listings at $815, $1,700 and $1,808 name flights, and the four-day cruise starts with a flight from Cairo.
Not on this site. The listings run two, three, four, six, seven, eight and nine days.
The two-day Bahariya Oasis camp and desert tour at $227: 4.9 on 850 reviews.
One listing does it with a round flight from Cairo and one night, for $815, rated 4.5 on 24 reviews.
The $480 listing is described as private. The $314 listing does not say; check on the listing.
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