In short
- Children under 6 enter Egyptian monuments and museums free (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, checked August 2026).
- No tour's data states an age limit or says a tour suits children, so give your children's ages when you ask.
- Our shortest outings run about 2 hours (a felucca sail, Luxor Temple); most half days run about 4 hours.
- Family guides commonly advise sightseeing early or late, a rest in the middle of the day and fewer stops.
- Two sources advise a sturdy baby carrier over a stroller for Cairo's kerbs and sidewalks.
None of the data for our tours states an age limit or says a tour suits children, so this guide matches tours to ages by their shape: length, drive, boat or desert. Family guides commonly advise half days, sightseeing early or late and a rest in the hottest hours. Children under 6 enter Egyptian monuments and museums free; give your children's ages when you ask.
Match the tour to the age
This table groups our tours by the kind of day. It is not a safety rating: for any activity with a ride, a climb or the water, ask what age it takes.
| Age group | Tours that fit the shape | Commonly advised |
|---|---|---|
| Toddlers and preschoolers | Short outings at one place: Luxor Temple with a guide, late afternoon, about 2 hours; the private felucca ride in Cairo, about 2 hours; the felucca sail in Aswan, about 2 to 3 hours in the afternoon | Half-day tours, a slower pace and extra downtime; a felucca as the easy outing |
| Children in primary school | Half days of about 4 hours: the Giza pyramids and the Sphinx (see also the pyramids of Giza), the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and Qaitbay and the Bibliotheca in Alexandria; Philae Temple by boat, about 3 hours | One main sight a day, with the rest of the day kept free |
| Older children and teens | Full days with lunch, such as Pyramids, Memphis and Saqqara; boat days with lunch on board, such as Giftun Island snorkeling; desert days with a quad or camel ride, such as the quad bike at the Giza pyramids, whose data gives no minimum age | Older children get more from the historical sites and can take busier days |
Which tours by city
Drive times are map routing without traffic. The long road days are the ones to place carefully; see early starts and long drives for all of them.
| Base | Shorter days | Longer days |
|---|---|---|
| Cairo and Giza | Half days of about 4 hours at the pyramids, a museum or Coptic Cairo; the felucca, about 2 hours | Saqqara, Dahshur and Memphis, about 7 to 8 hours; Fayoum, about 8 to 9 hours; Alexandria in a day, about 11 hours |
| Luxor | Mornings of about 3 hours at Karnak, the Valley of the Kings or Hatshepsut Temple; Luxor Temple, about 2 hours | Dendera and Abydos, with a first drive of about 2 h 13 min; the balloon flight picks you up before sunrise |
| Aswan | Philae by boat, about 3 hours; the felucca, about 2 to 3 hours | Abu Simbel, about 3 h 26 min each way |
| Alexandria | Half days of about 4 hours at Qaitbay and the Bibliotheca or the Roman sites | El Alamein or Wadi El Natrun, each with a drive of over 1 h |
| Red Sea and Sinai | Blue Hole snorkeling from Dahab, a half day of about 4 hours | Full days at sea with lunch on board; Luxor from Marsa Alam, about 4 h 11 min each way; Mount Sinai, a night climb for sunrise |
