- Tours start from 8 bases; Cairo & Giza has 27 tours, Luxor and Aswan 10 tours each, and the Red Sea resorts 21 tours between them.
- Some tours repeat stops: the Luxor both-banks tour and the East Bank tour both visit Karnak and Luxor Temple.
- Abu Simbel is 283.4 km from an Aswan hotel, about 3 h 26 min without traffic; the Nubian Museum is 2.6 km away, about 3 min without traffic.
- A stop can be skipped or the order changed where the tour allows, if you ask before booking.
- Domestic flights are never part of a tour price, including on the 7 tours that fly for the day.
Plan by base. Every tour on egyptdaytours.net starts and ends at your hotel, so list the cities where you will sleep, choose the tours that start there, and check that no two repeat the same stops. Then mix long drives with short days, and send the date of each tour with your request; pickup times are confirmed when you book.
Start with your bases
Egypt Day Tours is a site dedicated to day tours in Egypt: 73 day tours from 8 bases, and no hotel bookings, cruises or multi-day packages. Travel between cities and your hotel stays are yours to arrange; each tour picks you up at the hotel where you are staying on its date. Cairo & Giza has 27 tours, Luxor and Aswan 10 each, Sharm El Sheikh 7, Hurghada 6, Alexandria and Marsa Alam 5 each, and Dahab 3. What each base offers is in Egypt day tours by city.
Avoid tours that repeat the same stops
Several tours share stops. The table groups the tours from the same base that share a stop, and some tours from other bases that reach the same sites. Book one tour from each row, or ask before booking whether the shared stop can be skipped: a stop can be skipped or the order changed where the tour allows.
| Tours | Stops they share | What only one of them adds |
|---|---|---|
| Luxor both banks; Luxor East Bank; Karnak Temple with a guide | Karnak; the first two also share Luxor Temple | Both banks adds the Colossi of Memnon, Hatshepsut Temple and the Valley of the Kings; Karnak Temple with a guide is Karnak alone |
| Luxor both banks; Luxor West Bank; Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut | Colossi of Memnon, Hatshepsut Temple, Valley of the Kings | West Bank adds Medinet Habu and Deir el-Medina; both banks adds Karnak and Luxor Temple; Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut is those three alone |
| Luxor in a day from Aswan; Luxor both banks | Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon, Karnak, Luxor Temple | From Aswan, the Valley of the Kings is 225.2 km away, about 2 h 52 min without traffic |
| Pyramids, Memphis and Saqqara; Giza pyramids and the Egyptian Museum; Grand Egyptian Museum and the pyramids; Pyramids and both museums; Giza pyramids and the Sphinx, half day; Cairo on a layover | Giza pyramids, Sphinx | Saqqara and Memphis; the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir; the Grand Egyptian Museum; both museums; nothing more, in a half day; the Grand Egyptian Museum, from and back to Cairo airport |
| Pyramids, Memphis and Saqqara; Saqqara, Dahshur and Memphis | Saqqara, Memphis | The first adds the Giza pyramids; the second adds the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur |
| Giza pyramids and the Egyptian Museum; Egyptian Museum, the Citadel and Coptic Cairo; The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir; Pyramids and both museums; The two museums: GEM and Tahrir | Egyptian Museum, Tahrir | The pyramids; the Citadel and Coptic Cairo; nothing more; the pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum; the Grand Egyptian Museum |
| Grand Egyptian Museum and the pyramids; Grand Egyptian Museum with a guide; Pyramids and both museums; The two museums: GEM and Tahrir; Cairo on a layover | Grand Egyptian Museum | The pyramids; nothing more; the pyramids and the Egyptian Museum; the Egyptian Museum; the pyramids, from and back to Cairo airport |
| Egyptian Museum, the Citadel and Coptic Cairo; The Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque; Coptic and Islamic Cairo in a day | The Citadel and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali | The Egyptian Museum and Coptic Cairo; nothing more; Sultan Hassan, Coptic Cairo, Al-Muizz Street and Khan El Khalili |
| Egyptian Museum, the Citadel and Coptic Cairo; Coptic Cairo; Coptic and Islamic Cairo in a day | The Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue | The Egyptian Museum and the Citadel; the Church of St Sergius (Abu Serga), also on the first; the Citadel, Sultan Hassan, Al-Muizz Street and Khan El Khalili |
| Islamic Cairo and Al-Muizz Street; Coptic and Islamic Cairo in a day; Khan El Khalili walk | Al-Muizz Street, Khan El Khalili | The Al-Azhar Mosque; the Citadel, Sultan Hassan and Coptic Cairo; the walk is those two alone |
| Aswan day tour; High Dam and Philae Temple; Philae Temple by boat | Philae Temple; the first two also share the Aswan High Dam | The Aswan day tour adds the Unfinished Obelisk; Philae Temple by boat is Philae alone |
| Kom Ombo and Edfu from Aswan; Edfu and Kom Ombo from Luxor | Edfu, Kom Ombo | The city you start from |
| Mount Sinai from Sharm El Sheikh; Mount Sinai from Dahab | Mount Sinai, St Catherine's Monastery | The Sharm El Sheikh tour adds a stop in Dahab for lunch, which is not included, and the local markets |
How to split a Luxor day compares the Luxor both-banks, East Bank and West Bank tours.
