- All tours are private for your group's car and guide.
- 56 tours are private from start to finish: just your group.
- On 17 tours the activity itself, a boat, a balloon, a show, a dinner cruise or a safari, is shared with other guests.
- Prices are per person, for 2 or more people.
- Where the tour allows, a stop can be skipped or the order changed if you ask before booking.
On every tour on Egypt Day Tours, a site dedicated to day tours in Egypt, "private" means the car and the guide are for your group only. On 56 tours the whole day is private, just your group. On 17 tours the activity itself, such as a boat, a balloon, a show, a dinner cruise or a safari, is shared with other guests, while transfers and guide stay private.
Two kinds of private
The tours state their type in one of two ways:
| Private, just your group | Private transfers and guide | |
|---|---|---|
| Tours | 56 tours | 17 tours |
| Car to and from your hotel | Your group only | Your group only |
| Guide or tour leader | Your group only | Your group only |
| The activity | Your group only | Shared with other guests |
| Examples | Luxor West Bank, full day; Abu Simbel temples, from Aswan | Hot-air balloon ride over Luxor; Maxim dinner cruise on the Nile |
Private describes your car, your guide and your program. The temples and museums you visit stay open to other visitors as usual.
The 17 tours with a shared activity
| Tour | Base | The activity |
|---|---|---|
| Pyramids sound and light show with dinner | Cairo | The show on the Giza Plateau, then dinner at a local restaurant |
| Maxim dinner cruise on the Nile | Cairo | A reserved table aboard the dinner cruise boat, an open buffet and live entertainment |
| Tanoura show night | Cairo | The Tanoura dance and live Sufi music show |
| Hot-air balloon ride over Luxor | Luxor | The balloon flight, after a ferry to the launch site on the West Bank |
| Karnak sound and light show | Luxor | An evening walk through Karnak and the show beside the sacred lake |
| Philae sound and light show | Aswan | The boat to Philae and the show among the lit temple columns |
| Desert safari by jeep | Hurghada | A camel ride, the sunset, a barbecue dinner and an oriental show in the desert |
| Sindbad submarine | Hurghada | The submarine trip |
| Giftun Island snorkeling | Hurghada | The boat day, with two snorkeling stops and beach time on Giftun Island |
| Dolphin House by boat | Hurghada | A shared boat to the Dolphin House reef and a second snorkeling stop, with lunch on board |
| Snorkeling from Port Ghalib | Marsa Alam | The boat trip, with snorkeling stops and lunch on board |
| Samadai Dolphin House | Marsa Alam | A shared boat to Samadai reef for snorkeling, with lunch on board |
| Sunset quad safari | Marsa Alam | A quad ride, a Bedouin village with tea, a camel ride and a barbecue dinner |
| Tiran Island snorkeling | Sharm El Sheikh | The boat trip, with snorkeling stops and an open buffet lunch on board |
| Ras Mohammed by boat | Sharm El Sheikh | A shared boat to snorkel in Ras Mohammed National Park and at White Island, with lunch on board |
| Quad and camel safari | Sharm El Sheikh | A quad ride, Bedouin tea, a camel ride and a stop at Echo Mountain |
| Blue Hole, quad and camel | Dahab | Snorkeling at the Blue Hole, a quad ride and a camel ride |
None of these tours states how many other guests share the activity; if that matters to you, ask in your request. If a balloon flight is cancelled for weather, you get another date or a full refund; Luxor hot-air balloon: what the morning looks like covers that day in detail.
