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Cairo & Giza

Days 1–3 · 3 nights

What to know about Cairo & Giza

How long: 3 nights recommended. Give Giza and the museum a full day together, then a second day for historic Cairo's mosques, churches and bazaar.
What deserves priority: Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Al-Mu'izz Street
The main street of the Fatimid court city, where for eight centuries anyone with power built to be seen.
Open 09:00–17:00, checked 29 September 2026
Ben Ezra Synagogue
The synagogue whose storeroom kept a medieval community's paperwork for centuries.
Open 09:00–16:00, checked 3 September 2026
Cairo Citadel
A medieval fortress above the whole of Cairo, and the seat of Egypt's rulers for more than six centuries.
Open 08:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
Dahshur
Where the Egyptians learned how to build a pyramid, by getting it wrong first.
Open 08:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
Giza Plateau
Three generations of kings built here; the plateau asks who did the building, and how they lived.
Open 08:00–16:00, checked 3 September 2026
Grand Egyptian Museum
A museum whose greatest collections belong to places you can see on the same day.

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Western Desert

Days 4–5 · 1 night

What to know about Western Desert

How long: 1–2 nights recommended. Stay the night: the chalk towers glow at sunset and sunrise, and we arrange the camp and permits for you.
What deserves priority: White Desert landscapes and a night under the stars.

White Desert
Chalk towers in the desert north of Farafra, best seen at the low light of dawn and dusk.

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Travel from Cairo & Giza
Cairo & Giza to Western Desert: 4–5 hours by road to Bahariya, then the desert by 4×4.
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Alexandria and Siwa Oasis: 5 Days from Cairo, on Alexander's Road
- Alexandria
- Pompey's Pillar
- Kom el-Dikka Roman theatre
- Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
5 days · 4 nights · moderate pace · fills days 4–8
de USD 795
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In a vehicle
Two long road days, Alexandria to Siwa and Siwa back to Cairo
At the sites
A full day in Alexandria and two full days in Siwa
Format
Private
Best time
October to April, when the desert days are warm rather than hot
Our tip: Two unhurried days in Siwa, at the end of the coast road. The UK government's travel advice names Siwa and the Marsa Matruh road as exceptions to its Western Desert warning, and this route uses that road.
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Other tours for day 4 (1)
- White Desert Camping: 2 Days from Cairo
  - White Desert National Park
  - Bahariya Oasis
  - Crystal Mountain
  2 days · 1 night · moderate pace · fills days 4–5
  de USD 100Choose for day 4
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- The White Desert after dark
  Overnight from Bahariya · de USD 99. Stay through sunset and the night sky among chalk formations; this landscape earns an overnight, not a rushed afternoon.
  Add to day 4
- The edge of the Great Sand Sea
  Half day to sunset · de USD 50. From Siwa into the dunes by four-wheel drive, a board down a slope, and dusk at a spring.
  Add to day 4
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