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Fayoum

Days 1–3 · 3 nights

What to know about Fayoum

How long: A day from Cairo, or a night. About two hours from Cairo each way. A day covers Wadi El Rayan or the Valley of the Whales; a night by Lake Qarun lets you see both without rushing.
What deserves priority: Wadi El Rayan's lakes and waterfalls, and the whale fossils of Wadi El Hitan.

Wadi el-Hitan
A desert valley of fossil whales with legs, from a sea that covered Egypt forty million years ago.

Days 4–6 · 3 nights

What to know about Nile & Aswan

How long: 4–5 nights recommended. Temples by day and the river between them: choose a boat by its name and its hours ashore, and the Nile does the rest.
What deserves priority: A cruise or dahabiya, Philae and time in Aswan.

Aswan High Dam
The monument that ended ancient Egypt's calendar.
Edfu Temple
The temple of Horus, whose walls are a library turned outwards.
Open 06:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
Elephantine
A granite island at the first cataract, where Egypt used to end.
Open 08:00–16:00, checked 3 September 2026
Kom Ombo Temple
A temple built twice over, side by side, for the crocodile and the falcon.
Open 07:00–21:00, checked 15 September 2026
Lake Nasser
An archive of ancient Nubia that nobody can visit.
Nubian Village
A living Nubian village on the west bank at Aswan, facing the island of Sehel.

Days 7–9 · 2 nights

What to know about Alexandria

How long: A long day from Cairo, or a night. Catacombs, a Roman theatre and the Mediterranean seafront. A day trip from Cairo is about six hours on the road in total; a night gives you an evening on the Corniche.
What deserves priority: The catacombs, the Roman theatre and Qaitbay Fort.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Alexandria's modern library, built as a successor to the most famous library of the ancient world.
Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa
A tomb built for the rich that grew into a city of the dead.
Kom el-Dikka
Roman Alexandria at street level, uncovered in the middle of the modern city.
Open 09:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
Pompey's Pillar
A single column of red granite, standing alone among the ruins of one of Alexandria's great temples.
Qaitbay Fort
A Mamluk fortress built on the ruins of the Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders.
Open 09:00–20:00, checked 3 September 2026

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