A tandem paramotor flight with a pilot over the desert beside the Giza Pyramids, usually at sunrise or late afternoon when the air is calm.
Duration
3 Hours
An evening around Sharm El Sheikh: the Old Market, the Al Sahaba Mosque, the view from the Hadaba cliffs and the promenade at Naama Bay.
Duration
4 Hours
See the Red Sea reefs without getting wet: a boat with a glass-walled lower deck cruises over the coral, with an optional snorkelling stop.
Duration
3 Hours
Both banks of Luxor in one private day: the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon, then Karnak and Luxor Temple.
Duration
8 Hours
A private felucca on the Nile at Luxor at sunset, sailing upriver to Banana Island as the light turns gold over the West Bank hills.
Duration
2 Hours
Two small museums on Luxor's Corniche: the finest statues found in Thebes at the Luxor Museum, and the tools and methods of embalming at the Mummification Museum.
Duration
3 Hours
An evening at Karnak, walking through the lit-up temple to a narrated soundtrack and ending with a seated show beside the Sacred Lake.
Duration
2 Hours
Eat your way through downtown and old Cairo with a local guide: koshari, ful, ta'ameya, feteer and sweets, with stories of the city along the way.
Duration
4 Hours
A guided visit to the original Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, still home to one of the largest collections of Pharaonic antiquities in the world.
Duration
4 Hours
Ride a camel across the desert edge of the Giza plateau to the viewpoint where all the Pyramids line up, with a handler leading the way.
Duration
3 Hours
For cruise passengers docking at Alexandria: a private day to the Giza Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, timed around your ship.
Duration
12 Hours
A boat trip north of Hurghada to the horseshoe reef known as Dolphin House, where spinner dolphins often rest, with snorkelling stops on the way.
Duration
8 Hours
A boat day from Hurghada to the protected Giftun islands, with snorkelling on the reefs and time on the white sand of Orange Bay.
Duration
8 Hours
A day on the water at Ras Mohammed, the national park at the southern tip of Sinai, with snorkelling stops on some of the best coral reefs in the Red Sea.
Duration
8 Hours
Fly from Sharm El Sheikh to Cairo and back in a day for the Giza Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum, with a private guide waiting at Cairo airport.
Duration
1 Day
Duration
1 Day
Duration
1 Day
A sail around Aswan's islands by felucca, then a motorboat to a Nubian village on the West Bank for tea in a family house.
Duration
4 Hours
An evening boat ride to Philae Island for the Sound and Light Show, as the Temple of Isis is lit up over the water.
Duration
3 Hours
Duration
1 Day
The West Bank sites most visitors skip: Medinet Habu, the Valley of the Queens, the workers' village of Deir el-Medina and the Ramesseum.
Duration
6 Hours
Two of Egypt's best-preserved temples north of Luxor: the Temple of Hathor at Dendera and the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, with its famous king list.
Duration
1 Day
Duration
1 Day
An hour on a quad bike across the desert edge beside the Giza plateau, with stops for photos of the Pyramids from the sand.
Duration
3 Hours
An evening at the Giza plateau, where the Pyramids and the Sphinx are lit up and the story of the pharaohs is told in a narrated show.
Duration
2 Hours
Aswan's essentials in one day: the island Temple of Philae, the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk, then a felucca sail around the islands at sunset.
Duration
6 Hours
A half-day on Luxor's West Bank: royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon.
Duration
6 Hours
A dawn balloon flight over Luxor's West Bank, with views of the Temple of Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon and the Nile valley.
Duration
4 Hours
The two rock-cut temples of Ramesses II and Nefertari at Abu Simbel, reached by road from Aswan with a private car and Egyptologist guide.
Duration
1 Day
Duration
1 Day
A full day on the Mediterranean coast: the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Pompey's Pillar, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Citadel of Qaitbay.
Duration
1 Day
Duration
1 Day
Duration
1 Day