Egypt Tours in November 2025

Two minor gripes. 1) It would have been nice to have been warned that the hotel in Cairo did not serve alcohol. 2) Explore should advise its clientele that a visa should be purchased at Cairo airport. The so-called e-visa offered by the embassy involves wrestling with an outdated website which frequently crashes, and requires a photograph of the passport at a resolution far lower than any smartphone will offer - I had to set my scanner at the lowest resolution possible to produce a file which the system would accept. Otherwise, things were great - especially the guide who went the extra mile to ensure that a visit to the Luxor workers' tombs was possible on the morning of our departure when officially her duties were complete.

An excellent guide and a busy itinerary made this an unforgettable, once in a lifetime trip. It is not aiming at the luxury end of the market and requires some individual stamina but overall it was comfortable and fun. A group of 12 people was a good size.

Excellent trip. Covers all the ancient sites and has the bonus of the Red Sea. Ramy was an excellent guide and couldn’t have done more. Cruise boat was nice. Definitely go to Abu Simbel. Suggest cocktails at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan. Only 6 in our group which was nice. Hotel Mercure on the Red Sea was nice with snorkelling from the beach or using FunFly (excellent) located at the hotel. It’s all buffet and busy. There are no English speakers at the hotel and the entertainment is geared towards French & Russians.

Our guide Yasminn was so knowledgeable and helpful. The hotels got better at each stay. You thought one was good and the next was even better. Staff and food was amazing. The river cruise was so relaxing. We always felt safe as there was an assigned police offer. Don’t hesitate to book as this was a trip of our lifetime!

It was also amazing, I couldn’t believe I was going before I got there. I couldn’t believe I was there when I got there. I couldn’t believe I did all that when I got home! That is the true definition of an excellent… Beyond excellent trip!

It was almost overwhelming to see and sometimes touch 4000 year old antiquities that we’ve heard of since childhood. We fulfilled one bucket list item by riding a camel in the desert, and another by seeing the Great Pyramids and Sphinx in real life. Collette flawlessly took us to each incredible site and filled us with the history buried in the past. The combination of land tours, cruising the Nile, and flying to Abu Simbel were well planned. Food met our dietary needs and accommodations were top notch. It was the trip of a lifetime but, even at our ages of 75 and 82, doable in every sense.