Best Egypt Luxury Tours From USA

What’s Included — and What Isn’t

Every package includes:

• Private airport transfers in air-conditioned vehicles

• Our all inclusive Egypt luxury tours from USA include a representative waiting for you inside the arrivals terminal at Cairo with an Egypt Best Vacations signboard, who stays with you through the visa and passport formalities and hands you to your private driver. After a fifteen-hour travel day, not having to work out the arrivals hall yourself is worth more than it sounds.

• Accommodation in two tiers, with the Egyptian license rating and the honest Western equivalent shown side by side on every itinerary — Diamond, which is a 4.5-star Western equivalent, and Elite, which is a genuine 5 stars. Nile cruise ships follow the same logic: our Luxury ships are a true 5 stars and our Ultra Deluxe ships a 4.5.

• A private licensed Egyptologist guides 
• All entrance fees to temples, tombs, and museums
• Domestic flights between Egyptian cities where the itinerary requires them
• Daily breakfast and dinner at the hotels
• Lunches at local restaurants
• Full board on the Nile cruise ships
• Direct support from our offices for the length of your trip

International airfare is not included. Our quoted prices are land-only, starting from the moment you land in Egypt. We can arrange your flights from the US on request, and we’re glad to advise on routings — but the price you see on each tour page covers Egypt, not the transatlantic ticket. We’d rather be clear about that now than have you discover it at booking.

Also excluded: your Egypt entry visa, travel insurance, personal spending, and gratuities.

What a Luxury Egypt Trip Really Costs From the US

Our land packages run from $1,300 per person for a 4-day Cairo trip up to $5,350 per person for a 15-day comprehensive vacation. Those headline figures are based on three people sharing a room, which is how the industry quotes. Most of our American guests travel as couples, so the figure that will actually apply to you is the twin-share rate, $1,400 for a 4 day trip . 

Hotel rooms and cruise cabins are priced on double occupancy, so a solo traveller pays a single supplement of 70% on the twin rate — in practice the single rate works out at 1.70 times the per-person twin price. That is fixed, not seasonal, and we quote it upfront rather than adding it at the booking stage. If you are a woman travelling alone, our Egypt tours for women from the USA are built around it.

To budget honestly, add these:

A realistic all-in figure for a couple on a 10-day trip lands somewhere between $5,000 and $7,500 including flights. Solo travelers should expect a single supplement, since hotel and cabin pricing assumes double occupancy.

How Long Should You Go?

Most American travelers underestimate this. Given that you’re already spending a full day in transit each way, short trips get expensive per day of actual vacation.

• 4 to 6 days — Cairo and the Pyramids, possibly with Luxor or Alexandria. Workable if you’re extending a business trip.
• 8 to 10 days — the sweet spot. Cairo, a Nile cruise between Luxor and Aswan, and time at the major sites without rushing.
• 12 to 15 days — everything above, plus Abu Simbel and several days on the Red Sea at Hurghada or Sharm El-Sheikh.

Every itinerary covers the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum. Longer trips add the Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Philae, and Edfu.

All of our private Egypt luxury tours from USA are exactly that — private. Every itinerary on this page is private, at every length. You never share a guide or a vehicle with strangers, and the pace is yours. That is the difference between our luxury line and our standard packages, where trips of seven days and over run as small groups.

When to Travel

October through April is the comfortable window, with daytime temperatures in the 70s and 80s Fahrenheit. May through September gets genuinely hot in Upper Egypt, regularly above 100°F in Luxor and Aswan — manageable with early starts, and rewarded with lower prices and thinner crowds.

For American schedules specifically:

• Thanksgiving week — excellent weather, and one of our busiest US booking periods
• Christmas and New Year — peak season, and our festive packages include the compulsory gala dinner in the quoted price, so there’s no surprise supplement on your bill
• Spring break, March — warm but not yet punishing
• Presidents’ Day week — quieter at the sites, cool mornings

Book 3 to 6 months ahead for peak dates. Dahabiya sailboats and the best cruise cabins sell out first.

Entry Requirements for US Passport Holders

US citizens need a visa. You have two routes: apply for an e-Visa online before you fly, or buy a visa on arrival at Cairo airport. Both cost $30 for a single-entry tourist visa.

Your passport must be valid for at least six months beyond your arrival date. Check this now — it’s the single most common reason Americans get turned away at check-in.

Our all inclusive Egypt luxury tours from USA include a representative meeting you at the aircraft door in Cairo to walk you through immigration, which removes most of the friction from arrival.