Seventeen days is the length at which Egypt stops being a checklist. Ten days gets you Cairo, Luxor and Aswan at a brisk walk. Twelve buys breathing room. Our 17 day Egypt vacation packages give you room to add a second Egypt entirely — the Western Desert, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean coast — without cutting anything from the first.
The four 17 day Egypt vacation packages below all run seventeen days and sixteen nights, and they cost between $2,105 and $3,170. What separates them is not how much they cover. It is how you travel the Nile, and what you do with the week after it. Choose the wrong one and you will have a good holiday; choose the right one and you will have the holiday you actually wanted. The comparison below is written to make that choice quickly.
Three things, in order of how much difference they make.
The Giza plateau, the Grand Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo, Islamic Cairo and the Khan — these are five separate half-days, and most Egypt itineraries compress them into one and a half. On a seventeen-day trip they get the time they need, and the Grand Egyptian Museum alone rewards a full one.
On a short tour the cruise is a way of getting between temples. Over seventeen days it becomes the rest of the trip, which is why the choice between a dahabiya, a felucca and a standard cruise boat matters more here than on any shorter itinerary.
The White Desert, Siwa, the Red Sea reef — these are what shorter itineraries cut first. They are also the parts guests describe most vividly afterwards, because they are the least like what they expected Egypt to be.
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Valley of Kings , Luxor Temple, Karnak Temple ,Felucca Ride in Aswan are very Good. Had wonderful time. The guide Mr.Essam Ali is Wonderful and Knowledgeable. He had taken very good care of us through our the trip at every place . We strongly recommend Mr.Essam Ali.
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Not if the itinerary is built for it. What makes a long Egypt trip tiring is not the length but the number of early starts, internal flights and hotel changes packed into it. Seventeen days done properly has fewer moving days than twelve days done badly. All four itineraries here hold you in one place for several nights at a time, on the cruise and on the coast.
A second landscape. Twelve days covers Cairo, the Nile and one extra element. Seventeen covers Cairo properly, the Nile at a real pace, and both a coastal stay and a desert leg. If you only ever visit Egypt once, this is the length that leaves nothing out.
Start with the Nile. If you want a small sailing boat with cabins and quiet moorings, take the dahabiya itinerary. If you want the Nile open and simple and you sleep well outdoors, take the felucca. The land portions are broadly similar across all four.
Small group, capped at 16, with private departures available on request. Our luxury and Explore Egypt Slowly itineraries are always private.
October to April. A seventeen-day itinerary will have you in Upper Egypt and, on two of these packages, in the Western Desert, and both are severe in high summer. February and March give the best balance of weather and crowds.
Plan for the $30 visa on arrival, tipping, drinks and meals outside those listed in your itinerary, optional excursions, and any interior pyramid tickets you want at Giza.
Neither appears as standard on the four itineraries here, but both work well at this length and we build them into custom versions regularly. Tell us which matters more and we will restructure the route around it.
Yes, on all four itineraries. A single supplement applies for sole occupancy of a room or cabin.