Ten days is where an Egypt trip stops being a schedule and starts being a holiday. Two things happen at this length that don’t happen at nine. Abu Simbel becomes a comfortable visit rather than a pre-dawn round trip squeezed between other commitments. And you get a genuine rest day — which matters far more than most people anticipate until they’ve done five consecutive early starts in Upper Egypt heat.
There are ten 10 day Egypt tour packages on this page, from $1,399 per person. They divide into four groups, and the division is more useful than the price when you’re choosing: cruise-and-Red-Sea, sailing boat instead of cruise ship, deep-south routes reaching Abu Simbel, and land routes that leave the Nile behind entirely for Alexandria, Siwa, Fayoum or Sinai.
I’m Essam Ali, a professional Egyptologist and the owner of Egypt Best Vacations. We’re a licensed Egyptian tour operator based in Luxor, not an agency reselling somebody else’s trip. The guides, the vehicles, the hotel contracts and the cruise cabins are ours. When something needs sorting at nine on a Friday night, you’re calling the people who can actually sort it.
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Ten-day Egypt tour packages with Egypt Best Vacations start at $1,399 per person, based on three people sharing a room. Most itineraries fall between $1,399 and $2,285 depending on hotel standard, vessel type and how many domestic flights the route needs. Cruise-ship routes begin at $1,465, Dahabiya sailings at $2,050, and the 2027 solar eclipse itinerary is priced separately at $5,350 because of the fixed date. Prices are land-only and exclude international flights, your $30 entry visa, travel insurance and gratuities.
Every ten-day package includes a representative meeting you inside the arrivals terminal with a signboard to assist with passport and visa formalities, private airport transfers, hotel and cruise accommodation at the standard shown, a licensed Egyptologist guide throughout, all entrance fees, an air-conditioned private vehicle with driver, daily breakfast with full board on cruise days, and direct support from our Luxor office. Domestic flights are included where the route requires them. International airfare, your entry visa, travel insurance and gratuities are not included.
Ten days covers Cairo, Upper Egypt and a third region with a rest day left over. Cairo means the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum. Upper Egypt means Karnak, Luxor Temple, the Valley of the Kings, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Philae, usually from the river. The third region is where itineraries differ: Abu Simbel, the Red Sea at Hurghada, Alexandria and Siwa Oasis in the Western Desert, or Fayoum and St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai.
On some routes, yes, and ten days is the point where it becomes comfortable. Abu Simbel is 280km south of Aswan, so on shorter itineraries it means a pre-dawn departure and a long day out. At ten days it fits without compressing everything around it, and you can reach the temples in early light before the coach convoys arrive. Our Cairo, Abu Simbel and felucca cruise package starts at $1,450. Abu Simbel can also be added to most other ten-day routes as an extra.
Most of our ten-day itineraries include three or four nights on the river. Cruise ships sail between Luxor and Aswan, stopping at Edfu and Kom Ombo. Two itineraries use a Dahabiya instead — a small sailing boat with a handful of cabins that moors at quieter sites — and two use a felucca, which is simpler and cheaper. Land-only ten-day routes that skip the river entirely are also available, pairing Cairo with Alexandria, Siwa, Fayoum or Sinai.
Ten-day itineraries run as small-group tours with a maximum of 16 travellers, which keeps the group small enough to hear the guide inside a tomb. Luxury and slow-travel packages run fully private as standard, as do the desert legs on Siwa itineraries, which need 4×4 vehicles. Any package on this page can also be arranged as a private departure on request, at a supplement. Nile cruise ships are shared vessels; a Dahabiya has six to twelve cabins, so a family or group of friends can often take the whole boat.
Yes, and it’s the length most first-time visitors settle on once they’ve worked out how much there is. Ten days fits Cairo, a full Nile cruise, a third region and a genuine rest day. Nine days covers the same ground but with every day doing a job and no slack. Eleven days buys a second region rather than a slower pace. Below nine, Upper Egypt is what gets cut, and it’s the part most people regret missing.
On ten-day tours without domestic flights, children under 6 travel free, children aged 6 to 11 pay 50% of the adult rate, and from 12 the adult rate applies. On packages that include domestic flights the airline’s own fare structure applies instead: ages 0 to 2 pay 30%, ages 3 to 5 pay 40%, ages 6 to 11 pay 50%, and from 12 the adult rate applies. Children share their parents’ room at these rates.
Most nationalities do. A tourist visa on arrival costs $30 and is bought at the airport, or you can apply for an e-Visa online before you travel. Citizens of the UK, US, Canada, Australia and most EU countries are eligible for both. Your passport must be valid for at least six months beyond your arrival date. Requirements vary by nationality, so check the official Egyptian e-Visa portal for your own passport before booking flights. Our representative meets you inside the terminal and assists with the formalities.
October to April, when daytime temperatures sit in the mid-20s Celsius and sightseeing is comfortable across Cairo, Luxor and Aswan. November to February is the peak and fills earliest. May to September is hot — 40°C is routine in Upper Egypt — but a ten-day itinerary handles it well because the rest day and the Red Sea leg give you somewhere to be in the afternoon. The Western Desert routes to Siwa are best October to March, and Sinai’s mountain nights are cold in winter. Book three to six months ahead for October–April travel.