Egypt is one of the great family destinations, and it is also one where the planning matters more than usual. Children do not care that Khufu’s pyramid took twenty years to build. They care that they are standing at the bottom of it, that it is enormous, and that there is a camel. Get the pacing right and Egypt becomes the holiday your children talk about for the rest of their lives. Get it wrong and it becomes four hours in traffic with a tired six-year-old.
Our Egypt family vacations are built around that reality. Every itinerary here pairs a short guided morning with a free afternoon, keeps drives as short as the geography allows, and puts a pool or a beach at the end of the sightseeing rather than the start. Your guide is a licensed Egyptologist, and the good ones are storytellers — mummies, curses, boy kings and tomb robbers hold a child’s attention in a way that dynastic chronology never will.
The other thing that matters to families is what the children cost. Our child rates are set out in full below, and on most itineraries under-sixes travel free. We would rather you saw the numbers before you enquire than after.
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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.
Great tour. Our guide Essam was excellent. He was very knowledgeable and articulated the tour well. Offering our group good advice on how to customize our tour based on our interests. He was sure to warn us on all potential scams aswell as unnecessary/non affiliated persons. He also went above by making our restaurant reservations for us.
We enjoyed our Egypt travels through Egypt Best Vacations. Essam is the best tour coordinator and guide one can find! I am so glad we found him because he made our trip memorable in so many ways! He was always able to make the tours fun by telling us stories of the past in engaging ways! He was always helpful and gave us honest guidance regarding all local experiences eg. How to behave with street vendors. You felt you could trust him and rely on him fully through the travel!
On itineraries without a domestic flight, children under 6 travel free, 6 to 11 pay 50% of the adult rate, and from 12 the adult rate applies. On itineraries that include a domestic flight, 0 to 2 pay 30%, 3 to 5 pay 40%, 6 to 11 pay 50%, and from 12 the adult rate applies. All rates assume the child shares a room with two adults.
Because of the airline seat. Egyptian carriers charge for children from infancy, so packages that fly between cities carry a child fare we pass through rather than absorb. Land and coach itineraries have no seat to pay for, which is why under-sixes travel free on those.
Eight to twelve is the sweet spot — old enough to walk a temple, remember it and ask good questions, young enough to be genuinely awed. That said, we run family trips at every age, and the itinerary changes far more than the destination does.
Yes. Family itineraries run privately as standard — your own Egyptologist guide, your own driver and your own vehicle — because a family travelling with children needs to be able to stop, rest and change the plan without asking sixteen other people.
For ages six and up, it is often the best part of the trip. The ship is a hotel with a pool that moves while you sleep, all meals are included, and the temples are a short walk from each mooring. There is no repeated packing and no long drives. Younger children do fine too, though a Red Sea resort is usually the easier choice under six.
October to April for anything involving Cairo, Luxor or Aswan. Upper Egypt is punishing from May to September and children feel it more than adults. The Red Sea works year-round, so a summer trip is best built around a resort with early-morning sightseeing.
More than most families expect, on uneven ground. Giza, the temples and the Valley of the Kings all involve sand, steps and rough stone. Our itineraries keep guided sessions to a couple of hours and leave afternoons free, which is the main thing that makes it manageable.
In the museums and some temples, yes. Almost nowhere else — some temple floors and the Giza plateau are not pushchair terrain. For children under three, a carrier is a much better tool.
Yes, and the practical answer is that having a licensed guide with you removes almost all of the friction. The main irritation at the major sites is persistent selling — camel rides, souvenirs, unofficial “guides” — and that stops entirely when a local professional is standing beside you.
Yes, and most love it. Book it through your guide rather than accepting an offer at the gate — the price is agreed in advance, the animals are the ones we use regularly, and there is no argument at the end.
Bottled water only, including for brushing teeth. Every hotel and cruise ship we use has plain, familiar options for children who do not want to experiment. Pack whatever rehydration sachets you would normally take abroad.
Most families choose between five and ten. Five to seven covers Cairo plus Luxor or the Red Sea. Nine to eleven adds a Nile cruise and a beach resort, which is the combination that suits a wide age spread best.
Yes, and we do it constantly. Tell us their ages, your dates and roughly what you want to see, and we will build the itinerary rather than sell you the nearest fit. Age is the single most useful thing you can tell us.