5 Days in Cairo and Hurghada Over New Year

Our representative meets you inside the arrivals hall at Cairo International Airport, holding an Egypt Best Vacations signboard, and stays with you through passport control and the visa formalities. From there it is a private transfer to your hotel, where check-in is already arranged.

The rest of the day is yours. If you land early and want to use the afternoon, tell us in advance and we can add a short Islamic Cairo walk or an evening at Khan el-Khalili.

Overnight: Cairo

Meals: None

Your guide collects you after breakfast for the full Giza plateau. You will stand at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the only one of the classical Seven Wonders still standing, then move on to the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure and the panoramic point where all three line up. The Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple of Khafre close the morning.

After lunch, the Grand Egyptian Museum, ten minutes down the road. The Grand Staircase carries you past monumental royal statuary toward a window framing the pyramids themselves, and the Tutankhamun galleries hold the complete tomb assemblage displayed together for the first time — more than five thousand objects, from the gold mask to the chariots and the folded linen.

Late afternoon your driver takes you to the domestic terminal for the flight to Hurghada, roughly an hour in the air. A representative meets you at Hurghada airport and transfers you to your Red Sea resort.

Overnight: Hurghada

Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner

Note: luggage goes with you. There is no return to the Cairo hotel after the museum, so check out in the morning.

No alarm, no guide, no schedule. Breakfast at the resort and the day is yours for the beach, the pool or the house reef.

If you would rather be on the water, we can book a snorkelling boat to Giftun Island or Orange Bay, both roughly forty-five minutes out, where the visibility in winter is usually excellent. A quad or jeep run into the Eastern Desert is the alternative for anyone who has had enough of saltwater.

In the evening, the New Year’s Eve gala dinner at your resort — a set festive menu with entertainment, included in your package.

Overnight: Hurghada

Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner (all-inclusive)

A slow start is the point. Most guests spend the morning recovering by the pool.

For the afternoon or the full day, the options are open: a submarine or glass-bottom boat if you want the reef without getting wet, a diving session if you are certified, or a long day trip to Luxor by road for the Valley of the Kings and Karnak. The Luxor run is around four hours each way, so it is a genuine commitment — worth it, but tell us at booking rather than on the day.

Overnight: Hurghada

Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner (all-inclusive)

Breakfast, then a transfer to Hurghada airport for the flight back to Cairo. On arrival our representative meets you at the domestic terminal and moves you to international departures for your onward flight.

If your international flight is late in the day, ask us about a day-use room or a half-day Saqqara and Memphis add-on to fill the gap.

Meals: Breakfast