Egypt Trip Planner — Your Journey, Perfectly Designed
Planning an Egypt trip is complex — the right sites, the right order, the right guide, the right time of year. Our licensed local guide planners handle everything and have your custom itinerary ready within 24 hours.
Plan Your Egypt Trip — Free, in 24 Hours
Fill in the form below. A licensed local guide will review your request and send a complete, day-by-day custom itinerary within 24 hours. No payment, no obligation.
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No waiting, no uncertainty — here is exactly what to expect.
We review your request
A licensed local guide reads your request in full — not a bot, not an auto-responder. We note your dates, preferences, and any specific requirements.
Your itinerary is designed
Within 24 hours, your guide builds a day-by-day custom itinerary specifically for your group, with hotel options, inclusions, and full pricing.
We send your proposal
You receive a complete written proposal by email. It covers every day, every site, every cost — itemised and explained. No obligation attached.
We refine together
You review and tell us what to adjust. We revise as many times as needed — at no charge. Most guests confirm within 2–5 days of first contact.
Planning an Egypt Trip Is Complex. We Handle All of It.
Egypt has more historical layers than any destination on earth. Getting the most from a trip to Egypt requires knowing the right sites, the right guide, the right order to visit them, the optimal time of day at each location, which hotels are actually near what they claim, and how to connect Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and Abu Simbel without wasting a single day in logistics.
This is not knowledge you acquire from a guidebook in a week. At Egypt Tours by Locals, our trip planners are licensed local guides based in Egypt — specialists who have guided at every site, know every hotel, and understand the practical realities of Egyptian travel at every season. They do not design off a template. They plan your specific trip, for your specific group, for your specific interests.
Since 2013, we have planned private Egypt trips for travellers from 75+ countries. The consistent result: guests who arrived with high expectations and left saying the experience exceeded every one of them.
Years planning Egypt trips
"Good Egypt trip planning is not about choosing which monuments to visit — anyone can make a list. It is about knowing the right day to visit the Valley of the Kings, which Nile cruise cabin actually has the view, and why the Grand Egyptian Museum requires 4 hours minimum not 2. The difference between a planned Egypt trip and an improvised one is the difference between understanding and just seeing."
How to Plan Your Egypt Trip — Step by Step
Whether you plan with us or independently, here is the complete guide to planning an Egypt trip in 2026 — in the right order, with the right considerations at each stage.
Popular Egypt Trip Itineraries to Inspire Your Plan
Six of our most-planned Egypt trip structures — each a starting framework we customise to your specific dates, interests, and group. All include a private licensed local guide.
Cairo City Break
The perfect short Egypt trip — all of Cairo's ancient layers in 3 days with a private guide.
- →Day 1: Pyramids + Grand Egyptian Museum
- →Day 2: Islamic Cairo + Old Cairo
- →Day 3: Saqqara + Memphis + Nile
Classic Egypt
The complete first Egypt trip. Cairo, a 4-night Nile cruise, and Abu Simbel.
- →Days 1–2: Cairo + Grand Egyptian Museum
- →Day 3: Fly Luxor + Karnak Temple
- →Days 3–6: 4-night Nile cruise (Luxor→Aswan)
- →Day 7: Abu Simbel day trip by flight
Classic + Alexandria
The 7-day classic extended with Alexandria — adding Egypt's Greek and Roman layers.
- →Days 1–2: Cairo (Pyramids + GEM)
- →Day 3: Alexandria day trip
- →Day 4: Fly Luxor + Karnak
- →Days 4–8: 5-night Nile cruise + Abu Simbel
Egypt + White Desert
The classic Egypt circuit extended with a White Desert overnight safari.
- →Days 1–2: Cairo
- →Days 3–4: White Desert overnight safari
- →Day 5: Fly Luxor + Karnak
- →Days 5–9: 5-night Nile cruise + Abu Simbel
Complete Egypt
Cairo, Alexandria, extended Nile cruise, Abu Simbel, and 3 days on the Red Sea.
- →Days 1–3: Cairo (3 full days)
- →Day 4: Alexandria
- →Days 5–10: 7-night Nile cruise + Abu Simbel
- →Days 11–12: Hurghada Red Sea
Deep Egypt — Everything
Every layer — monuments, desert, Nile, sea. Egypt without compromise.
- →Days 1–3: Cairo
- →Day 4: Alexandria
- →Days 5–6: White Desert camping
- →Days 7–12: 7-night Nile cruise + Abu Simbel
- →Days 13–14: Hurghada Red Sea
What's Included in an Egypt Trip Package
Every trip we plan is fully managed — from your first day in Cairo to your final airport departure. Here is exactly what is included and what you arrange independently.
Always Included
- ✓Licensed local guide for all sightseeing days
- ✓All hotel accommodation — 4-star standard or your chosen tier
- ✓Daily breakfast at your hotel
- ✓Private air-conditioned vehicle and driver throughout
- ✓All domestic flights within Egypt required by your itinerary
- ✓All airport transfers between cities
- ✓All monument entrance fees for listed sites
- ✓Full-board on Nile cruise — where included
- ✓Abu Simbel day trip — included in all Upper Egypt plans
- ✓24/7 on-trip WhatsApp support from your trip coordinator
- ✓Pre-trip visa & logistics guidance
Arranged Separately
- ○International flights to/from Cairo
- ○Egyptian visa fee ($25 USD, applied online by you)
- ○Travel insurance (required — we advise on providers)
- ○Personal spending and shopping
- ○Lunches and dinners not on the Nile cruise
- ○Optional activities added after confirmation
- ○Tips for guides and drivers (guidance provided)
Complete Price Transparency
We provide a fully itemised cost breakdown before any payment is requested. Every included element is listed with its individual cost. No surprises on arrival, no on-trip upselling.
Why Plan Your Egypt Trip With Us
There are many Egypt tour operators. Here is what makes Egypt Tours by Locals genuinely different as your Egypt trip planner.
Licensed Local Guide Trip Planners
Your trip is planned by a licensed local guide — not a sales agent. The same person who designs your itinerary often guides it.
Built From Scratch
We do not paste your name onto a standard template. Every itinerary is designed from a blank page based on your specific interests, dates, and group.
Fully Transparent Pricing
Itemised cost breakdown before you commit. What you see is exactly what you pay. No on-trip extras, no surprise costs, no optional fees that aren't optional.
Any Date You Choose
Private tours depart on any date of the year. No waiting for a group departure to align with your schedule. Plan around your exact travel window.
24-Hour Turnaround
You tell us your requirements — we send a complete custom itinerary within 24 hours. No lengthy back-and-forth before you see a proposal.
One Point of Contact
From first enquiry to final departure, you deal with one trip coordinator. No passing between departments, no lost context, no repeated explanations.
Local Knowledge
Our planners live in Egypt. They know which hotel room has the Pyramid view, when the Valley of the Kings is quiet, and what the GEM requires in real time — not from a brochure.
13 Years of Planning
Since 2013, we have planned and operated every type of Egypt trip. We know what makes a trip extraordinary rather than just good. That knowledge is in your itinerary.
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