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Tailor-made Holidays to Egypt
Sometimes your dream holiday doesn’t quite match a group tour itinerary, you are looking to travel at your own pace or perhaps prefer your own private adventure. We are happy to tailor-make an itinerary designed specifically around your requirements. With the help of our specialist team of Egypt holiday planners, you can select your preferred style of accommodation and visit only the destinations and sites that you particularly want to see.
Here's three ways to get started with planning your holiday to Egypt:
- Browse our interactive map of Egypt
- Contact our Egypt Holiday specialists at custom@onthegotours.com
- Fill in your Egypt holiday wish list and we'll do the rest!
In addition, we have listed below some of our most requested holiday itineraries in Egypt. Also, please feel free to choose from one of our many group tours to Egypt, which we will be happy to arrange on a private basis.
Suggested itineraries for a holiday in Egypt:
Our quality assurance on your holiday to Egypt
Our expert team have travelled extensively throughout Egypt and are on hand to offer advise and create the perfect, carefully planned holiday for you. With experienced Egyptologist local guides to show you around all of the key sites at each port of call and local representatives available to offer further assistance should you require it, travelling with on the go couldn’t be simpler - we handle all of the arrangements and finer details, you just need to relax and enjoy your private adventure!
We ensure that all our recommended hotels and support services in Egypt are regularly inspected and as a AITO, ABTA and ATOL bonded operator, you can be assured of exemplary service standards, our high customer satisfaction levels and that the payment you make for your holiday is adequately protected.
Accommodation in Egypt
Be it a glorious historical palace such as the Mena House at the foot of the Pyramids or the Old Cataract Hotel, perched overlooking the Nile at Aswan, a fabulous five star resort by the Red Sea, a modern luxury hotel overlooking the Nile in Cairo or a luxury cruise boat journey along the Nile or Lake Nasser, Egypt offers a vast array of accommodation.
Since hotel grading in Egypt may differ to what one expects as the standard in the West, on all tailor-made holiday quotations, we will provide Western standard gradings for all hotels featured; be it a 3, 4, 5 or 5-star deluxe rating. Whilst it can be difficult to categorise heritage style hotels, we’ll normally provide you with an equivalent Western rating, in accordance with the style and type of facilities and amenities on offer.
Pricing Guidelines for Private Holidays in Egypt
Prices can vary considerably for tailor-made travel as the quality of hotels, places visited and time of travel is entirely up to you. In addition, you may choose to have a private guide to escort your right through your holiday in Egypt, or simply have the services of local Egyptian guides at each port of call. Prices also vary by the number of people in your travelling party, as fixed costs like transportation and guiding are shared across each group. For an indication of the sorts of prices to expect for a private holiday in Egypt, please have a look at some of the Private Journeys featured on our website. These are based on two people travelling, sharing a twin/double room.
Getting around Egypt whilst on holiday
- Road Travel: Airport transfers and travel by road at each port of call will be in our own vehicles which are air-conditioned and of modern European standard.
- Air Travel: We recommend covering large distances by internal flights which are normally on scheduled services with Egypt Air.
- Train Travel: This is a convenient and reasonably comfortable way to travel from Cairo down south to Luxor and Aswan. Sleeper class cabins are recommended.
- Nile Cruising: An enjoyable and relaxing experience in Egypt is to cruise the mighty River Nile. Anchoring away from either Luxor or Aswan, Nile cruisers ply their route from Luxor south to Aswan or Aswan north to Luxor. With stunning views of the Nile and the many villages you sail past, ashore there are also sightseeing possibilities at Edfu and Kom Ombo.
- Living it Local: For something a bit more more authentic and truly Egyptian, your could opt to sail the Nile by felucaas or traditional Dahabaya sail boats, There plenty more on offer in Egypt too in the way of 4x4 desert drives and camel treks.
Booking your holiday to Egypt
- Once you've had a chance to explore our website, call our e-mail us with basic ideas and a brief outline of what you’d like to see and do and the standard of hotels you would like.
- We’ll make some notes and suggestions and then get right to work on your quotation.
- Within a day or two, we’ll get back to you via email or post with a written quotation and follow-up call.
- If our quotation does not fit your requirements the first time, we’ll happily make amendments as many times as necessary until it’s perfect!
We look forward to welcoming you on holiday to Egypt this year.
