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15 Three-Day Trips in Egypt Worth Booking

42 tours  ·  from $95

The 15 best three-day trips you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.

From Aswan: 3-Day Cruise to Luxor with Hot Air Balloon - Day one: Abu Simbel, Kom Ombo, and your first night aboard
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From Aswan: 3-Day Cruise to Luxor with Hot Air Balloon

1.3-Day Cruise to Luxor with Hot Air Balloon

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 598 reviews · 3 days · from $1,000Our pick

Sail from Aswan to Luxor for three busy days aboard a 5-star boat with a private cabin, meals, and an English-speaking Egyptologist. Visit Abu Simbel, Kom Ombo, Edfu, the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Karnak, and Luxor Temple, then rise over Luxor by hot air balloon.

“The cruise was so good, the crew was incredible and supportive all the time and specially Helmy who were always there when we need it making our experience the best, we got the chance to talk to him and he explained a lot of the questions we had about Egyptian culture and he was kind and respectful! The best guide we had was in Luxor we really loved the way Mina explained all the history and his knowledge is unmatched , he’s patient, he explains everything , responds to every questions and gives you time for pictures on top of that he’s VERY respectful and nice! His English is incredible..…”

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Siwa Oasis All inclusive 3 days Tour from Cairo or Giza - Floating in Siwa’s salt lakes
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Siwa Oasis All inclusive 3 days Tour from Cairo or Giza

2.Siwa Oasis All inclusive 3 days Tour from Cairo or Giza

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 310 reviews · from $315Top rated

Travel from your Cairo or Giza hotel to remote Siwa in a private air-conditioned vehicle. You will camp in the Great Sand Sea, swim in salt lakes and springs, visit Shali and the Oracle Temple, and explore with local guides such as Magdy, Hassan, or Anton when available.

“An absolute must to get away from the tourist areas in Cairo and Giza. Our guide was Anton and he was outstanding for the whole trip, making sure we did everything we wanted to. After being slightly disappointed by lazy guides around Giza spending half of the day trying to sell us Papyrus and oils, we were concerned about this trip but it was completely the opposite. Incredibly unique and the absolute highlight of our trip.”

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Siwa Oasis Tour All inclusive 3 Days Experience from Cairo&Giza - Salt lakes and Cleopatra’s Pool
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Siwa Oasis Tour All inclusive 3 Days Experience from Cairo&Giza

3.Siwa Oasis Tour All inclusive 3 Days Experience from Cairo&Giza

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 227 reviews · from $319

Travel privately from Cairo to Siwa Oasis for three busy days of desert adventure and local culture. With guides such as Amn, Mo Tolba, Aya, and Mazen, you’ll visit salt lakes, Cleopatra’s Pool, the Oracle Temple, Shali Fortress, and the Great Sand Sea, with meals, hotels, and transfers arranged.

“It is a short, yet busy time in Siwa!! Be ready to see it all! Definitely go dune riding in the Sahara! Mahmoud was an excellent driver! And MO a super guide, very responsible and respectful.”

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From Luxor: 3-Day Nile Cruise to Aswan with Private Guide - Life aboard the 5-star Nile boat
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From Luxor: 3-Day Nile Cruise to Aswan with Private Guide

4.3-Day Nile Cruise to Aswan with Private Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 147 reviews · 3 days · from $1,100

Sail from Luxor to Aswan for three days aboard a 5-star Nile boat, with private guiding at the Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Edfu, and Kom Ombo. The trip ends with an early Abu Simbel visit. Guides such as Gabriel, Marina, and Emad have earned especially strong praise for clear explanations and careful support.

“Gabriel was an amazing guide and Egyptologist. If you want the best information about the places you are visiting this is the guide you need. He explained everything in detail. He is so knowledgeable and really spent time to explain he story of each carving and each temple and gave a thorough explanation about the hieroglyphics. He was on time and was very clear on his directions and timing for meeting at meeting places. It was so helpful that he was with us the whole 3 days of the cruise as some stories and information linked to previous visits the day before. The communication with Nice Tours leading up to…”

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White Desert & Bahariya oasis 3 days 2 nights Tour from Cairo - Day two: Black Desert, Crystal Mountain, and Aqabat
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White Desert & Bahariya oasis 3 days 2 nights Tour from Cairo

5.White Desert & Bahariya oasis 3 days 2 nights Tour from Cairo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 135 reviews · 3 days (approx.) · from $209

Travel from Cairo to Bahariya Oasis and the White Desert for two nights, including one night under the stars and one at an oasis hotel. Expect 4WD desert drives, springs, salt lakes, Crystal Mountain, sandboarding, sunset views, and guides such as Hazam, Mahmoud, or Amir.

“Un super séjour d’une nuit dans le désert puis une nuit au camp d’Ahmed dans une jolie chambre, et dans un cadre très bien arrangé. Pick-up, drivers, accueil et nourriture au top! Belle découverte! Je recommande ! Merci à toute l’équipe.”

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all-inclusive Private 3 Days to the best 11 sightseeing Cairo - Day Three: Alexandria’s Library, Fortress, Pillar, and Catacombs
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all-inclusive Private 3 Days to the best 11 sightseeing Cairo

6.all-inclusive Private 3 Days to the best 11 sightseeing Cairo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 124 reviews · from $300

Spend three busy days with a private Egyptologist guide exploring Giza, Saqqara, Dahshur, Cairo, and Alexandria. You get hotel transfers, air-conditioned private transport, three lunches, entrance fees, bottled water, a camel ride, and time with guides such as Rania, Mustafa, Mona, or Yasser, subject to assignment.

“Our guide Mimo was fantastic. We had a really good experience during our trip. Highly recommend it. I just wish we could spend some more time to take pics.”

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Cairo: 3-Day Siwa Oasis Tour, Safari, Camp & Historical Site - Day 1: El Alamein, salt water, and the first Siwan sunset
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Cairo: 3-Day Siwa Oasis Tour, Safari, Camp & Historical Site

7.3-Day Siwa Oasis Tour, Safari, Camp & Historical Site

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 80 reviews · 3 days · from $361

Travel from Cairo to Siwa in a small group of up to 13, with guides such as Sabra, Ryan, Ahmed, or Ramy depending on assignment. Expect a long road journey, comfortable transport, salt-lake swims, desert driving, sandboarding, Siwan meals, ancient tombs, and a choice of lodge or desert camp nights.

“Excellent tour with great activities and very good organization. Special thanks to our guide Ahmed who contributed to making the experience smooth and fun. Definitely recommended!”

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Hurghada: 3-Day PADI Open Water Diving Course - Day one: equipment, theory, and the first underwater skills
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Hurghada: 3-Day PADI Open Water Diving Course

8.3-Day PADI Open Water Diving Course

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 78 reviews · 3 days · from $412

Spend three days learning scuba skills in Hurghada with a PADI instructor and two underwater sessions each day. You will practice equipment use, buoyancy, communication, and safety before reaching depths of up to 18 meters. Instructors may include Khaled or Achmed, with hotel pickup, gear, lunch, drinks, and certification support included.

“I just finished doing my 3-day open diving course! My instructor, Achmed, was great. He was very knowledgeable, patient and explained every dive clearly before we began as well as explained the goals for the day in the morning time. He made the course really enjoyable and mixed in some fun dives with skilled dives. Had a great time, had some good laughs along the way and got certified as an open water diver in 3 days with no prior knowledge of diving. Besides the actually diving part everything else ran smoothly — transport was always on time, and everyone on the team was super friendly and welcoming. They also…”

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From Cairo: 3-Day Nile Cruise with Hot Air Balloon & Flights - Day 1: Cairo to Luxor by air
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From Cairo: 3-Day Nile Cruise with Hot Air Balloon & Flights

9.3-Day Nile Cruise with Hot Air Balloon & Flights

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 71 reviews · 4 days · from $1,300

Fly from Cairo to Luxor, spend a night in a 4-star hotel, then cruise for two nights toward Aswan. You’ll see the Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Abu Simbel, and Luxor’s temples from a sunrise balloon. Guides include Ayman, Hassan, Khaled, and Ahmed Ashraf.

“From the first moment (pick up from the hotel) and everything later, was precise and exactly as planned and announced. Communication with Nice Tours (operator) via WhatsApp excellent. Guide in Luxor (Ayman) great. Guide on the boat and other tours (Hassan) great also. Food on the boat amazing, very very tasty, excellent variety (even offered much too much for the needs of travelers). Room on the boat (Semiramis II) perfect - you feel like in a delluxe hotel in the city. Boat has even elevator! A tour to remember ...”

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Aswan: 3-Day Nile River Cruise to Luxor with Guided Tours - Day one: Philae, the High Dam, and an afternoon on the Nile
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Aswan: 3-Day Nile River Cruise to Luxor with Guided Tours

10.3-Day Nile River Cruise to Luxor with Guided Tours

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 62 reviews · 3 days · from $480

Spend two nights aboard a Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor, with English-speaking Egyptology guides, Philae Temple, Edfu, Kom Ombo, the Valley of the Kings, Karnak, and Luxor Temple. Guides such as Samy, George, Omar, and Adel have earned strong praise for clear explanations and practical help.

“Guides were all very knowledgeable and gave a good amount of history. They also knew all the right angles to take great photos! Boat was average. No bathroom amenities. Food was good.”

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3-Day Nile Cruise with Hot Air Balloon from Cairo by Flights - Day two: balloon flight, royal tombs, and Karnak
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3-Day Nile Cruise with Hot Air Balloon from Cairo by Flights

11.3-Day Nile Cruise with Hot Air Balloon from Cairo by Flights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 53 reviews · from $642

Fly from Cairo to Luxor for a sunrise hot-air balloon ride, royal tombs, Karnak, Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Abu Simbel. You stay one night in a four-star Luxor hotel and two nights on a five-star Nile cruise, with private English-speaking guides, flights, meals, and transfers arranged.

“Nice Tours arranged everything smoothly. The flight, cruise, hotel and tour guides are good. We had a great experience.”

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2 Nights 3 Days at Siwa Oases camp from Cairo - What the desert camp night is really like
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2 Nights 3 Days at Siwa Oases camp from Cairo

12.2 Nights 3 Days at Siwa Oases camp from Cairo

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 43 reviews · 3 days · from $400

Travel from Cairo to Siwa for two nights of springs, salt lakes, Shali Fortress, the Oracle Temple, sandboarding, and a Great Sand Sea sunset. Expect an early start, long road hours, local meals, and a guide such as Youssef, Abdo, Hadi, or Mohamad depending on the group.

“Siwa was amazing! The guides and drivers were exceptional. The activities were some of the coolest things I’ve ever done, and I’ve done a lot of traveling. My only complaint is I wish the accommodations were more clear in the booking, as it wasn’t very transparent we would be sleeping in a tent with no mattress and no towels given to shower, and the second hotel was not the one pictured and was not clean by western standards. Otherwise, the guide was amazing, the drivers were so kind, the food was good, and the activities were great! I would 100% recommend booking this tour (keeping in mind you’ll be roughing…”

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From Luxor: 3-Day Nile Cruise to Aswan with Balloon Ride - The balloon ride begins before sunrise
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From Luxor: 3-Day Nile Cruise to Aswan with Balloon Ride

13.3-Day Nile Cruise to Aswan with Balloon Ride

★★★★★★★★★★3.6 · 43 reviews · 3 days · from $750

Travel from Luxor to Aswan on a two-night 5-star Nile cruise, with a hot-air balloon ride, private Egyptologist, Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Abu Simbel. Guides may speak English, French, Spanish, German, or Arabic, with named guides including Mina Habib, Manel, Emad elsmaky, and Mustafa.

“Feels like a scam ! We took a 3-day cruise trip in Egypt with my family last week in December, and it included a hot air balloon ride that was supposed to be timed for sunset. Unfortunately, we were assigned to the third wave, so we waited on the ground for a long time and by the time we finally went up, the sunset had already finished. To make matters worse, after we landed a guide asked us to pay extra for photos/videos. We paid on the spot and were told the files would be sent shortly, but it’s now been over a month and we still haven’t received anything.…”

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3 Days private guided Cairo travel package - Day 1: a simple airport arrival
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3 Days private guided Cairo travel package

14.3 Days private guided Cairo travel package

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 43 reviews · from $182

Spend three days exploring Cairo with a private Egyptologist guide and air-conditioned vehicle. Visit Giza, Saqqara, Dahshur, Memphis, the Egyptian Museum, Saladin’s Citadel, and Khan El Khalili. Airport transfers, hotel pickup, lunch, entry fees, and a camel ride are included.

“I wasn’t sure if I had signed up for a group tour or an individual tour. It ended up being just us and our driver and our guide. I do like a group, but in this case, it worked really well to just have the guide and driver. We were able to adjust to our Jetlag, etc. Our guide was very Read more”

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3 Day Egypt Highlights From Hurghada - Egyptian Museum and the flight to Aswan
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3 Day Egypt Highlights From Hurghada

15.3 Day Egypt Highlights From Hurghada

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 43 reviews · from $1,021

Travel from Hurghada to Cairo, Aswan, and Luxor with an Egyptologist guide, hotel stays, meals, transport, and a first-class train ride. You’ll see the Sphinx, Giza pyramids, Egyptian Museum, Abu Simbel, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, and Karnak before returning by car.

“Our tour is run by the tour operator Egypt tours. The travel and hotel (especially Steigenberger Nile Palace, Luxor) arrangements were good. We skipped Cairo. The visit to Abu Simbel temples required three hours by car starting early in Read more”

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