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Egypt in Two Weeks: The Grand Tour

Itineraries · 8 min read · Published 2025-07-25

Fourteen days is enough to go deep: Cairo, the full Nile, Abu Simbel, the Red Sea, and maybe Alexandria or the desert.

With two weeks you can stop choosing and start adding. A 14-day trip lets you cover the icons at a relaxed pace and weave in the places most visitors miss.

Week one: Cairo and the Nile

Spend three or four days in Cairo, including the Pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum, and a day at Saqqara and Dahshur. Then fly south for a full Nile cruise between Aswan and Luxor, with Abu Simbel from Aswan.

Week two: coast, culture or desert

This is where two weeks shines. Add a relaxing stretch on the Red Sea for snorkelling and downtime, a day or two in Alexandria for a Mediterranean change of pace, or, for the adventurous, a desert escape to the White Desert or even Siwa Oasis.

Pacing it right

The luxury of fourteen days is space: rest days, slower mornings, and time to actually enjoy places rather than tick them off. Don't fill every slot; leave room to wander.

How to shape it

Because every trip we run is private and tailor-made, a grand tour like this is easy to build around what you love, whether that's history, beaches or desert. Browse our longer Egypt packages or, if you're tempted to add a neighbour, see our Egypt and Jordan guide.

Tell us what you'd love to include and we'll map the perfect two weeks.

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