Alexandria Day Trips from Cairo
Alexandria is a 2.5 to 3-hour drive north of Cairo, on the Mediterranean. Tours visit Qaitbay Citadel, the Kom El Shoqafa catacombs, Pompey's Pillar and the new Library.
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Day Trips from Cairo
Most day trips from Cairo go to the pyramids of Giza, Saqqara and Memphis, or to Alexandria, a 2.5 to 3-hour drive north. The White Desert usually means a night in a desert camp.
White Desert Tours from Cairo
The White Desert's wind-carved rock formations lie past the Bahariya Oasis, about 4 hours from Cairo by road. Most tours spend a night in a Bedouin camp; one goes and returns in a day.
Day Trips to the Pyramids from Cairo
The Giza pyramids and the Sphinx stand about 18 km from central Cairo; the Step Pyramid of Saqqara and Memphis lie further south. Most tours include hotel pickup.
Egypt Tours from Cairo
Tours of 2 to 7 days that start in Cairo: Alexandria and the Siwa Oasis, Fayoum and the White Desert, Minya's ancient tombs, or Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbel by train.
Nile Cruises from Cairo
Packages that start with nights in Cairo and the Giza pyramids, then fly south to cruise the Nile between Aswan and Luxor, stopping at the temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu.
Two trips into the desert west of the Nile: the Fayoum Oasis, with the Meidum Pyramid and Lake Qarun, and the monasteries of Wadi El Natrun with the El Alamein war sites.
Two trips east of Cairo: the Suez Canal, with a stop in Ismailia, and a beach day at a resort in Ain Sokhna, on the Red Sea about 130 km away.
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