Egypt travel, tours and Vacation packages

A short guide about Egypt

The land of Egypt… is mythical, magical and monumental – Egypt will capture your attention and hold you spellbound; in the 5th century BC Herodotus wrote “no-where are there so many marvellous things... of unspeakable greatness…” From tradition to modernity – Egypt is a country that has created a present that is as fascinating as it’s past.

When considering an Egyptian tour you’ll discover that there is so much to chose from – you can reach the Red Sea coast via the Suez Canal and relax in luxury beach resorts, like Hurghada; a valued diving destination, its year round warm climate presents clear azure waters with many species of exotic fish and coral.

Discover Lower Egypt’s extensive region containing the Nile Delta and the Mediterranean coast, whose capital is Cairo – home to the Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza. Enjoy a day tour of the ancient relics in Memphis and Sakkara, and “glimpse the past” at Alexandria; the "window on the Mediterranean". Explore Middle Egypt on a luxurious cruise between where the historical Upper and Lower kingdoms met.

Tour the ancient temple towns of Upper Egypt that draw thousands of travellers every year to visit Luxor; the ‘gateway’ to the Valley of the Kings, explore the remote town of Abu Simbel cruise Lake Nasser, or simply relax in the amazing sights of Aswan. The rugged isolated Sinai Peninsula has fascinating relics of the past, and is practically uninhabited but for several Bedouin settlements. The reason most tourists come to Dahab or Sharm el Sheikh in this brutally hot desert is for the underwater vistas; as the Sinai Coast offers some of the best diving in the world.

Only a handful of oases like Siwa can be found in the large Western Desert that contains parts of the Sahara and Libyan Deserts, whose winds create sand dunes more than 30m high. This harsh and deserted land protected the ‘Kingdom of the Pharaohs’ from western threats, and symbolized death; as this is where “Ra” the sun god went to die each day, followed by the souls of the entombed pharaohs.

Tourabout has quite a variety of vacation packages to Egypt provided by our tour suppliers who would love to show you this land that offers so much – Egypt's scope is glorious – a legacy combining the Greeks, Romans, early Christians with art and architecture accumulated from centuries of successive Islamic dynasties, from nature to desert treks, great scuba diving and golf, fishing and birding expeditions.