Tailor-Made Egypt Tours Designed Around You

A tailor-made Egypt tour starts from your dates, the people you are travelling with and the things you want to see, not from a fixed departure. You tell us what matters; we design the route, choose the hotels and ships, arrange private guides and drivers, and send you a day-by-day proposal with a clear price. Nothing is booked until you are happy with it.

So yes, Egypt tours can be customized, almost completely. Below we explain how the planning works, what you can change, what a custom Egypt itinerary costs per day, how many days you need, and a few sample routes to start from.

How Our Tailor-Made Egypt Tours Work

1. Send us the basics. Use the form at the top of this page or message us on WhatsApp: your dates (or roughly when), how many are travelling, the places on your list and the style of hotel you like.
2. We reply within 24 hours. An Egypt specialist from our Cairo office answers your questions and asks a few of their own, about pace, interests and budget.
3. You receive a proposal. A day-by-day itinerary with named hotels or Nile cruise ships, what is included and what is not, and the price per person.
4. We refine it together. Swap a hotel, add a day in Aswan, take a dahabiya instead of a cruise ship, or slow the pace. There is no charge for changes at this stage.
5. You confirm and travel. A deposit secures the arrangements, and our team stays reachable on WhatsApp from the moment you land until you fly home.

What You Can Customize on Your Egypt Itinerary

When you design your own Egypt tour with us, almost every element is a choice rather than a fixed part of a package:

• Route and length. Cairo, Luxor and Aswan are the classic core. Add Abu Simbel, Alexandria, the Red Sea at Hurghada or Sharm El Sheikh, or the Western Desert oases, and stay as many nights in each place as you like.
• Pace. Early starts to beat the heat and the crowds, free afternoons, rest days, or a full programme every day.
• Hotels. From comfortable four-star hotels to the Marriott Mena House by the Pyramids, the Four Seasons Nile Plaza or the Sofitel Legend Old Cataract in Aswan.
• The Nile. A three- or four-night cruise ship, a five-night dahabiya, or hotels in Luxor and Aswan with no cruise at all.
• Travel between cities. Domestic flights, the overnight sleeper train or a private car, depending on time and budget.
• Guiding. A private Egyptologist at every site, and a guide in another language if you ask when you book.
• Extras. A sunrise balloon flight over Luxor, special tomb tickets in the Valley of the Kings, a felucca sail, a Nubian village visit, diving or snorkelling in the Red Sea, or golf near the Pyramids.
• Occasions. Honeymoons, anniversaries and milestone birthdays, with the details planned around them.

A few things are fixed by Egypt itself: site opening hours, the days each cruise ship departs from Luxor or Aswan, and the early start needed to reach Abu Simbel by road. We plan around these so that you do not have to.

Tailor-Made, Private or Group Tour?

In practice the line between the first two is soft. Every package on this page can be changed, and many of our tailor-made trips begin as one of our private Egypt tours with a few days added or swapped.

How Much Does a Tailor-Made Egypt Tour Cost?

A custom Egypt tour costs roughly $125 to $175 per person per day at budget and classic level, and about $330 to $400 per day in luxury hotels and ships, based on our published packages in a double room from October to April. Those figures include accommodation or the cruise, private guided sightseeing, transfers, entrance fees in the itinerary and travel between cities.

Your own price depends on five things:

• Hotel and ship level. The biggest single factor, as the chart shows.
• Flights or train. Domestic flights save time; the sleeper train saves a hotel night and some cost.
• Group size. Guide and vehicle costs are shared, so the price per person falls as your party grows. Solo travelers pay a single supplement.
• Season. May to September is usually priced lower; Christmas, New Year and Easter are the busiest and most expensive weeks.
• Extras. Abu Simbel, balloon flights, special tomb tickets and Red Sea nights add to the total.

International flights, your Egypt visa and tips are not included in any of these figures.

How Many Days Do You Need in Egypt?

For a first visit, eight to ten days is the length most of our guests choose: enough for the Pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum, Luxor’s temples and tombs and a Nile cruise, without rushing.

Sample Itineraries to Start From

The journeys on this page are complete itineraries with published prices, and each one is a good starting point for your own version:

• A short first look. Anubis covers Cairo and Luxor in six days by sleeper train.
• The classic first visit. King Tut combines Cairo with four nights on the Nile; Hathor does the same in eight days with flights and the Marriott Mena House.
• Adding Abu Simbel. Sun Ray and Romantic Nile include the temples of Ramses II.
• Without a cruise. Timeless Egypt uses hotels in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan over eleven days.
• Bespoke luxury. The fourteen-day Royal Egypt Tour pairs the Four Seasons Nile Plaza, a cruise on the MayFair and the Old Cataract in Aswan.
• With children. A Family Egyptian Adventure ends with time on the Red Sea.

For more ideas, browse our Egypt tour packages, Pyramids and Nile cruise tours and luxury Egypt tours.

Bespoke Luxury Egypt Tours

At the top end, a bespoke Egypt holiday is about the details: a room facing the Pyramids, a suite on a small luxury ship such as the Oberoi Zahra, a private dahabiya charter, the quietest hours at the busiest sites, and an Egyptologist who shapes each visit around your interests. Our luxury Nile cruises page compares the ships, and our article on a private visit to the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx describes one of the special visits that can be added.

Custom Egypt Tours for Families, Couples and Small Groups

• Families. Shorter sightseeing days, hotels with pools, a felucca or camel ride, and beach days at the end. Tell us the children’s ages and we will set the pace around them.
• Honeymooners and couples. A Nile view, a quiet ship or a dahabiya, and room for a slow morning.
• Friends and small groups. A private vehicle sized to your group, with the cost of the guide shared between you.
• Travelers with limited mobility. Some sites involve uneven ground and steps, and not every Nile ship has a lift. Tell us what you need and we will choose hotels, ships and visits to suit.

When to Plan Your Custom Egypt Trip

October to April is the most comfortable season for sightseeing, with warm days and cool evenings. Summer is hot in Luxor and Aswan, but early starts make it manageable and prices are lower. For the Christmas, New Year and Easter weeks, start planning three to six months ahead, because the best hotels and cabins are the first to go. Our guide to the best season to visit Egypt explains the weather month by month.

Deposit, Payment and Changes

Unless your quotation states otherwise, a 50% deposit confirms a tailor-made, multi-day Egypt tour, and your booking is confirmed once we send written confirmation. Peak dates, flights and some hotels and ships can require a different deposit, and the exact amount is always shown in your quotation. Our payment and cancellation policy sets out the full terms.

Why Plan Your Egypt Tour With Delta Tours Egypt

We are a family-run tour operator based in Cairo and have been arranging travel in Egypt since 1974. Because we are on the ground, the people who plan your trip are the same team that meets you at the airport, briefs your guides and answers your messages while you travel. If you have questions about travel conditions, our article on whether it is safe to travel to Egypt right now covers what to expect, and what you need to know before your trip covers visas, money and dress.