14-Day Egypt Holidays

In 14 days you can comfortably cover: Cairo (Pyramids, Grand Egyptian Museum, Islamic Cairo), Alexandria (1 day), Luxor (Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Luxor Temple), a 4–5 night Nile cruise (Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae), Aswan with Abu Simbel, a White Desert overnight, and a 2-night Red Sea extension. That covers ancient, Islamic, Mediterranean, Nile and Red Sea Egypt in one holiday.

Not for British clients who want the full picture – most who book a fortnight in Egypt are either returning visitors who want the destinations the standard circuit skipped, or first-timers who'd rather see the lot in one trip than come back. Each segment gets proper time rather than feeling like a sprint between airports.

Private 14-day Egypt holidays start around £2,600 per person at 5-star with the Nile cruise included. Mid-range (4-star hotels, 5-star ship) is £3,700–£5,400 per person. Premium tier (suite hotels, dahabiya, Oberoi-class ships) runs £6,500–£11,000. White Desert overnight + Red Sea extension are usually bundled at this length. Add 25–35% for Christmas, New Year and the school half-terms.

Fifteen days is just 14 with one extra night used either to slow the Cairo segment, add an Alexandria overnight, or extend the Red Sea by a day. For most British clients the difference is marginal – pick 14 days if you want a clean fortnight window for annual-leave accounting, 15 days if you'd rather have an extra night somewhere specific. The itinerary structure is otherwise identical.

Some British clients do exactly this – a 7-day Cairo + Nile cruise first, then return for a 7-day Red Sea + Alexandria + White Desert holiday later. Two separate UK flights make it £900–£1,400 more expensive overall, and you lose the cumulative slow-pacing benefit, but if 14 consecutive days off work isn't possible the split-trip approach works fine. We've planned plenty of returning-client second visits.