Cairo is one of the world's great cities — and one of its most overwhelming. Two to three days is barely enough to touch it. But even one well-planned Cairo day tour changes how you see the ancient world permanently. Best Nile Cruises operates private guided Cairo day tours to every major site: the Pyramids of Giza and Great Sphinx, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Saqqara and the Step Pyramid, Islamic Cairo and Khan El-Khalili, Coptic Cairo and the Hanging Church. Every tour is private — your licensed Egyptologist guide, your vehicle, your pace. From $65 per person.

Luxor is the world's greatest open-air museum — two banks of the Nile holding more ancient monuments than any other city on earth. Our Luxor day tours cover both: the East Bank temples of Karnak and Luxor, and the West Bank tombs of the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut, and the Theban Necropolis. All tours are private, operated directly by Ahmed Emam's licensed Egyptologist guides. Ideal for hotel guests in Luxor, Nile cruise passengers with a day in port, and visitors flying in specifically for the temples. From $55 per person.

Aswan is Egypt's most relaxed city — a Nubian city of sandstone, sunlight and the widest stretch of the Nile. Our Aswan excursions cover every major site: Philae Temple by motorboat, the Unfinished Obelisk, the Aswan High Dam, the Nubian village experience, felucca sailing on the First Cataract, and the Abu Simbel day trip by flight — the most popular excursion in all of Upper Egypt. All tours are private, operated directly by Ahmed Emam's team, with a licensed Egyptologist guide and private vehicle included.

Hurghada is Egypt's biggest Red Sea resort — and one of the best bases for day trips to the country's greatest ancient sites. Luxor is just 3 hours away by road or 45 minutes by flight. Cairo is 4 hours by road. And the Red Sea itself offers world-class snorkelling, diving, and desert safari right outside your hotel. Best Nile Cruises operates private guided excursions from every Hurghada hotel — temple tours with a licensed Egyptologist, Red Sea snorkelling trips, Bedouin desert experiences, and full-day Luxor or Cairo programmes. All private. All operated directly by Ahmed Emam's team.

Sharm el-Sheikh sits at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula — surrounded by the Red Sea, the desert mountains of Sinai, and some of the most extraordinary diving and snorkelling on earth. But Sharm is also just 50 minutes by flight from Cairo and a 3-hour road trip from St Catherine's Monastery, the oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery in the world. Best Nile Cruises operates private guided excursions from every Sharm hotel: Cairo day trips by flight, St Catherine's Monastery, Dahab, Sinai desert safaris, and the finest Red Sea snorkelling tours available.

Marsa Alam is Egypt's most unspoiled Red Sea destination — quieter than Hurghada, more remote than Sharm, with some of the finest diving and snorkelling on the African continent. The Wadi el-Gemal National Park protects mangroves, seagrass beds, and a resident population of dugongs — sea mammals that can only reliably be seen in a handful of places in the world. From Marsa Alam you can also reach Luxor in under 3 hours by road and Abu Simbel by flight from nearby airports. Best Nile Cruises offers private guided excursions from every Marsa Alam resort.

Already booked on a Nile cruise — on a different operator's ship — and want a private guide instead of the group shore excursion? This is the page for you. Best Nile Cruises operates private shore excursions at every Nile cruise port of call: Luxor (East and West Bank), Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Aswan. We meet you at the dock, provide a private licensed Egyptologist guide and vehicle, and return you to your ship before departure. No shared coaches. No rushed group schedule. Just you and the temples, properly explained. From $45 per person.