$160
12 Hours
Leave driving to the professionals—and make the most of the in-vehicle Wi-Fi—on this door-to-door private tour to the “lost city” of Tanis and the cat-worshipping city of Bubastis, with lunch on the Suez Canal. Take as long as you like at these blissfully uncrowded ancient sites and ask all the questions that you want of your personal Egyptologist guide.
$260
48 Hours
Drive from Cairo to St. Catherine, arriving in the afternoon. Wake up early to hike the mountain in darkness to see sunrise from the mountain top. Descend to visit one of Christianity’s oldest monasteries, built around the site of the Burning Bush. Return to Cairo after breakfast.