Advice on travel to Egypt

On 11 December 2016 an assault ended up being done in a chapel adjoining St Mark's Coptic Church in Cairo where civilians had been killed. These attacks aren't directed towards tourists. the FCO has not altered its Travel information for Egypt.

All individuals in Egypt are safe and well. Our tours are operating as typical and future trips will depart as planned.

Travel Guidance Summary

Our breaks to Egypt follow vacation advice provided by the international and Commonwealth Office (FCO). All of our trips to Egypt operate over the Nile Valley extending from Alexandria within the north to Abu Simbel into the far south, and reach as far east as Red water, specifically the resort of Hurghada. There are no vacation limitations whatsoever against visiting these places while the traveler areas along the Nile River, including Cairo, Luxor and Aswan, tend to be considered safe to visit.

The Egyptian national is committed to increasing safety measures in the crucial traveler internet sites with a sizable budget devoted solely to this objective. Egypt's Minister of Tourism considers the safety of visitors to Egypt the highest concern and thinks the brand-new measures positioned will further enhance the protection of Egypt's resorts without being invasive.

Should you be requesting tailor-made plans, or any getaway around, we are going to just ever add plans that adhere to advice made available from the FCO.

Should you wish to read more vacation advice provided by the FCO for Egypt including advice on wellness, money, Safety and Security and entry requirements, you can certainly do so right here.

Visiting Luxor and Aswan

The favorite tourist specks of Luxor and Aswan, which function within the vast majority of our group trips, can be found over the Nile River in an area this is certainly considered safe to visit because of the FCO. This is exactly why our tours happen running as in the pipeline with guests going to the not-to-be-missed Valley of Kings, the temples of Luxor, Karnak and Abu Simbel.

Whenever travelling between Cairo and Luxor/Aswan we use the comfortable over night sleeper train. The particular train we use is escorted by Tourism Police and considered a perfectly safe ways transport in Egypt.

Visiting Hurghada

The Red water resort of Hurghada has remained a secure and welcoming place for the present problems in Egypt. Because it's one of many best spots at the Red Sea in Egypt we have been using Hurghada for coastline remain percentage of our team tours for the past couple of years without any dilemmas. To attain Hurghada on our trips we travel overland from Luxor and then onwards to Cairo overland also, by personal contemporary vehicles. There are not any travel limitations in place in Hurghada or the areas our overland trips to and from Hurghada address.

Visiting Sharm el Sheikh

From the 31st October 2015 a Russian plane departing from Sharm el Sheikh crashed shortly after lose together with examination into what exactly caused the crash continues to be continuous. As a precaution the FCO now suggests against all but crucial vacation by air to or from Sharm el Sheikh airport. Nothing of our group trips feature Sharm el Sheikh so our team tours continue to be unaffected by this latest travel alert. For now we shall not be offering tailor-made touring arrangements to Sharm el Sheikh as it's not possible to fly indeed there. We will be monitoring the problem closely and certainly will reassess tailor-made arrangements to Sharm el Sheikh as soon as routes resume.

Visiting the Western Desert

Currently we cannot provide trips such as happen to be the Western Desert including Siwa oasis as you can find travel limitations put upon these areas. The FCO recommends against all but essential go to the remote wilderness region in Egypt as a result of the danger of kidnapping.

Devaluation for the Egyptian Lb

Egypt's main lender has in November 2016, devalued its money, the Egyptian lb, which today freely floats from the United States buck. The weaker Egyptian Pound should assist increase the Egyptian economic climate with less expensive exports. Sufficient reason for certainly one of Egypt's main exports becoming tourism, holiday breaks to Egypt should become also less expensive along with your dollars, euros and sterling will fetch more locally in Egypt than it always. While travellers are beginning to go back to Egypt, visitor numbers are nevertheless dramatically below their past highs. Therefore, with much less crowds of people at primary web sites and a less expensive money, now is really a good time to go to Egypt.