• July 1, 2025
traveling to egypt safely

10 tips for traveling to egypt safely

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A trip to Egypt is one of the things to do sooner or later in life. I swear, you won’t regret if you decide to leave: in Egypt there are some of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in my life.

That said, if you are considering traveling to Egypt, it is a good idea for you to do the proper research to find out whether you should go or not.

So I decided to try to give you advice about leaving and traveling safely, hoping that this will help you do it more peacefully! Read below to find out what Egypt is really like and to answer the question “Egypt is safe” once and for all.

Civitatis is one of the agencies I work with the most ( read my review of Civitatis and how it works here ) and I’ve tried tons of their tours.

Egypt is one of the places that should always be at the top of many people’s bucket lists: it’s full of cultural gems, it’s the cradle of civilization, and it’s home to some of the most remarkable ancient wonders.

I return with a question for you: why do you think Egypt is dangerous? For the COVID situation? I’m sorry but if that’s what you’re asking, I can’t answer you: the last time I was there (January 2020) this whole mess hadn’t broken out yet.

Security  in Egypt  varies from region to region. There are certainly areas where the Egyptian government advises against (and others where it is prohibited) tourists to travel alone, for example North  Sinai and the Suez Crossing  area  .

That said, we certainly cannot forget the terrorist attacks in Dahab in 2006 and the more famous one in Sharm el-Sheikh in 2005, but we live in a time where, unfortunately, acts of terror and violence also occur in Western cities such as Vienna or the French Riviera regions, and people still travel to these places.

Personally, I think that the two biggest dangers that can be encountered in Egypt are road accidents and pickpockets. To the first risk you take part by relying on serious and reliable agencies, to the second by paying more attention to where you are going.

In the end,  who should decide is you alone . Personally I’m very fatalistic and I think that shit happens sometimes and it’s inevitable, but if we travel with common sense and care, the risk of getting injured or ending up in unpleasant situations can be reduced to a minimum.

What I say to everyone who asks me if they ask me if “it is safe to travel to Egypt”, I answer that I personally did not notice anything during the trip that made me feel unsafe, or even insecure is an exaggeration.

I met some wonderful people and I never even for a moment had that shivering feeling in the back of my neck that I felt in other situations during my travels like Guatemala or Brazil.

Egyptians are incredibly friendly and will go out of their way to ensure you have a good experience .

The country needs tourism . It’s a symbiotic relationship: we want to see Egypt and it is in Egypt’s interest to ensure the safety of tourists. It is certainly not favorable for them to allow something unpleasant to happen to tourists.

For the first reason, often the most touristy places like the Pyramids of Giza o Aswan they are presided over by a massive deployment of law enforcement.

Most of our time was spent outside of Cairo. Once you are in smaller towns like Luxor and Aswan, the small villages on the Nile, you are completely disconnected from any chaos that is happening.

Most locals will tell you that they barely noticed a revolution was taking place because their problems are the normal problems of anyone who works for a living.

We took public buses and often in the evening I would walk around the markets with my camera, I was never bothered by anyone except to convince me to buy something.

With organized tours the feeling of a dangerous country is completely absent: their job is to ensure that tourists stay and feel safe: they make a living from it.

In general, however, the impression was that the government and the whole country no longer absolutely want anything to happen to tourists: the controls are very brutal, they will ask you for documents almost everywhere, there are roadblocks. police on the street to control and in some areas you can only enter with a permit and often, when entering archaeological sites, you will have to pass your luggage under the scanner.

So, after this not even brief introduction to safety in Egypt, we finally arrived at 10 tips for traveling safely.

This is the first rule if you prefer to feel more protected, but not only that: having everything organized, you will need less time to visit the country and you will not have “downtime”, you will be able to travel in safe, fast and more comfortable minibuses (with air conditioning), but above all you will have a guide with you

If you don’t want to travel with a tour operator, another wise choice is to join daily tours with a guide . I have already explained in other articles why not trust people you meet in the street and offer you tours: it is better to ask a local agency at

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