Tour Options

It's possible to arrange multiday sightseeing tours to the oases that include transportation, accommodation, meals, and desert tours. Expect to pay about $100 to $150 per person a day when booking from Cairo or abroad. Tours organized locally in the oases cost much less—about $50 per person a day—but then you have to make your own way out to the oases.

Contacts

Aegyptus Intertravel. 3 Shar‘a Lotfy al-Sayed, Abbassia, Cairo, Cairo. 02/2682–4747; www.aegyptus.com.

Cairo International Tours. 21 Shar‘a Mokhtar Said, Heliopolis, Cairo, Cairo. 02/2291–1491; www.cit-eg.com.

Marzouk Desert Cruiser. 1 Maydan Ibn Sandar, Heliopolis, Cairo, Cairo. 02/258–8083; www.marzouk-dc.com.

Memphis Tours. Qorh Ibn Sherik, Shar‘a Morad, Giza, Cairo, Cairo. 02/3571–6050; www.memphistours.com.

Minamar Hotels and Tours. Building 28, Shar‘a 269, Ma'adi, Cairo, Cairo. 02/2517–3803; www.minamar.com.

Oasis Expeditions. 6 Shar‘a 231, Ma'adi, Cairo, Cairo. 02/2516–5706; www.oasisexpeditions.com.

Pan Arab Tours. Saudi Egyptian Building 5, Shar‘a al-Nozha, Heliopolis, Cairo, Cairo. 02/2418–4409; www.panarabtours.com.

Suneast Tours. Shar‘a al-Nasr, Nasr City, Cairo, Cairo. 02/2415–3687; www.suneasttours.com.