The Travel Detective Blogs: Is it Safe to Travel to Egypt?

Thank you Peter. I’ve recently been to Luxor for the first time and it was AMAZING. A truly awe-inspiring and life changing trip. It was pretty safe and I also had the benefit of reduced prices as well as the ability to enjoy the historic sites without all the crowds. Definitely the trip of a lifetime.

Hi, very interesting tour I have a experience to visit and wish to enjoy again soon by the end of February

Traveling such a place like Egypt is like something you’ll be proud of. It is really safe to travel Egypt even if you are alone. I love Egypt ever since before and I will continue to visit it.

thank you for this timely report.

I’ll be heading to Hurghada in february and looking foward to it!

Peter

just back and had a similarly tremendous time.  Good work on getting the message out to your countrymen. 

kind regards

Nick van Marken

Lovely report Peter – We’ve been telling our friends the same message. GO TO EGYPT. It’s relaxing and invigorating – right now is perfect. not too hot, not too cold, no mosquitoes, great food and tremendous hospitality. Plus the fabulous dusty, relic that is the museum will only remain as it is for another few months and it shouldn’t be missed.

Peter,
Your comments are welcomed and very true. I have a friend who has postponed visiting me in Cairo for a year now – doesn’t know what she’s missing!!
My Husband & I ate in a new, very nice Swedish Restaurant in Tahrir Square last Tuesday, and the place is ‘buzzin’ but safe!
Hope may people read and act on your message.
Kind regards,
Jane 

Thank for writing this..we really need these kind of positive reactions right now here in Egypt.

I’m soon going back to Luxor/Aswan/Cairo again for the 4th time in the last year.
Yes I was there last January before the “revolution” started and stayed till mid-February – and I felt totally safe – even me a woman on her own! I went back in May, October and November and every visit was fabulous just as you have written here. I have been a number of times before – on my own, with a girl friend, with my husband, and with my husband and two teenage daughters – and yes things have changed but it is still a safe place to go for a great holiday. .

Good for you Peter as you are so right…my husband and I live in Egypt on the North Coast near El Alamain…have lived in 3 different areas of Egypt over the past 10 years…we find this country very peaceful and full of wonderful people…the whole 9 yards…if you are adventurous and want a great escape…come to Egypt!!

Great to hear.  Was there 3 years ago and would happily go once or twice a year.  It is an amazing place.  Our Uniworld tour was outstanding, food was much better than we expected.  I would go again in a heart beat.

Thanks for sharing. We were booked for a tour with Uniworld last spring when they were forced to cancel the trip. We look forward to seeing Egypt.

I’m bringing a group of 55 (ages 9-67) to Egypt in mid-February. We are really looking forward to it and my only concern is wide-spread unrest occurring as a result of the one-year anniversary.

Many vacation-goers who booked travel to the popular destination are
wondering if it is safe to travel to Egypt. So far, protests have stayed
far away from popular tourism sites just outside of Cairo — such as
the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx — but travel operators remain
on high alert.

Thank you Mr Greenberg for your wonderful comments.  I’@f86b67fae7bd1a231e36cbbb7ecd7f4f:disqus e been living in Egypt for the last 7 years and it is really a country to visit. Not only the Pyramids of Giza or Sakkara, also Alexandria, the Red Sea with beautiful corals and beaches to surf or dive, the Mediterranean   Sea, Mount Sinai, the Monasteries… endless list.  I can assure you, it is safe!!! COME !!!

Peter, Donna and I beat you this time by five months when we spent 14 days there last August after initially postponing from April. The best viewing of historical sites I have had in 35 years of traveling to Egypt with the bet guides all available. A little sad to see how the dearth of visitors has hurt the economy at a time when their changes need supporting rather than avoiding. A surprise for us both was the sea life and wonders underwater at Sharm El Sheikh. Quality snorkeling right off the beach in any direction, and the most relaxing of days with a myriad of world class hotels.We’ll be back and have been urging all our friends in Asia Pacific to do the same , and help while the crowds are missing to their greater benefit. Keep up the message!

Thank
you Peter Greenberg, and we promis Egypt will get better and better and
will always open it’s door to any tourist come to enjoy it.

I live here in Egypt, Hurghada to be exact and I have no intention of leaving (well not quite yet)  When the uprising started many people where evacuating the country I was sent a message by a member of my family to return home my response was I am home reply you are not safe I said I am safe and if war or anything broke out in the UK would you leave? answer would be No so my answer to anyone asking would I leave in times of trouble I would not this is my home in good times and in bad.  We need people to come back and spend time here Our people need work.  We don’t get benefits here to support ourselves so we need you all to come back and get us moving again.

Hi peter great to read such positive feedback, lived in Egypt for sixteen years never felt safer and a single lady ,originally from London was back last Summer UK riots were far more scary to be around.
Think about just waking up each morning blue skies above can’t bet it !

Elee

Very pleased to hear. Three years ago, there will be very glad to go once or twice a year. This is an amazing place. Unworldly tour is excellent, food is much better than we expected. I would go again in the heart beat. Show more less

Egypt is one the best country in tourism point of view. Nice to hear that you traveled Egypt many times.Tourism has become a big factor in the fame of countries.

Were about to visit Egypt on a cruise from Dubai to Istanbul on Regent’s Seven Seas Voyager, so I was glad to see the post here.  But we had some more personal good advice from close relatives very recently:

Good news from Egypt
 

Two of my wife’s cousins just returned from a tour of Egypt, and reported they were never fearful, never felt threatened or in danger. They said the Egyptian people they spoke with were very pleased to see them, mainly because the economy there is so dependent on tourism, but also because they were friendly people. They were in Tahrir Square and had no problems, no confrontations of any kind (they were in a small tour group with a guide). Many people spoke understandable English.Ordinary Egyptians they spoke with do believe the American government is responsible for much of the problems we (America) is having in the middle east, but apparently they also see that most Americans don’t support for example the unwarranted invasion of Iraq or the invasion of Iran they believe is coming. One of them told us of a conversation with an inn-keeper who very forcefully but politely made the point that Iran is within its sovereign rights to have any type of nuclear capability it can afford and build. He wanted to know what right other nations have to tell Iran or any independent nation what they can or can’t do in their own country?The biggest negative the travelers reported is the filth and lack of sanitation they saw everywhere in the country; the mix or camels, donkeys, other animals, people, cars and trucks, etc., the trash and garbage everywhere, and the total lack of traffic controls, lights, etc. It just boggled their minds! The only clean, orderly places they found were the upscale hotels they stayed in until the last night, when the Egypt-Air flight they were on got cancelled – too few booked passengers – and they had to find a place to stay at the last minute and ended up in a somewhat rudimentary bed and breakfast. It worked out fine, but the situation was a bit disconcerting as it unfolded. Apparently the tour conveniently “dissolved” before the plane delay became real.All’s well that ends well. But this first-hand report from someone we know very well does calm the reservations we had had, particularly about touring in Egypt.

February 17th, 2012 at 05:41 AM.

The best display of historic sites that I’ve had in 35 years of traveling to Egypt with betting guide available to all. A little sad to see how the lack of visitors has hurt the economy in a time when your changes should support rather than avoid them.

IS IT SAFE FOR A WOMAN TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT ALONE??

Thank you writing,
As no friends are willing to go with me to Cairo, I am going solo 26 April 2012. My first trip and am very excited.

Here give a good post. It’s give a batter review air traveling security matter. I like to read the little description to know about the air traveling security. In today situation this is need to use a  travel detective for security purpose.

Valuable information and excellent post you got here! Travel is the most wonderful experience..Its always great to discover new places..

Mr. Greenberg,

My wife and I are planning a trip to Egypt at the end of August, do you have any suggestions?  I would appreciate any words of wisdom and perhaps special interests you have found over the years.

 Hello Aliah,

My wife and I will be going to Egypt in August, do you have any suggestions?

Look forward to the visit!!

Nathan

Our 11 year old grandson wants to go and we plan to take him when he turns 13. Relative instability makes it hard to plan ahead. We usually do our travewl on our own, but this time will go with a group. Any suggestions?

Yes definitely safe! Traveling into such beautiful country with exquisite tourists destinations is something one should be proud of. Egypt is known to many historical events and amazing destinations. I for one should travel to Egypt sometime.

It is great post it provide information about safety during tour………