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Shore excursions with a back-to-ship guarantee

Met at the terminal gate, private vehicle throughout, and a written promise that you make your ship.

A shore excursion has one hard constraint that no other tour has: the ship leaves without you. Everything we do on these days is built around that. You are met at the terminal gate by name, you travel in a private vehicle rather than a coach with fifty strangers, and the itinerary is planned backwards from your all-aboard time with a margin built in. We put the back-to-ship guarantee in writing: if anything on our side delays you, we are contractually responsible for getting you to the next port at our cost. In nineteen years it has never been invoked. The four mainland ports each reach something worth the drive. Ain El Sokhna is under two hours from Giza, which makes it the fastest Pyramids shore excursion in Egypt. Port Said is three hours from Cairo — long, but comfortably possible in a full day. Safaga is three hours from Luxor and the Valley of the Kings. Alexandria puts the Catacombs and Qaitbay twenty minutes from the gangway, or Giza at two and a half hours. Sharm El Sheikh Marina is the outlier: nothing pharaonic within reach, but Ras Mohamed snorkelling, a Sinai desert safari or Saint Catherine's Monastery are all same-day options.
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Alexandria PortBACK-TO-SHIP

Alexandria Port

Egypt's main Mediterranean cruise call. From the terminal you are 20 minutes from the Catacombs and Qaitbay, or 2.5 hours from the Pyramids of Giza.

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Port SaidBACK-TO-SHIP

Port Said

The northern gate of the Suez Canal. Cairo and Giza are three hours by private highway coach, making a full Pyramids day comfortably possible.

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Safaga PortBACK-TO-SHIP

Safaga Port

The Red Sea gateway to Luxor. Three hours across the Eastern Desert brings you to Karnak and the Valley of the Kings on a same-day return.

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Ain El SokhnaBACK-TO-SHIP

Ain El Sokhna

The closest Red Sea port to Cairo — under two hours to Giza, which makes it the fastest Pyramids shore excursion in Egypt.

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Sharm El Sheikh MarinaBACK-TO-SHIP

Sharm El Sheikh Marina

South Sinai's cruise berth, minutes from Naama Bay. Ras Mohamed snorkelling, desert safaris and Saint Catherine's are all same-day options.

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What the back-to-ship promise actually says

We plan every shore excursion to return you to the terminal at least ninety minutes before your published all-aboard time, and we confirm that time with the port agent on the morning of your call.

If a delay caused by us — vehicle, guide, routing or timing — means you miss the ship, we are responsible for your transport, accommodation and meals until we get you to the next port of call, at our cost and with a member of our staff accompanying you.

This does not cover delays caused by the port authority, the ship changing its schedule, or a traveller choosing to extend the day against their guide's advice.