Photo credits

Thank you to these photographers

Until our own trip photos replace them, some photos on this site come from photographers who share their work under open licenses. Each one is listed here with its license and original.

A Nile cruise ship on the river at sunset
Photo: Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A Nile cruise ship sailing past palm trees and the Theban hills near Luxor
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A cable car above the coast of Ain Sokhna on the Gulf of Suez
Photo: Ahmed Helal from Ismailia, Egypt · CC BY 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A camel rider on the sand with the three Pyramids of Giza behind
Photo: Dak15 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A camel sitting in front of the Pyramid of Khafre at Giza
Photo: Myousry6666 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A colourful painted arch in a Nubian village near Aswan
Photo: Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States · CC0 · Original
A container ship passing along the Suez Canal at Port Said
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A cruise ship moored at the passenger pier in Port Said
Photo: Reino Baptista · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A dahabiya sailing below golden desert hills on the Nile
Photo: Votpuske · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A dahabiya under sail on a calm stretch of the Nile
Photo: Votpuske · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A fossil whale skeleton lying in the sand at Wadi El Hitan, Fayoum
Photo: Clr202 (Christoph Rohner) at de.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A jetty on the Red Sea with the Sinai mountains behind, Sharm El Sheikh
Photo: Шухрат Саъдиев · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A large ocean cruise liner sailing along the Suez Canal past palm trees
Photo: أشرف العناني · CC BY 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A line of quad bikes ready for a desert safari outside Hurghada
Photo: Hatem Moushir · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A moray eel and reef fish on a coral reef at Sharm El Sheikh
Photo: 74papa · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A painted Coptic apse with Christ and the apostles, Coptic Museum, Cairo
Photo: Radosław Botev · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A quiet beach where the desert meets the Red Sea near El Quseir
Photo: Jacek Lesniowski · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A row of ram-headed sphinxes at Karnak Temple in Luxor
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A small boat in a clear lagoon at El Gouna on the Red Sea
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A standing statue of Ramesses II among palms at Memphis
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A traditional dahabiya sailing boat on the Nile with palm trees behind
Photo: Votpuske · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A turquoise salt pool with white salt edges in the Siwa oasis
Photo: ولاء · Public domain · Original
A white Nile cruise ship on the river near Luxor's West Bank
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A white Toyota HiAce minivan of the kind used for private transfers in Egypt
Photo: Rutger van der Maar · CC BY 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A white and blue painted Nubian house in Gharb Soheil, Aswan
Photo: Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States · CC0 · Original
A white passenger ship sailing into the harbour of Port Said
Photo: Robert Lohmeyer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A white-sailed felucca on the Nile at Aswan
Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A wide view over the Nile and islands at Aswan
Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A wide, quiet section of the Cairo to Alexandria desert road lined with palms
Photo: Faris knight · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A wind-carved sandstone rock in the Valley of the Whales, Fayoum
Photo: Hatem Moushir · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
A wooden boardwalk to the beach at Soma Bay near Safaga
Photo: dronepicr · CC BY 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Acacia trees below golden cliffs in a South Sinai wadi in the late afternoon
Photo: Dorothea Reinecke · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leading to the first pylon of Karnak Temple
Photo: Axp Photography (Pexels) · Pexels License · Original
Balloons inflating for a sunrise flight on Luxor's West Bank
Photo: ولاء · Public domain · Original
Bell towers of the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in Wadi El Natrun
Photo: John Farrier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Blue painted walls in a Nubian village on the Nile at Aswan
Photo: Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States · CC0 · Original
Boats moored at Elephantine Island in Aswan
Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Calm water and green islands on the Nile at Aswan
Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Camel riders crossing the desert before the pyramids of Giza
Photo: Hayriyenur (Pexels) · Pexels License · Original
Camels in bright saddle blankets resting on the Giza plateau below the pyramids
Photo: Caoimheen3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Camels resting at a Bedouin camp in the mountains behind Hurghada
Photo: Hatem Moushir · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Chalk rock towers in the White Desert near Farafra
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Colourful hot-air balloons over the green fields of Luxor's West Bank
Photo: Wouter Hagens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Columns and gateways inside the Karnak temple complex, Luxor
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Columns at the entrance of Kom Ombo Temple
Photo: Codex · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Cone-shaped hills topped with dark stone in the Black Desert
Photo: Viktor Lazić · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Dahabiya boats moored on the Nile at Luxor
Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Desert hills and low scrub near the Red Sea coast south of Marsa Alam
Photo: gian luca bucci · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Dozens of hot-air balloons in the morning sky above Luxor
Photo: ولاء · Public domain · Original
Feluccas sailing between the granite islands of Aswan
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Fishing boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour
Photo: Sohilaali869 · Public domain · Original
Front view of the six-step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara
Photo: Wknight94 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Gebel el Dist, the pyramid-shaped mountain in the Bahariya oasis
Photo: Ahmedherz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Glowing brass lamps for sale in Cairo's old bazaar
Photo: Daniel Nussbaum · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Golden cliffs of Deir el-Bahari around the Temple of Hatshepsut
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Golden dunes and green gardens on the Nile's west bank at Aswan
Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Hathor-headed columns in the hypostyle hall at Dendera
Photo: Hamerani · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Hot-air balloons rising over Luxor's West Bank at sunrise
Photo: ولاء · Public domain · Original
Hotels on the Red Sea shore at Ain Sokhna with the Galala mountains
Photo: Ahmadpontymageed · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Hurghada International Airport terminal, with transfer coaches and minivans waiting outside
Photo: Sergey A. Demidov · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Looking up the limestone blocks of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Photo: MusikAnimal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Many feluccas on the wide Nile at Aswan
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Marsa Alam International Airport and its control tower in the desert
Photo: E v Schoonhoven · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Mosaic of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt at the Hanging Church in Old Cairo
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Mud-brick domes of an ancient monastery in Wadi El Natrun
Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Osiris pillars of Ramesses II inside the Great Temple of Abu Simbel
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Painted columns of Karnak Hypostyle Hall with an obelisk in the distance
Photo: Axp Photography (Pexels) · Pexels License · Original
Palm gardens and the Red Sea at Soma Bay near Safaga
Photo: dronepicr · CC BY 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Palm trees and a quiet beach on the Red Sea at Hurghada
Photo: Olaf Tausch · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Palm-lined banks of the Nile at Luxor
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Papyrus columns of the Amenhotep III court at Luxor Temple
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Philae Temple seen from a boat on the lake
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Pyramids of Giza and ancient stone tombs beneath a colourful sunset sky
Photo: Qibili (Pexels) · Pexels License · Original
Saint Catherine's Monastery and its gardens in a Sinai valley
Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Saint Catherine's Monastery below the granite peaks of Sinai
Photo: Dr. Ondřej Havelka (cestovatel) · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Seated statues of Ramesses II glowing at dusk inside Luxor Temple
Photo: Axp Photography (Pexels) · Pexels License · Original
Side view of the Great Sphinx's head against a blue sky with white clouds
Photo: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Snorkellers floating over a reef off Hurghada
Photo: Fanny S Forsdik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Statues of Ramesses II lining a court inside Karnak Temple
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Statues of pharaohs in the Grand Hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum
Photo: Slyronit · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Sunset over the Nile in Cairo
Photo: Slyronit · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Table corals on a reef in the Red Sea
Photo: Mahmoud Habeeb · Public domain · Original
The Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria reflected in the water
Photo: Summering2018 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Citadel of Saladin and the Muhammad Ali Mosque above Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy from Cairo, Egypt · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Colossi of Memnon with the Theban hills behind
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Great Sphinx in front of the Pyramid of Khafre at Giza
Photo: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Great Sphinx with the Pyramid of Khafre behind it on a sunny day
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Great Temple of Abu Simbel carved into the sandstone hill
Photo: Olaf Tausch · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Nile and the Cairo Tower on Gezira Island
Photo: Daniel Nussbaum · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Nile at Luxor with the West Bank hills behind
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara under a deep blue sky
Photo: Charlesjsharp at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Original
The Step Pyramid of Djoser rising from the Saqqara desert
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Suez Canal Authority building and harbour at Port Said
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifa'i mosques side by side in historic Cairo
Photo: Radosław Botev · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Temple of Nefertari at Abu Simbel
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The Theban hills above the Valley of the Kings, seen from the air at sunrise
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The arched facade of Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo
Photo: Roland Unger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leading to the first pylon of Karnak Temple
Photo: Hamerani · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The bright entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids
Photo: Amr F.Nagy · Public domain · Original
The busy lanes of the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy from Cairo, Egypt · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The carved pylon of the Temple of Isis at Philae
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The carved stone entrance of the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo
Photo: Onceinawhile · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The colonnade and pylon of Luxor Temple in the morning sun
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The colonnaded court of the Temple of Horus at Edfu
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The courtyard and spiral minaret of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun in Cairo
Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The domes and slim minarets of the Muhammad Ali Mosque at the Cairo Citadel
Photo: kallerna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The double temple of Kom Ombo above the Nile
Photo: Olaf Tausch · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The facade of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera
Photo: Hamerani · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The first pylon of Philae Temple on Agilkia Island, Aswan
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The fortified walls of Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai
Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The four colossal statues of Ramesses II at the Great Temple of Abu Simbel
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The front of Terminal 1 at Cairo International Airport on a sunny day
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The giant lying statue of Ramesses II at Memphis
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The granite falcon statue of Horus at Edfu Temple
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The great pylon and obelisk of Luxor Temple against a blue sky
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The great pylon of the Temple of Horus at Edfu
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The long ramp up to the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor
Photo: Hamerani · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The main gate of the Port of Alexandria on the city waterfront
Photo: Marsupium · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The modern terminal of Luxor International Airport, with its large LUXOR sign
Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The mud-brick town of Shali in Siwa glowing in the evening light
Photo: Amr F.Nagy · Public domain · Original
The obelisk and seated statues of Ramesses II at the entrance of Luxor Temple
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The painted corridor of the tomb of Ramesses V and VI in the Valley of the Kings
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The planetarium sphere at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Photo: Cecioka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The road through the volcanic hills of the Black Desert near Bahariya
Photo: Myousry6666 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The ruins of the old Shali fortress above the Siwa oasis
Photo: Michael Hermann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The small waterfalls of Wadi El Rayan in the Fayoum desert
Photo: Harby6020 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The stone towers of the Citadel of Qaitbay on Alexandria's harbour
Photo: Sohilaali869 · Public domain · Original
The sun deck and pool of a Nile cruise ship
Photo: David Berkowitz from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The three Pyramids of Giza and the small queens' pyramids under a clear blue sky
Photo: Ricardo Liberato · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
The tilted roof of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina by the Mediterranean
Photo: Hassan Hamdy wahidy · Public domain · Original
The two Colossi of Memnon on Luxor's West Bank
Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Trajan's Kiosk at Philae Temple near Aswan
Photo: Marc Ryckaert · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Travelers walking out of the terminal at Aswan International Airport
Photo: Keith, Honolulu · Public domain · Original
Travelers with suitcases walking to waiting minibuses outside Sharm el-Sheikh airport, mountains behind
Photo: Pavel Kotov · CC BY 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Turquoise water and boats at Ras Um Sid, Sharm El Sheikh
Photo: Serhio Magpie · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Turquoise water in a small bay at Hurghada
Photo: Hmbr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
Two Giza pyramids rising side by side under a soft evening sky
Photo: Denitsa Kireva (Pexels) · Pexels License · Original
Visitors in the tall atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum
Photo: Amr F.Nagy · Public domain · Original
Wall paintings in the burial chamber of Tutankhamun's tomb, Valley of the Kings
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
White chalk formations scattered across the White Desert
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.
the amazing chram
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original
Resized and cropped for this website.