Flying to Cairo
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about 9 hours · Non-stop or one stop
R 2 897 ×3
R 8 691 all in
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Best time to fly
Weather, crowds and fares move together in Cairo. These are the trade-offs.
October to April
The season — warm days, cool nights, and bearable conditions at the sites.
March to April and October to November
The sweet spots either side of winter: comfortable and less busy than the peak.
May to September
Very hot, regularly above 38°C, which makes daytime sightseeing hard going. Cheapest fares.
Before you go
Heat
Summer is severe and the sites have almost no shade. Start at dawn or don't go in July.
Persistent selling
Around the Pyramids especially. A firm, polite no repeated consistently is the only approach that works.
Water
Drink bottled water only, and be careful with ice and salads outside established restaurants.
Dress
Modest dress is expected, particularly for women and at religious sites.
About Cairo
Cairo is enormous, loud and unlike anywhere else, and the Pyramids of Giza sit at the edge of it — close enough to the suburbs that the first sight of them from the road is genuinely startling.
The Egyptian Museum holds the Tutankhamun collection, and the Grand Egyptian Museum near Giza has taken over much of it. Luxor and Aswan, and the Nile cruises between them, are a short domestic flight south.
Getting in from the airport
Cairo International (CAI) is about 20 km north-east of the centre, though traffic makes the drive unpredictable. Arrange a transfer through your hotel — this is not a city for negotiating an unmetered taxi on arrival. Giza is on the opposite side of the city from the airport; allow well over an hour between them.
Entry requirements for South African passport holders
Egypt requires a visa for most visitors, commonly available on arrival for short tourist stays and also obtainable electronically in advance. Arrangements for South African passport holders have varied — confirm the current requirement with the Egyptian embassy or your airline before travelling.
Entry rules change. Confirm the current requirements with the destination's embassy or consulate before you travel — this page is a guide, not an authority.
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