Best Middle East Holiday Destinations

You can choose Egypt, Dubai (the UAE), Jordan, Oman, Morocco and Türkiye, and each has its own page. Egypt is our home country, where we run tours with our own licensed Egyptologist guides and vehicles. You can travel to one country or combine two or three of them in a single Middle East holiday.

It depends on what you want most. Egypt is for ancient history, with the Pyramids, Luxor's temples and a Nile cruise, plus Red Sea beaches. Jordan has Petra and the desert of Wadi Rum, Dubai offers a modern city break with desert trips, Oman mountains and coast, Morocco its old medinas and the Sahara, and Türkiye Istanbul and Cappadocia. A consultant can help you choose based on your interests.

It varies by country. October to April suits Egypt and Oman, November to March the UAE, March to May and September to November Jordan and Morocco, and April to June and September to November Türkiye. If you are combining countries, spring and autumn are the easiest overlap. Summer is very hot across Egypt and the Gulf, though it brings fewer visitors and lower prices in Egypt.

Yes. Our multi-country trips include a 7-day Egypt and Jordan trip, an 8-day Dubai and Egypt trip, 8-day and 10-day Egypt and Türkiye trips, a 10-day Egypt and Morocco trip and a 16-day Egypt, Jordan and Dubai trip. We plan the order, the flights between the countries and a guide in each one, so it runs as one holiday with one contact.

Most are short. Cairo to Amman is about a 90-minute flight, so Egypt and Jordan fit easily into one week, while Istanbul to Dubai takes about four hours. When you combine countries, we plan the routing and the flight times so you lose as little holiday time as possible between them. International flights to and from your home country are not included.

No. The trip pages list the entry visa as not included. Rules depend on your passport and on each country you visit, and policies change, so check the official sources before you travel; we also confirm the current requirements with you when we plan your trip. For Egypt, many nationalities can get a single-entry visa for $36 on arrival or online.

Yes, by default: your party, your guide, your vehicle and your pace, with a licensed Egyptologist guide in Egypt and a guide in each country you add. If a tour runs differently, its page says so. That also means every itinerary can be adjusted in length, hotels and pace to fit your dates and budget.

There is no booking engine. Send your dates and group size through the form or on WhatsApp, and a travel consultant writes a day-by-day itinerary with hotels, guides and transfers, priced in full in US dollars, usually within a few hours. The quote is free, you can change it as often as you like, and nothing is booked or charged until you confirm.

A deposit as low as 30% of the total confirms your holiday (50% over Christmas, New Year and Easter), and the balance is due two days before arrival or in cash on arrival. Outside peak periods, cancellation charges run from 15% of the tour price up to 61 days before arrival to 100% within 14 days. If a government or airline issues a do-not-travel warning, the tour is refunded or held as a credit.