Siwa in 3 days?

Thanks everyone. We have 5 days total for this part of trip, so even if it takes an entire day to drive between Cairo and Siwa, that gives us 3 days there (hence the confusing title of my post). I think the M. Matruh flights are seasonal - summer only. Six hours may not be right, but if it takes 10 hours by bus with a transfer, I assume you can do it much faster hiring a private car. Now the trick is to find one! Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks again!

With the private car you do no have to wait (1-2 hrs) for the connecting transport in M.Matruh but the big bus was always faster than any other car. Two days was ok for me with the bicycle. I did not do the sleep-shiver in the desert after the jeep excursion.

Newrip, I thought about that too...the flights being seasonal. But wouldn't summer be 'low season'? I would think they would have flights in the winter, when it can get to 125 degrees in the shade in Siwa. As for your title, it wasn't confusing. I was calculating based on the time you 'land' in Cairo to when you have to be in Luxor. Do you have extra time allotted to see Cairo, then?

Meant to say 'I would think they would have flights in the winter when it DOESN'T get to 125 degrees in the shade in Siwa.'

good day from egypt
i was thinking about your plan your trip can I suggest you Similar program and also real amazing it is as the following :-
day1 luxor
Very early morning cross the Nile today to visit the world-renowned Valley of the Kings and Queens and the Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and finally the Colossi of Memnon, afternoon visit to the Luxor Temple, dedicated to God Amon-Ra; it was expanded by Ramses II who added statues of Him-self. Then go on to visit magnificent Karnak Temple, overnight in Luxor

day 2
Pick up jeep to our capital Oasis of the new valley. Visit one of the oldest Christian necropolises in the world, "Bagawat" and Egyptian "Ptolemaic" temple of Hibis And tack short drive to Dahkla where you will experience local Bedouin hospitality and natural hot spring swim that is good for your health, specialty for skin and arthritis.

day3
Experience the beauty of Qasir, the oldest and still inhabited Islamic town just out of Dakhla then our drive takes us deep into the western desert and close to the great Sand sea. And then visit Farafra Oasis before heading into magical white desert to look for fassils and black pyrites.

day4
Travel through Bahariya to Cairo overnight in cairo

day 5 cairo
Visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which houses the world's largest collection of artifacts from the era of the pharaohs. Later, tour Old Cairo, where early Judaism and Christianity flourished in Egypt. Visit sites like the synagogue in Egypt, and the Moallaka Church, the site where the Virgin Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus took refuge, after lunch we spend the afternoon at the Great Pyramids of Giza; Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos, and the defending Sphinx. overnight in cairo

day 6
check out in the hotel , transfer to the airport
best wishes you have a nice trip in your second home egypt

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The seasonal flights are between Cairo and M. Matruh - a beach town. I don't think it's full on beach weather in the winter. We are trying to decide on two or three nights in Siwa. If we go for 3 nights we have only 1 night (two half days) in Cairo/Giza and two days in Luxor. Is two nights enough in Siwa? We want to see the big sites, but are not big fans of museums, tourist crowds or big chaotic cities.