Egypt Travel Guide: Things To Know Before Visiting Egypt

to talk about the things to know when you visit Egypt let's do it

all right let's talk about your arrival into Egypt so we arrived in Sharm el-sheik now there

they had a different visa for the Cairo District but you can actually get a 30-day all Egypt visa

for 25 dollars per person that's a visa on arrival so with that Visa you can go

to Alexandria you can go to Cairo you could go to Luxor if you don't get the all-inclusive Visa

then you'll have to get a new Visa if you plan to leave that District or that region

foreign let's talk about the best time to visit Egypt so I would say from October to

April is the best time because that's the best weather July the hottest month for sure right

now it's September yes walking around the Pyramids of Giza it's hot especially in the

midday from like midday 12 o'clock to three o'clock very hot if you can avoid that kind

of temperature yeah so that's basically what you need to know about the best time to visit Egypt

all right let's talk about General facts here in Egypt first the population 102 million people the

currency used is the Egyptian pound and the people who live here speak Arabic so it's an

Arabic Nation most of North Africa actually is also when you come to Egypt please realize this

is one of the cradles of civilization and Humanity some of the oldest historical research data comes

from here in Egypt did you know that there's two parts to Egypt there's the old Egypt like old

Cairo and then there's New Cairo city Egypt is a tale of two different Egypts there's the old world

which is about 60 years before time and then there's the new modern Egypt did you know that

foreign let's talk safety in Egypt as you can see I'm right in the middle of Cairo right now

a very bustling place they say even the locals that the daytime is the best time to go around

we are right now walking around without a guide we've been walking around people have been very

friendly but I'm also not foolish enough to think that there's not threats or risk around

so I'm not going to sit here and say that Cairo is entirely safe or Egypt in general is safe but

it's not as dangerous as you might think so you can relax about that but I do recommend if you

have any hesitations or any uh thing that makes you timid about walking around Cairo or Egypt

get a professional tour guide that will really solve a lot of your stress and problems foreign

let's talk about the hustlers in the situation that happens here in Egypt when you come to the

pyramids or when you're walking around a Bazaar basically they always say uh we don't need to

talk about price until after from the heart they always want you to make the decision afterwards

but what ends up happening from that is it's going to be from your heart plus like 30 40 and

then there's hidden fees so whenever you're able to try to negotiate with no surprises afterwards

so you want to make sure you pre-negotiate and you let them know straight ahead of time whatever the

prices agreed upon at the beginning is the price you will ultimately pay at the end you don't want

any add-ons and no surprises at the end that's the best way to negotiate but if you go to your hotel

and you talk to them about tours that's probably the best way to avoid any of that because the tour

guide is going to help you get away from some of the people out here trying to get extra money off

you it doesn't just happen here at the pyramids it happens in some of the bazaars in the walking

areas but really here at the pyramids that's the ticket you want to get a tour guide they

say if you shop here no pressure no hassle yes no one can beat the price let's get right here