🇨🇴 Colombia or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Colombia leads on nature.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $75.
Side by side
- 🇨🇴 Colombia🇪🇬 Egypt
- Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $75A normal day$75
- 5h 40m to BogotaNonstop from New York11h 30m to Cairo
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights, because the Andes make every bus ride longGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- April, May, October and November, the two rainy stretchesWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇨🇴 Choose Colombia if
you want coffee mountains, Caribbean coast and one of the great party cities, on a budget that goes a long way.
🇪🇬 Choose Egypt if
you want the oldest thing on this list, a river trip through it, and Red Sea diving, at prices nowhere in Europe matches.
Full Colombia guide →Full Egypt guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.