🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on cities. Indonesia leads on nature, the sea and food.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $75.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $75A normal day$75
- 3h 55m to CairoNonstop from Dubai9h 15m to Bali
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- GoodFoodVery good
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundScooters and private drivers on Bali, short flights and ferries between islands
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidJuly and August in south Bali, when the traffic becomes the trip
Pick by what you want
🇪🇬 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.
🇮🇩 Choose Indonesia if
you want volcanoes, reefs and rice terraces for very little money, and you are willing to leave the busy south to find them.
Full Egypt guide →Full Indonesia 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.