🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇰🇭 Cambodia
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on the sea and cities. Cambodia leads on food and nature.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $70 in Cambodia.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇰🇭 Cambodia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $75A normal day$70
- 3h 55m from DubaiClosest hub1h 10m from Bangkok
- Very goodBeaches and seaGood
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- GoodFoodVery good
- GoodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundTuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between cities
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidMarch to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morning
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 Cambodia if
you want the most impressive ruin in Asia, and a country that is still cheap and still quiet once you leave it.
Full Egypt guide →Full Cambodia 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.