🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on cities. Sri Lanka leads on food, nature and the sea.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $70 in Sri Lanka.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $75A normal day$70
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London11h to Colombo
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundA car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow day
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidThe southwest in May and June, and the east from October to December
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 Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
Full Egypt guide →Full Sri Lanka 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.