🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇵🇭 Philippines
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on cities and getting around. Philippines leads on nature and the sea.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $85 in Philippines.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇵🇭 Philippines
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec
- $75A normal day$85
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London14h to Manila
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- GoodFoodGood
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundNot the draw
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundDomestic flights and ferries, cheap but often delayed, leave slack
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidThe typhoon months, roughly August to October
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 Philippines if
you want water and islands above everything else, on a small budget, and you can handle slow travel days.
Full Egypt guide →Full Philippines guide →
And what the world thinks
🇵🇭 Philippines leads by 5 votes.
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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.