🇮🇩 Indonesia or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Indonesia leads on nature, the sea and food. Egypt leads on cities.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $75.
Side by side
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia🇪🇬 Egypt
- Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $75A normal day$75
- 9h 15m to BaliNonstop from Dubai3h 55m to Cairo
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- Not the drawCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Scooters and private drivers on Bali, short flights and ferries between islandsGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- July and August in south Bali, when the traffic becomes the tripWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇮🇩 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.
🇪🇬 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 Indonesia 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.