🇲🇾 Malaysia or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Malaysia leads on food, nature and getting around.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $75.
Side by side
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia🇪🇬 Egypt
- Jan, Feb, MarBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $75A normal day$75
- 13h to Kuala LumpurNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap flights, good trains and buses, one of the easiest countries in AsiaGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- The east coast islands from November to February, when most of them closeWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇲🇾 Choose Malaysia if
you want Thailand's food and beaches with a fraction of the crowds, and everything running slightly more smoothly.
🇪🇬 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 Malaysia 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.