Quick answer
Indian passport holders need a visa for Egypt. The usual route is the official Egypt e-visa, applied for at least 7 days before you fly. A visa on arrival exists only for Indians with a valid US, UK, Schengen or GCC visa that has already been used at least once, so we do not plan trips around it. Our visa desk can prepare the e-visa for you.
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Egypt visa options
Egypt e-visa (single or multiple entry)
Indian passport holders — the usual route
Our visa desk can apply for you
Visa on arrival
Only with a valid US, UK, Schengen or GCC visa that has already been used at least once
No visa to buy in advance
30 days, single entry: government & visa charges ₹2,950 + our service fee ₹1,416, per person. How our visa desk works.
Documents usually needed
- Passport valid for at least 6 months from your arrival date
- Passport scan and photo
- Hotel booking and return ticket
- Apply at least 7 days before you fly
Places of Islamic history
- Al-Azhar Mosque — A thousand years of Islamic scholarship
- Mosque of Amr ibn al-As — The first mosque built in Egypt
- Imam al-Shafi'i — Resting place of the founder of the Shafi'i school
- Al-Muizz Street and the Citadel — Mamluk mosques, madrasas and Salah al-Din's Citadel
Visiting with adab
- We visit the graves of the Companions and scholars as the Sunnah teaches: give salam, make du'a for them and move on. Our guides do not lead tawaf, touching or asking from the dead at any shrine.
- Mosque visits are timed around Salah; modest dress guidance is shared before every visit.
