Fair prices · converted at today’s rate · every figure attributed
What should it cost?
There is no official price list for a camel ride or a tip, so this page does the next most honest thing: it shows what named guides publish, who they are, when they said it and where they disagree — beside the official market prices Egypt’s Cabinet publishes every day.
Tips, entry and rides.
What the market charges residents.
From the Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Centre, which publishes retail prices across the governorates every day. A useful floor: a fruit stall asking several times the top of the range is not quoting a resident’s price.
Three habits that matter more than any number.
Agree the total first
For rides and boats: the full price, the duration and the way back, before you get on. Every guide cited above says this.
Anchor on the app
Before agreeing a street-taxi fare, open a ride-hailing app for the same trip and read its quote, even if you then take the taxi.
Carry small notes
Tips are expected in Egyptian pounds; big notes are hard to break. The rate above tells you what a note is worth today.