Local Living Tours & Trips in Middle East
There's no better way to delve into culture than to live like a local. Spend time with them for an insight into what life is like in Middle East. With 52 local adventures lasting 4 days to 23 days, you're sure to create memories to last a lifetime.
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- Wonders of Middle East (35 destinations)
- Budget Egypt, Jordan & Israel - 18 days
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- 9 days Eyes On Main Egypt attractions (Cairo – Aswan – Luxor – Alexandria)
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Duration 17 days Destinations Israel, Palestinian Territory, Jordan, Egypt Age Range All Ages Welcome Operator Europamundo From
- US$5,151
You'll have a Bedouin dinner at a Wadi Rum desert camp, with overnight accommodation in tents or under the stars. Stop at a government-supervised Papyrus Museum in Cairo and a perfume oil emporium in Aswan. Between April and October, trek the Siq Trail through the 500-meter-deep Wadi Mujib canyon, wading through chest-deep waters and climbing across boulders in Jordan's lowest nature reserve.
Duration 18 days Destinations Egypt, Jordan, Palestinian Territory, Israel Age Range Ages 15+ Operator On The Go Tours From $4,215
15% Off- US$3,583You save $632
Share a home-cooked dinner with a local family in Çavuşin and learn to prepare traditional pide flatbread in Selçuk before enjoying lunch. Stop by the Cöp(m)adam handicraft cooperative in Ayvalık where local women create traditional crafts. Connect with Turkish culture through food and family traditions with lunch in a local home near Karahantepe.
Duration 15 days Destinations Istanbul, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Troy, Ayvalik, Selcuk, Izmir, Konya, Cappadocia, KaymakliSee all destinations Age Range Ages 12+ Operator G Adventures From $3,499
25% Off- US$2,624You save $875
Duration 14 days Destinations Istanbul, Trabzon, Hopa, Artvin, Erzurum, Kars, Dogubayazit, Van, Akdamar Island, TatvanSee all destinations Age Range Ages 8+ Operator On The Go Tours From $7,725
15% Off- US$6,566You save $1,159
Share a home-cooked dinner with a local family in Cappadocia's cave dwelling region and have lunch at Nahil Guesthouse in Sanliurfa, supporting local women's livelihoods. Stay in a traditional cave-style hotel in Urgup with fairy chimney valley views and see Mardin's Living Museum where artisans preserve crafts.
Duration 18 days Destinations Istanbul, Çanakkale, Troy, Selcuk, Ephesus Archaeological Museum, Cappadocia, Adiyaman, Mardin, Şanlıurfa, GaziantepSee all destinations Age Range Ages 15+ Operator Intrepid Travel From $5,050
15% Off- US$4,293You save $758
This Middle Eastern trip takes you from Cairo's Grand Egyptian Museum housing 100,000 artifacts to the 27-meter Pompey's Pillar in Alexandria. See Karnak Temple's huge religious complex with its light and sound show, visit Amr Ibn Al Aas Mosque built in 641 AD, and stand before the 73-meter Great Sphinx of Giza.
Duration 9 days Destinations Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Philae, Abu Simbel, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Deir el-Bahri, Alexandria Age Range Ages 9+ Operator Beyond The Nile Tours From
15% Off- US$1,245
Share a traditional meal with a Jordanian family near Amman and spend 2 hours checking out the food scene in As Salt's hillside streets. Bike through a village along the Nile with a student guide who'll take you to the Funtasia Project Center for tea, then have dinner at a Nubian home near Aswan.
Duration 23 days Destinations Amman, Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Madaba, Dahab, St. Catherine, Aswan, Luxor, Cairo Age Range Ages 18-39 Operator G Adventures From $3,179
25% Off- US$2,384You save $795
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