Day Tours are generally added on to longer tours as extensions. For example, an extension to Abu Simbel would be a common add. However, sometimes day tours are taken as part of a non-tour holiday (for example a beach holiday), when visiting Egypt for other reasons such as business or seeing relatives or friends.  Also, they are often taken by people on ocean cruises who make port stops in Egypt .

Even very brief tours are usually referred to as a day tour, and sometimes you can actually take more then one "day tour" in a day, these may, for example, be a half day at the Pyramids, followed by another day tour to Old Cairo. There is basically an endless variety of day tours that can be taken to almost every site in Egypt .  However, if you wish to visit a number of popular monuments spread across Egypt , it is typically much less expensive to buy a complete packaged tour rather then putting together a number of different day tours. There will also usually be fewer problems.

Day tours typically include transportation and a well trained guide. Some may also include a meal.