{"id":32007,"date":"2019-01-08T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?p=32007"},"modified":"2025-03-26T22:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:17:53","slug":"egypt-group-travel-for-20-somethings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/egypt-group-travel-for-20-somethings\/","title":{"rendered":"I thought I was a solo adventurer for life. Then I went on a group trip&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ever since packing away all of the worldly possessions my 26 years of life had acquired into a humbling 5\u2019 x 10\u2019 storage unit on a December day in Denver, I thought I had travel figured out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The spring before, I had taken a solo trip, my first, to Peru and the quick 10-day adventure had me absolutely hooked on the concept.<\/p>\n<p>New connections had come with ease and often, spur-of-the-moment travel decisions were mine alone to make, and the person I had to be \u2013 fearless, outgoing, confident, adventurous \u2013 was someone I hadn\u2019t met before in large doses. Solo travel brought me out of my shell in a way that nothing else did, so much so that I converted to this way of travel and never looked back.<\/p>\n<p>That is, until a tempting group tour of <strong><a href=\"\/egypt\" data-wpil=\"url\">Egypt<\/a><\/strong> entered the realm of possibilities.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-Egypt-Cairo-pyramids-036.jpg\" alt=\"group travel for 20 somethings\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-Egypt-Cairo-pyramids-036.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-Egypt-Cairo-pyramids-036-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-Egypt-Cairo-pyramids-036-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-Egypt-Cairo-pyramids-036-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>For two and a half years since that December day in Denver, loading a storage unit with things I should have sold long before I did, I\u2019ve taken solo travel to the extreme, trading a predictable American life for an anything-but-predictable life in cities across Peru and Colombia. These days, my only constant companions are a large, lime green duffel bag, an overstuffed traveler\u2019s backpack, and a well-stamped passport.<\/p>\n<p>When Egypt taunted me with its desert scenes and visions of busy bazaars and crumbling pyramids, I was in the midst of settling in to my latest South American city of choice \u2013 Cartagena, Colombia. And though I knew every enticing word of the <strong><a href=\"\/egypt\/essential-egypt-160808\">Essential Egypt<\/a> <\/strong>trip description came with the strings of an ever-present group to experience it with and a need to stay on itinerary from start to finish, I found myself caring less and less about these strings as I realized Egypt had suddenly gone from a far off dream to a very real, near-term possibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/adventures\/group-tour-middle-east\/\"><strong>READ MORE: WHY A GROUP TOUR IN THE MIDDLE EAST WAS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR ME<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32012\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32012\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_06_luxor-karnak-temple-2290.jpg\" alt=\"group travel for 20 somethings\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_06_luxor-karnak-temple-2290.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_06_luxor-karnak-temple-2290-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_06_luxor-karnak-temple-2290-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_06_luxor-karnak-temple-2290-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Usually I travel solo&#8230; but then I discovered Intrepid<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Egypt was a place I\u2019d always had on my travel bucket list, a place I\u2019d always told myself I\u2019d visit eventually. Though I\u2019m not proud to reveal this, the thought of exploring it alone completely intimidated me. Besides the anxiety-inducing fact that I didn\u2019t speak a lick of Arabic, the thought that I\u2019d be a female traveling solo in a country so different from anywhere I&#8217;d visited before weighed heavily on me.<\/p>\n<p>While I never imagined I\u2019d eventually travel Egypt on a guided group tour, it quickly started to feel like the most logical way to do it. The travelers in my group would be roughly my own age, our guide would be a local Egyptian, and the activities that filled the itinerary were everything I would have wanted to see and do on my own anyway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/egypt\/essential-egypt-160808\"><strong>CHECK OUT INTREPID&#8217;S 9-DAY EGYPT TRIP FOR 18- TO 35-YEAR-OLDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_07_luxor-valley-of-the-kings-2860.jpg\" alt=\"group travel for 20 somethings\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_07_luxor-valley-of-the-kings-2860.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_07_luxor-valley-of-the-kings-2860-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_07_luxor-valley-of-the-kings-2860-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_07_luxor-valley-of-the-kings-2860-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Though I certainly still had my reservations about giving up the freedom that comes with traveling on your own, I was definitely reassured by the fact that any challenge that would and could crop up would be dealt with together as a group, not on my own with zero Arabic.<\/p>\n<p>Touching down in Cairo was my first taste of what I consider to be the guilty pleasures of traveling on an organized tour. Waiting for me just beyond security was a man holding a sign with my name on it. In my red eye-induced stupor, I fell into my role as passenger faster than my independent self would care to admit. I allowed him to guide me through the process of getting a visa, going through customs, and locating baggage claim. It was refreshing to be taken care of on the other end of a long flight to a foreign land in which I knew no one. I wasn\u2019t used to that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/18-35s\"><strong>BROWSE ALL INTREPID 18 TO 35S ADVENTURES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32017\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32017\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_02_cairo-pyramids-9437-e1546820125419.jpg\" alt=\"group travel for 20 somethings\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can&#8217;t go wrong with like-minded travelers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the hotel, I met a few of my travel companions while the rest trickled in throughout the afternoon. The conversations mimicked those I\u2019d had countless times before in hostels all over South America. It was a welcome relief to know I actually liked the people I\u2019d be glued to for the remainder of the week. They were just like me in the sense that they lived for travel and knowing new places intimately.<\/p>\n<p>We all seemed to be pulled to this particular trip for many of the same reasons \u2013 the comfort of a group in an otherwise daunting destination, the chance to visit a place high on our travel lists, and the itinerary\u2019s promise of both on- and off-the-beaten-path experiences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/adventures\/what-you-need-to-know-about-travelling-in-egypt\/\" data-wpil=\"url\"><strong>READ HOW INTREPID SUPPORTS ANIMAL WELFARE IN EGYPT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32014 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_01_cairo-8491-e1546819619395.jpg\" alt=\"group travel for 20 somethings\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/>For a week, our local guide, Hend, led us from north to south to north again, becoming more of a friend than simply just a tour guide. Her depth of knowledge about the places we visited combined with her insider expertise to the best local spots to grab a falafel sandwich or shop for papyrus scrolls had me wondering why I had ever written off traveling on a guided tour. I had insight and access to the local culture and customs in ways traveling on your own just doesn\u2019t give you very easily.<\/p>\n<p>This was never more apparent than when we hopped off the overnight train in Aswan. Hend walked us through the next 72 hours with a glint her eye. It was as if she already knew exactly what would unfold in this southern Egyptian city. Looking back, what made Aswan so special wasn\u2019t as much the sights (though those were incredible), but the way it brought our little travel group closer. I thank Hend for that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/about\/meet-intrepid-leaders\" data-wpil=\"url\"><strong>READ MORE ABOUT INTREPID&#8217;S FEMALE LOCAL LEADERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32008\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32008\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_02_cairo-pyramids-9050.jpg\" alt=\"group travel for 20 somethings\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_02_cairo-pyramids-9050.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_02_cairo-pyramids-9050-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_02_cairo-pyramids-9050-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_02_cairo-pyramids-9050-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posing with our amazing local leader, Hend<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That glint in her eye, however, could have never predicted what came to pass\u00a0\u2013 from an impromptu night of dancing to drumbeats on Elephantine Island to the headache-inducing marathon of riddles Sam plagued us with as we sailed down the Nile or the moment Mia and Georgia felt inspired to try on the belly dancing garb in the Aswan bazaar to give us all a hilarious show.<\/p>\n<p>Moments like these made the trip for me.<\/p>\n<p>They showed me that traveling on a guided tour with a group of people my own age not only leads to moments I otherwise would have never had in Egypt, but it allows for lasting connections to form as you travel about the country together, bonding even more with each passing day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32015\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32015\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_05_aswan-nile-river-felucca-1821.jpg\" alt=\"group travel for 20 somethings\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_05_aswan-nile-river-felucca-1821.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_05_aswan-nile-river-felucca-1821-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_05_aswan-nile-river-felucca-1821-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Intrepid-Travel-egypt_18-29_05_aswan-nile-river-felucca-1821-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonding aboard a felucca on the Nile!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before my trip to Egypt, I would have said guided group tours are like traveling with training wheels. As someone who is addicted to discovering the edges of my comfort zone, that just didn\u2019t appeal to me at all.<\/p>\n<p>Now, having tasted the reality of traveling on a guided group tour, I can say that it\u2019s officially become another option for me, one that I\u2019ll be trying again\u2026and again and probably again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ready to explore Egypt like Amber did? <a href=\"\/egypt\/essential-egypt-160808\">Check out Intrepid&#8217;s Essential Egypt trip.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for other 18-to-35s adventures? <a href=\"\/18-35s\">Browse them all.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><em>(All images taken on Intrepid&#8217;s Essential Egypt trip.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now, having tasted the reality of traveling on a guided group tour, I can say that it\u2019s officially become another option for me, one that I\u2019ll be trying again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15972,"featured_media":32021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[286],"tags":[2181,3178,54,1074],"class_list":["post-32007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-18-to-29s","tag-18-to-35s","tag-egypt","tag-group-travel","ipf_theme-18-to-29s","ipf_region-egypt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Group Travel for 20 Somethings: What it&#039;s Really Like | Intrepid Travel Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Now, having tasted the reality of traveling on a guided group tour, I can say that it\u2019s officially become something I&#039;ll try again.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/egypt-group-travel-for-20-somethings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I thought I was a solo adventurer for life. 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