Luxury Egypt Solo Tour Review: Luxor Hot Air Balloon Ride, King Tut's Mummy, Aswan, The Citadel Cairo, Agriculture

I would have either flown back-and-forth to Aswan on the same day, rather than taking a 7 hour round trip van drive, or better still, I would have skipped Aswan, altogether, for another full day at the colonial hotel. Their infinity pool is non-pareil.
I also would have skipped The Citadel in Cairo. Unless you’re Muslim, it holds little beauty or resonance (please, no disrespect intended.) Essentially, in my opinion, Cairo can be done in a day. See Giza, the Cairo Museum and call it, “done.”
The guides need to clearly inform you that EVERY tomb has a hired Egyptian in the tomb, supposedly to safeguard it. What the reality is, every single guardian sees you as an opportunity to get an EXPENSIVE tip. In Cairo, the guardian encouraged me to take a selfie laying inside the sarcophagus of the pharaoh. I did NOT ask for this and felt uncomfortable engaging in it, but he was insistent. At the end, the guardian demanded $20 and made me “promise” to keep it ‘our’ secret. Essentially, any “help” that a guardian engages in is a demand for a tip.
This travel company needs to warn us about these unlawful practices before we step into the tomb. They should also encourage us to report these practices every single time they occur to the authorities. This must end!