Luxury Egypt Travel Review: Cairo, Aswan, Valley of The Kings, Valley of The Queens, Felucca Ride, Temples, 10-Day Trip

Review by traveler

yanina a.

3.2.2023

General Info

Traveler Review

Which Country (Countries) did you visit on this trip?

Egypt

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

We had a very good trip and Egypt exceeded our expectations. Our guide was professional, extremely knowledgeable and was able to bring the 7000 year old culture to life for us. There was no question that he could not answer (and we did ask a lot) with a patience and confidence of seasoned Egyptologist. We thoroughly enjoyed his explanations and his ability to organize the sites so we were constantly awed by the next temple or tomb. He was also flexible in addressing the changes we requested.
We also were impressed by our Airport transfer representative (Cairo) Very efficient and professional! He took our passports for 5 min on arrival and we were through the immigration in VIP line heading to the awaiting car after that. He also helped with hotel check in and all our flights including our return flight back to US at 2 am.
The driver in Cairo was also superb, clean car and service with a smile with the water ready when we got in every morning.

The reason I didn’t give 5 * is because food tour in Cairo needed upgrading and we would have welcomed better suggestions for meals and more detailed daily schedules with specific start times in advance.

What were the most enjoyable or memorable parts of your trip?

Visits to the pyramids, the valley of the kings and queens; felucca ride; temples…

If you could take your trip again, what would you do differently?

Spend extra day in Aswan enjoying the hotel; take air balloon in Luxor. Wait until GEM museum is open.

Travel Company Comments:

Dear Yanina,
I wanted to follow up on your comment posted with Zicasso.
First of all, I would like to thank you for your kind words and positive review. I appreciate your feedback regarding both the highlights and some negative experiences.
I’m glad to hear that you had a very good trip and Egypt exceeded your expectations, that’s great to hear. I’m also glad to hear that you had a great time with your private Egyptologist guide.
We really do our best to include the best restaurants for the food tour, but the point of the food tour is to go to the very local spots to get the best experience. We are also working on including more and more different restaurants to make sure the food tour will deliver the best experience.
We also do our best to provide the best available recommendations for the local restaurants. However, some small cities like Aswan and Luxor have limited options there compared to a big city like Cairo for example.
Finally, your trip was completely custom designed and private guided, so the private tour guide was able to suggest daily start times, but you had the option to change them and that’s the difference between a private guided tour and a group tour.
Thank you for traveling with us and it was such a pleasure working with you.
Thank you,
Mahmoud