Sunny Egypt: 6 Days (Cairo, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Luxor & Overnight Sleeper Train Round Trip)

Customer Reviews

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  Marco

  · July 27th, 2023
  Very very satisfied for family trip my first experience in African Continent.
  

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  Trip date: July 2023
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  Robert

  · July 24th, 2023
  Excellent tours and guides, very helpful if any issues arise. Would recommend to others.
  

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  Thank-you for taking the time to leave a review. You were a champ! It was a pleasure showing you around.” Stay Safe :) , Egypt Best Holidays
  Trip date: July 2023
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  WesleyFranklin

  · June 7th, 2021
  Great tour, our guide, Sam, was very informative and a great guide
  

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  Trip date: June 2021
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  GuglielmoFranci

  · June 3rd, 2021
  Luxor was amazing! Visiting with our guide Hany Yassen was a real pleasure. He is very knowledgeable and helpful to meet all different kind of requests. Karnak temple and valley of kings are a must for everyone visiting this part of Egypt.
  

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  Trip date: June 2021
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  Kathleen

  · May 30th, 2021
  This was the worst tour company imaginable. They lied, they overcharged (stole) misrepresented etc.. Some of their examples, (A) the covid test, Actual charge 150 Egyptian Pounds per person, their charge 210 Egyptian Pounds per person (B) included activities always charged full price again (C) difficult to reach (D) hotels did not know of their company (E) could not get an answer about anything (F) did not know their other guided or what they were doing, different guide every day. (G) one guide even had my partner film a video praising him, even though he did a rotten job and appeared to be withholding receiving our covid test results. (H) everything paid immediately up front, cash only, no credit cards. We were dropped off in front of hectic train stations/transportation areas ,told to find our trains and our next guide should be able to find/meet us at our next stop. (I) lying about some of their included tours which were not tours at all, even after paying for it. These are some of their finer points. This is only a small sample about their behavior. We have traveled the world and have utilized many travel agencies/companies but this is by far the worst we have ever faced. To try to make an actual list of their antics would take too long. I have found Tour Radar to be an above board and professional company, and when talking to you, a good and friendly company. I hope this company is only a rare example of what you work with. They totally put the gypt in Egypt. Thank you for listening and we hope to deal with you in the future, just without them.
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  Egypt Best Holidays commented on this review

  Dear Valued Guest , Thank you so much for taking the time to review our tours and we are sorry that you didn't enjoy it that much , We would like to clear many misleading point in such review in very polite way : A- ** We didn't charge YOU a single... Show more
  Trip date: May 2021
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  Paul

  · March 14th, 2020
  We had an amazing holiday and that was for two reasons, the history, attractions and artifacts that we came to Egypt to see were out of this world, and our guides were awesome, warm and welcoming. Ayman picked us up from the Airport in Cairo and took us to our hotel. He was wonderful and later we paid for him to take us on an optional guided tour to Khan el-Khalili markets. That was brilliant, although we had not come to Egypt to shop it was great to experience this with a guide. We had sheesha and people watched and purchased a few souvenirs for family. The next morning Sam collected us and took us out for a tour of the pyramids. We won't bore you with all the details because you must come and experience the incredible beauty of the pyramids...what we will say was how valuable Sam was with his knowledge and also with help when navigating through the onslaught of locals, offering wares. Throughout the day he was by our side giving us information and was very entertaining. We definitely could have used more time at the museum and less time for shopping. Sam recommended the best local koshuri restaurant and then stayed with us until we got on the train. We were met in Aswan by Mena and although we had a few hiccups with the start of the day in Aswan and our accommodation that could have given the holiday a negative spin, Peter (our organiser) and Mena (the local manager) ensured they were quick to sort everything. We can't thank them enough for quickly making things right. We had the utmost faith in the company after this. Talaat was our tour guide through Aswan and we opted to include the Nubian Village tour at an extra cost (well worth the visit). Mena then got us on the train to Luxor and we were picked up by Khaled. What a knowledgeable guide. Khaled was outstanding. He catered the whole day to our interests and thank goodness he suggested the hot air balloon optional extra, it was one of our highlights. Khaled suggested the best tombs in Valley of the Kings for us to visit and throughout the whole day he made us laugh and kept the energy going to so we could keep going. Again we had someone with us until we boarded our sleeper train back to Cairo. All our guides were outstanding, the sites we visited were incredible. A few things to think about that we just didn't understand before we came...(even though it was very clear on the website about what's not included) Entrance fees to the sightseeing, we paid all up, about nine hundred Egyptian pounds each for all the admission fees. It's very clear on the tour radar website that it's not included but we just didn't really understand that, so be prepared to pay additional fees to get in everywhere. What we realise now is, basically the tour is just for transport and the guide, you pay for entry on top of this. TIPPING...we are from New Zealand which is not a tipping culture so although we have traveled the world and been to the US heaps, even they don't expect tips in the US as much as they do in Egypt. We were given some great advice from our guides to keep 50 pounds aside at each spot we stopped in to interact with locals which was considered an acceptable tip and then say that's all we had as some people were quite pushy for us to give them more. We totally understand that the people are very poor and many rely on tips but we didn't realise how much extra this would set us back and hadn't budgeted for this so just prepare yourself to tip your drivers, your guides, your boat drivers, your hot air balloon captains, just everyone. If anyone offers to take your camera and get a photo for you...unless it's your guide...they expect a tip and you won't get away until you give them at least a few Egyptian pounds so keep a few of those handy at all times!!! We weren't expecting the sleeper trains to be modern (and they aren't) but the beds were comfy, the sheets were clean and that's the most important thing, plus we really felt it was a fun adventure. Not listed on our tours were stops at perfume stores, papyrus stores, jewelry and artifact stores, alabaster stores. We were told there was no pressure to buy anything. At first we were disappointed as we felt it ate into our museum time, until we met someone else on the tour who had actually asked to have more time in these shops and their group of six opted to skip the museum to spend more time shopping. We realised to each his own and everyone has their own style of holiday so probably just be aware these are additional stops during your day and this might help to plan out your times. Overall we recommend Egypt Best Holidays Tour and would use them again, in fact we plan to look into another tour that includes a cruise on the Nile and a few other things we missed. If you have more time we definitely would recommend two days in each town instead of one. Although we covered lots of ground and were able to see lots, we felt very rushed but acknowledge we were time poor.
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  Egypt Best Holidays commented on this review

  Dear Valued Guest Thank you for taking the time to review our tours .. We are so happy that you recommend our tour , We would like to clear that Entrance fees is written clearly in the itinerary ( read the additional cost in Red color please ) , the... Show more
  Trip date: March 2020
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  deppy

  · August 5th, 2019
  So we did a tailor made tour including all egypt and bahariya oasis in 7 days (Alexandria, Gkiza, Aswan, Luxor, Abu Simbel, Egyptian Museum). Peter had organised everything to the last detail. I felt safe and I could trust our guides.
  

  Egypt Best Holidays commented on this review

  Dear Valued Guest Thank you for taking the time to review our tours .. We really appreciate every word you have written and we will do our best to make our service meet our guests' desires ,, All the Best ,, Egypt Best Holidays Team
  Trip date: August 2019