27 Apr 2023
The things I liked about the trip was the nice boat and the amazing landscapes and temples along the way.
I can’t say the same about the organisers of the trip. I repeatedly had to ask them about the schedule as there were time deviations. Their response rate was okayish. On the other hand what I’m mostly disappointed with are the tour guides they picked to tour us around the temples. Most of them had little interest in explaining and more interested on the tips. The last one we had for the whole day is Luxor was terrible though. He was mostly trying to extract money from us. Trying to take us at touristic shops to get a commission. He was also pushing to use a private motorboat to cross the Nile instead of going with the paid car or the ferry. He asked 200 pounds from each of us for the private boat. 200 x 7 people = 1400 pounds or 43 euros. That’s a a scam. The ferry costs 5 pounds and the car transportation was already paid.