19 Jul 2019
Our booking through Look At Egypt turned out so well, we could not have been happier. Being from the US (California), and having never visited Egypt, nor even having traveled very much, we obviously didn't know exactly how an Egypt tour would work, but once we landed in Cairo every confusion or possible tourist bundler was avoided as we were immediately met by Ahmed from Look At Egypt before we even got to customs, who showed us how to get a visa and guided us straight to a private van for transport to our hotel.
They took very good care of us, including from the first email I sent, when I had to ask if they could work with our schedule. Our flight to Cairo was already booked and we only had 4 days in Egypt. They planned a private tour for just my wife and I, that included hotels in Cairo and Luxor and domestic airfare, and maximized our time in Egypt with activities all day each day.
The first 2 days were in Cairo, the second 2 in Luxor. Ines met us 8am at the hotel in Giza (across the Nile from Cairo) taking us straight to the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Later we rode camels and spent the afternoon in the Egypt Museum and then the evening shopping at one of the oldest barzaars in Egypt. Made it back to the hotel maybe by 9pm. Ines was so helpful all day, taking pictures as many times as we could want and generally being invaluable in such a large city.
We flew to Luxor and were taken to the Mercure Hotel, sitting right on the Nile, the most beautiful hotel I've ever seen. Our guide in Luxor was Dina, who could not have been more accommodating, friendly, thoughtful of what we would enjoy, and informative when discussing the sites. The sites in Luxor were truly astounding. The Temple of Karnak I could have probably spent the entire day at, but there was also the Luxor Temple. The next day we visited the Valley of the Kings and the Temple of Hatshepsut. Then Dina suggested to taking us to the Valley of the Nobels and Valley of the Workers too, where tombs of ancient Egyptians of lower cast are found. We really felt like we were on an adventure then, since we were the only visitors to the sites and the tombs held unusual pictographs, different than depicted for the Pharaohs, the colors of which are
still bright some thousands of years later.
The guides and overall experience with Look At Egypt was actually even more impressive than I had imagined. I really can't say enough good things.