Night Tour in Cairo

Mohamed Saleh, our guide and Raafat our driver made our tour through downtown Cairo an amazing experience. Mohamed was very knowledgeable and kind, he walked us through the bustling of the city. Our entries were a breeze, we did not have to wait or do anything. He shared his experiences during the Arab Spring while in Tahrir Square. We navigated through the organized chaos of Cairo and we tasted some local food (falafel) and some delicious ice cream. The view of the city from the Cairo Tower was breathtaking. If you're in Cairo make sure you book this tour with Mohamed and Raafat.

First I want to thank the driver, Achmed ("Paris"), who was amazingly calm and let me feel perfectly safe all the time in Cairo crazy traffic. We could have done this tour just between him and me, driving around, I think that would have been a great experience. The tour itself, unfortunately, was not at all the expected. I booked it mainly to visit the Cairo tower (the booking included the entrance fee), for a first impression of the city, a panoramic view. Not only did the guide arrive half an hour late and took away the last day light with this delay, but also, upon arriving at the tower and discussing with the ticket office, she told me that we had a waiting time of 5 hours to get in. So of course we left. The second booked place, Talaat Harb Culture Centre, wasn't even mentioned by her. From there on it became basically a selling show - I was taken to Gizeh to visit 2 places obviously waiting for me and trying to sell their stuff for ridiculous prices, one papyrus maker and one flower essence maker. As the guide lives in Gizeh, she then let the driver take her home and him bringing me back to the hotel. I don't like talking bad about other people, and Susu is definitively a nice person with a knowledge of history, she wanted to show me 2 important parts of Egypt, papyrus and lotus essence, I get it, but basically I paid a tour to be taken to sellers, to spend even more money. And no word of a refund or anything for the ticket to the tower, or the Culture Centre we didn't talk about at all. The stars I give are 5 for the driver and unfortunately cero for the guide.

I can thoroughly recommend the Cairo by Night Tour. My guide was Ahmad Abu Emirah, he was great, an intelligent guy, great English. He picked me up promptly from the hotel and we made a tour in streets of Cairo that I hadn’t seen. It was beautiful, lit up, lots of atmosphere. A must for everyone visiting Cairo. The same guide also met me at the airport a few days before so it was really good to see him again, he was chatty, friendly and I learnt a lot from Egyptian history from him.