07 Apr 2023
I highly recommend Mahmoud as your professional tour guide on this cruise. He was extremely experienced, knowledgeable, and educated about all of Egypt. He was extremely passionate and punctual to ensure that we made it on time and remained on schedule. There were so many nuances and minute details to coordinate to ensure that strict compliance and timelines were met in between various modes of transportation to all of the temples, and tours that there is no way possible anyone short of an expert could have done it all. Mahmoud and the entire cruise staff to include all of our van, boat, bus, and ferry drivers ensure that we remained safe and throughly enjoyed our selves. At the end of the cruise Mahmoud even went above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that we had transportation to our respective hotel, ground, or air reservations. He even coordinated all of that for our entire group AFTER the cruise. Finally, due to weather conditions the government decided to close down the hot air balloon ride initially scheduled on our last cruise day. However, Mahmoud did not give up!!! He contacted each of us individually who were remaining in Luxor an additional night, and ensured that we completed our hot air balloon ride the next morning when the government made it available again. We had a happy ending!!! The ballon ride was the icing on the cake to an already extensive and successful cruise. I highly recommend the cruise package. The food was prepared fresh daily. There was also live entertainment each night on the ship. We had belly dancers and more. On the last night, the crew gathered to sing to us and brought us out cake!!! Thank you Mahmoud and to everyone for making my time in Egypt more enjoyable than I could have ever imagined. I have made friends and memories that I will treasure for a lifetime!