11 Sep 2025
Everything up until the balloon was going perfect. We were picked up at 05:30, by a smiley helpful person and a driver they took us to the boat to cross Nile and off to the balloon ride. Balloon ride was perfect everyone helpful, attentive and friendly. An here we come to the Egyptiologist Mo(hamed) , the most greedy person we met in Egypt. According to the itinerary he was supposed to be with us throughout the tour and ( obviously) talk us through whatever we were visiting, instead he will tell a single story by the entrance and then let us wonder around for a limited time. He was very eager to take us to shops ( which were not part of itinerary like alabaster shop , perfume shop ). And he asked for an extra payment of 40€ ( 10€ per person ) because he escorted us to Tutanhamon tumb and gave us the story of how it was discovered. We paid almost 300£ for the entire tour and I asked the tour operator if we need to pay anything extra , we in advance , which they replied only entrance fees payable by card. Unfortunately his behaviour ruined the entire experience.