Full-Day Tour to Ancient Egypt

Wonderful time. Mar 2023 • Couples Thank you to Ahmed Darwish for a wonderful tour and time in Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbel. We learned so much and had a fantastic trip thanks to our wonderful guide and driver Ahmed Highly recommend!!!

My husband and I had a wonderful tour with Egypt Tailor Made for 11 days – 3 days in Cairo, 2 days in Aswan and 6 days in Luxor. Overall, the tour guides and drivers, in particular, Mr Ahmed Aziz and his two drivers are very professional and made our trip marvellous and wonderful. 2 days in Aswan and 6 days in Luxor – professional tour guide, clean and tidy car, a very good story teller: Tour guide Mr Ahmed Aziz and his two drivers are ones of the best guides I have met in my trips. Aziz is very knowledgeable and professional guide and his two drivers’ cars are always very clean and tidy and with bottled water ready everyday. Apart from the ancient Egyptian sites, Aziz also shared with us a lot about the local life and culture in Egypt. With Aziz accompanying us for 8 days in Aswan and Luxor, we had marvellous time there. Mr Ahmed Aziz brought us to various temples, tombs including Temple of Hathor, Temple of Hatshepsut, Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Nobles, etc. At the very beginning, he introduced the story of ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses, and he is a very good story teller. He speaks very good English and tells the story in an interesting and easy way for us to understand. And he would introduce the story and background behind each temples or tombs, then introduce each important wall paintings to us. At last, he will give us some free time for us to explore the sites by ourselves. With a very good introduction and understanding of the site, it’s easier for us to appreciate each site’s unique features, building styles and wall paintings. Aziz’s professionalism showed us that he is passionate about his job. Aziz would also make some good recommendations for changing a little bit for our tour time, e.g. we would go to a place to rest a bit before Valley of the Kings to avoid the crowd caused by the Nile curse; or combine our last two days tour then we do not have to rush our flight in the next day. We feel really thankful to Mr Ahmed Aziz and his two drivers. 3 days in Cairo – so far so good, dislike funny photos, dislike being persuaded to the shops which were not included in the original tour Tour guide Mr Ahmed Zaky and his driver brought us to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Sphinx, Sakkara, Egyptian Museum and Coptic Cairo. Overall it was so far so good but just they had connection with some local guys which offer to take some funny photos for you with Sphinx of which I really dislike those funny photos with an ancient antiquity and the local guys would probably expect tips for such. Apart from such, Mr Ahmed Zaky is also very knowledgeable when he brought us to Egyptian Museum. One last comment about Egypt tours - the tour guides would persuade you to go to the spices shops, papyrus shops, etc. of which all these shops are charging extremely high prices to the tourists. I would suggest the company can check with the tourists whether they are interested in these shops before the tour starts.

The tour was very smooth, enjoyable, informative and fascinating. The guide Ahmed Aziz is very knowledgeable and interesting in his explanations. He also inspired us to think of the fascinating and amazing history and high level of technological advancements of ancient Egypt. Though we visited many sites, he provided connections among all the sites. We could appreciate the rich history in a holistic manner. He is also very patient. He repeated facts to help us remember and connect. He also introduced us to present day life in Egypt, the rich heritage, products of the region. We not only saw the monuments and history of ancient Egypt but also the present day life in Egypt. Best of all, we enjoyed the time with our guide.