Country of contrasts

Egypt | Sep 12 - Sep 30, 2026

It was an amazing trip. We saw not only historical sites but also countryside, desert, Beduin house, carpet factory/workshop, Nubian village on the Elephantine island, oldest Coptic monastery.
But it was so sad to see so much garbage on every corner and children playing there.
Aswan was the cleanest of all the cities we saw.
We especially liked Bahaa, who was an amazing storytellers. Other guides gave us lots of information but sometimes it was hard to see the forest behind the trees but all of them were very knowledgeable, with obvious passion for the history of their country. We were very impressed by our guides' abilities to read hieroglyphs.

Hotel Reviews

Concorde El Salam

cairo

Quiet, clean, nice food selections.

Authenticity & Character

There was nothing "authentic" about it. Looked like any other western hotel.

Location

Staff

Very kind , helpful; some porters very a little bit too pushy.

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The Temple Hotel Luxor

Luxor

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Dahabiya Akhnaton

Staff

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Steigenberger Omar Khayyam

Cairo

Authenticity & Character

Very nice hotel but just like any other high class hotel. Hard to talk about it's authenticity or character. It blends with other hotels of this category.

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Activity Reviews

Cairo/ White Desert

White Desert

Probably one of the most memorable part of the trip.

Quality of Experience

Food

The whole desert experience was wonderful

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Our Beduin driver was not only an amazing driver but also the cook.

Transport

Day tour to visit Grand Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Salah El-Din & Old Cairo

Cairo

This museum needs more than 2 hours! There's so much to see there! Two hours allow you just to glance at the exhibits rather than absorb the enormity of history presented there.

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Day Tour to Pyramids, Sphinx & Sakkara and Dahshour

Cairo

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Over Day Fayoum & Wadi Al Hitan

Egypt

The waterfalls look so much bigger than in reality

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