Cairo & Alexandra (GEM Museum Visit)

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  TC

  May 3rd, 2025
  ⭐ Tour Review - Ancient Egypt Tour. It’s important to give an honest review to help future travelers make informed...
  ⭐ Tour Review - Ancient Egypt Tour. It’s important to give an honest review to help future travelers make informed decisions. Egypt—and especially the pyramids—was a must-visit destination for me, and I’m glad I booked this tour. All the guides and the driver were super friendly and helpful. For me, having such kind and helpful staff was a big bonus. One moment that stood out: when it was time to send me off to the airport, the driver actually got out of the car to make sure I was at the correct terminal before leaving. That kind of attention shows how much they care about avoiding any miscommunication. Awesome! As with most tours, minor issues did occur, but the guides handled them professionally. Overall, I had a good experience. Would I travel with this Egypt tour operator again? Yes. ⭐ TourRadar Review – Caution Advised (1 Star) This rating is for TourRadar as a booking platform, not the tour itself. TourRadar acts as a middleman between travelers and local operators. When everything goes well, it’s fine. But if something goes wrong, you’re mostly left to deal with it on your own. I’ve completed four tours through TourRadar. Three were okay. But my Sri Lanka tour with Mango Vacations was a disaster. For weeks, the operator didn’t respond to my questions about pickup arrangements. Then, just one week before departure, they finally replied—saying the tour couldn’t go ahead. They offered a last-minute change to the itinerary or cancellation. At that point, I had already booked non-refundable flights. It felt like a textbook bait-and-switch tactic—intentional or not. Mango Vacations advertises 17 different tours as having daily departures, which raises serious doubts about whether they even have the capacity to deliver what they promise. If you’re a non-EU traveler or based in a country where TourRadar has no local presence, you have little to no consumer protection. In such cases, it might be better to have a local travel agent contact the tour operator directly—so you’re protected under your local consumer rights if something unfair happens. Booking through TourRadar is a gamble. If it works, great. But if it doesn’t, TourRadar won’t take responsibility—they’ll expect you to deal directly with the operator, even if the problem was avoidable or systemic.Show more
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  Traveled in April 2024
  

  Reply from: Ancient Egypt Tours

  Many thanks for taking the time to share your positive experience with us. We are thrilled you enjoyed your adventure. Your feedback made our day and we are so happy that you had a good experience with us. We are looking forward to welcoming you here again soon Ancient Egypt Tours Team

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  Dominica

  November 11th, 2024
  Itinerary, guide and transportation didn’t reflect the descriptions of the tour. The worst is transportation, it...
  Itinerary, guide and transportation didn’t reflect the descriptions of the tour. The worst is transportation, it says comfortable with A/C. The car is not suitable, the left side doesn’t open from the outside, the right side, seatbelt not working and the window knob is broken. Alexandra trip with fuel scent all day. The first guide was kind of rough, in rush mode and tried to get my card for payments but I said I will do it on my own. He even let me paid for the parking fee in the Pyramids, talking to the cashier on their language. I asked him what is 80 egyptian pounds and said its parking. It is kind of intimidating and rude they constantly talking egyptian to themselves. I know it’s not a lot but I have been asked so many times with a 20 or 30 in some other parking. There is no official orientation for the tour at the start. The hotel was changed at the pick up date., as the driver told me different hotel. The hotel and breakfast was great but the reception was not aware of us at the check in. Salwa is fine but tour itself is not. There should be a consistent person or guide that informs us for the updates.No efforts done if the itinerary is closed,, guides and others are only interested in trying to get you money or the tips. I am not surprised if no one booked the tour as we are the only one.,although we signed up for the group tour. We are dissatisfied and disappointed to this tour. Thank you though.Show more
  Traveled in October 2024
  

  Reply from: Ancient Egypt Tours

  We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. Thanks for your honesty in sharing this with us. We are so sorry you are not satisfied with your experience. We are taking your feedback seriously and are looking into ways to ensure this doesn’t happen again

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  Raymond

  April 30th, 2024
  Everything went very well. The two guides (Walied and Rasha) were excellent as was the driver Amr.
  Traveled in April 2024
  

  Reply from: Ancient Egypt Tours

  Dear Raymond, Thank you so much for your review. It is a pleasure having you here and hope to see you again soon Best Regards Salwa

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  Fatma

  February 20th, 2024
  Excellent everyone in the Ancient Egypt Tour staff very helpful and professional no doubt to question it. We're glad...
  Excellent everyone in the Ancient Egypt Tour staff very helpful and professional no doubt to question it. We're glad to choose them for our tour,Show more
  Traveled in February 2024
  

  Reply from: Ancient Egypt Tours

  Dear Fatma, We are so grateful for your review. On behalf of Ancient Egypt Tours Team thank you very much and hope to see you soon

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  Ewa

  June 25th, 2023
  Cairo was good organised, the Driver and touristguide very helpfull, in time, frendly we are safisfied with they...
  Cairo was good organised, the Driver and touristguide very helpfull, in time, frendly we are safisfied with they Work, with our tritment. Alexandria Trip was great disapointment. Bad Präparation. We saw three sights and that was all. All together about 3 to 4 hours.The driving time was longer. Nö Break, No Rest inbetween, any realy experience with the town. You can Not oder Trip to Alexandria with that what we experienced. Your priority should BE to satisfied Tourist.Show more
  Traveled in June 2023
  

  Reply from: Ancient Egypt Tours

  We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. Thanks for your honesty in sharing this with us. We are so sorry you are not satisfied with your experience. We are taking your feedback seriously and are looking into ways to ensure this doesn’t happen again

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  Andrew

  June 16th, 2023
  The tour was good. I had lots of fun and learnt a lot. My tour guide Dina was very good. She was very knowledgeable,...
  The tour was good. I had lots of fun and learnt a lot. My tour guide Dina was very good. She was very knowledgeable, kind, patient and did a fantastic job as a guide. Transportation was comfortable as well with Nabid (the driver)Show more
  Traveled in June 2023
  

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  We are so happy to hear that. Thank you so much and hope to see you soon

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  Carl

  January 2nd, 2023
  The Tour Company organized everything very well. We went for an upgrade on the accomodation to 5* and the chosen...
  The Tour Company organized everything very well. We went for an upgrade on the accomodation to 5* and the chosen hotel was very good. Our Cairo guide, Essam was so good. He explained a lot of history in great detail and was also very patient with some personal requests that we had. Just one negative experience with the driver that took us to Alexandria and back: he didn't know the road out of Cairo and once we got to Alexandria he didn't know how to get to the first site. He had to stop continuosly to ask for directions. I even offered for him to use my Google Maps but he declined. Took us 4 hrs to get to Alexandria and then 3.5hrs back as he lost his way back to Cairo. Very embarasing. Apart from this, the trip was a lot of fun!!Show more
  Traveled in December 2022
  

  Reply from: Ancient Egypt Tours

  Many thanks for taking the time to share your positive experience with us. We are thrilled you enjoyed your adventure. Your feedback made our day and we are so happy that you had a good experience with us. We are looking forward to welcoming you here again soon Ancient Egypt Tours Team

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  Franz

  October 22nd, 2022
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  TOUR 16 days: Cairo & Oasis-Siwa & Oasis-Baharia from 01.10.2022 to 16.10.2022. Arrival day September 30, 2022,...
  TOUR 16 days: Cairo & Oasis-Siwa & Oasis-Baharia from 01.10.2022 to 16.10.2022. Arrival day September 30, 2022, departure day October 17, 2022. 5 Days Tour Package 1: Cairo & Tour Memphis, Shaqra, Dahshur & Giza and Egyptian Museum & Alexandria Tour & The New Capital & Old Cairo. The adventure of Egypt started at Cairo International Airport. The Ancient Egypt Tours representative who picked us up from the international airport had to be searched for, due to poor signage it took half an hour to find him. The drive to the hotel was in evening traffic adventure for an hour and a half. The hotel was up to the local standard. The experienced driver always brought us safely to the destinations and back to the hotel. The German-speaking experienced tour guide was the first three days prudent, and courteous and self-initiated with additional offers such as arranging jewelry sales and visiting known dealers to initiate sales. As soon as we were informed that expenses would no longer be paid in US dollars, we had to buy the tickets ourselves. The tour package was a journey into the past and with the new capital a look into the future. 5 days tour package 2: Drive from Cairo to Siwa Oasis & Siwa Salt Lake, Gebel Al Dakrur & Gabel Al Mawat, Oracle Temple, Source of the Sun, Shali Fortress & Safari in the Great Sea of Sand. The drive from Cairo to Siwa via El-Alamein, with a visit to the Museum of El-Alamein, continuing through Marsa Matrouh on a newly developed highway with a young driver was scenically very varied but exhausting with a driving time of eight hours. The program in the oasis Siwa was a glimpse into the past and the stay pleasant, despite language difficulties, the driver, Omar spoke only Arabic and broken English but helpful and führsorglich. When saying goodbye in Cairo on the last day, he addressed us as mom and dad. On 08.10.22 an English-speaking administrative official from Siwa was our tour guide, he provided us with detailed information. Unforgettable remains the safari in the big sand sea with a jeep. The hotel in Siwa corresponded to the local standard. Breakfast was in the hotel, lunch in a restaurant in Siwa. In the evening before departure, the English-speaking chef surprised us with an excellent dinner, chicken cutlet, white rice and salad, it was excellently prepared. 6 days tour package 3: Drive from Siwa Oasis to Baharia Oasis & Baharia Oasis & Camp in the Black, White Desert & Drive to Cairo. The drive from Siwa Oasis to Baharia Oasis was again via Marsa Matrouh, Al Alamein, Cairo with a lot of construction activity such as road construction, building irrigation systems for agriculture along the drive. The desert landscape compensates the long driving time. The direct route from Oasis-Siwa through the desert to Baharia-Oase is closed by the Egyptian military. The accommodation in Baharia-Oase is as a starting point for trips to the Black-, and White Desert, it corresponded to the local standard. The tour of Baharia Oasis showed a varied landscape such as palm forests, saltwater lake, desert, mountains and city life. The three-day trip through the Black and White Deserts with a beautiful and colorful landscape left us only amazed. The nights in the desert in tents with a visit by a desert fox in the second night remain unforgettable. The experienced driver/guide/cook, Ahmed, in one person showed us the beauty of the desert and he knew the best places for a photo stop. The trip from the White Desert to Cairo was a journey from the silence and beauty of the desert to the hustle and bustle of the big city of Cairo. A thank you to the tour operator for organizing the trip and for the double payment back for a room at the hotel in Cairo.Show more
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  Traveled in October 2022