Nile Valley Tours & Trips

Top operators in Nile Valley

• Timeless Tours

  
  4.5 (3,050 reviews)

  "We took the Nile Jewel tour on 25 December 2024 - 2 January 2025. First of all, the tour was amazing in that we saw all of the main sites and we had an amazing group of people. The sites were genuinely spectacular and breathtaking. Our guide Meena was very knowledgeable and kind. Unfortunately, that is where the good parts of the tour came to an end. On the first day, we were strongly discouraged from taking the tour that we had booked and instead felt pushed to upgrade to the Nile Jewel tour for an extra $100 USD each, being advised that we were receiving a “special discount” which we discovered after changing, was not. We also got food poisoning on the cruise, which I have laid out further down. After being encouraged to pay extra for this upgrade, this was extremely disappointing. Additionally, there are a lot of hidden costs with the tour - approximately $100 USD for ticket entry, $55 USD for general tipping and $50 USD to the tour guide at the end. These are not optional. The costs were only made aware to us in the PDF that we received after we had paid a non-refundable deposit. The timings of the tour were very off. On our fourth day, we woke up at 4am to go to Abu Simbel; on our sixth day, we woke up at 5am to meet the people who did the hot air balloons; and on our eighth day, we woke up at 4:15am to go back to Cairo. The reason I say the timings were off was because we would start the day early, finish all of the activities and then be waiting around in a hotel lobby or train station for 3-4 hours. This meant everyone on our tour was exhausted for large parts of the tour. This led to multiple people getting colds and illness. The tour also took us to touting places. This included a perfume oil factory, a papyrus factory and a stone factory. These were not laid out in the itinerary and were not optional to go to. We would spend hours at these factories that were clearly tourist spots with hyper inflated goods (e.g. papyrus found at the papyrus shop for $80 USD versus $40 USD at the resort). We would then spend less time at the tourist attractions that we were wanting to go see e.g. 1.5 hours at the papyrus factory and then only 1 hour at Luxor Temple as we had run out of time. We were also taken to lunch places where we did not have an option to choose anything else. These lunch places were very expensive compared to local prices. We thought because Timeless Tours chose every food spot for us, even though it was expensive, at least they would be safe to eat. Unfortunately, this was also not the case. Almost all of the people (10/14 people) on the tour got food poisoning from the food we ate around day 4/5 of the tour while on the boat. This made multiple of the subsequent days of the tour extremely uncomfortable and we were not able to enjoy the main sights we had come to see. Overall, we would sadly not recommend the tour. I would suggest that you do your own research and look for a company that is better paced, has no hidden costs, does not take you to locations that are not listed and has good reviews for food hygiene.

  Bad - by Julie Q.

  Tours

  10 tours

  Age range

  12 to 75 years old

  Adventure type

  Explorer

  Response time

  20h

  Response rate

  92%

  Average price

  $210

  Timeless Tours is an expert in:

  • Explorer
  • In-depth Cultural
• Holiday In Egypt

  
  5.0 (734 reviews)

  "We were disappointed, not with the trip itself, but with the organization by *Holiday in Egypt*. As soon as we arrived in Cairo, we had to dig deep into our wallets: $8 tip per person per day. Of course, this was mentioned in the booking, but we were surprised to find that these tips were also required for the days spent on our own in Hurghada. And that's not all: these tips did not include those of the guide, which added considerably to the bill. This can get expensive, especially for a country like Egypt. As for our guide, there was nothing to complain about: Ahmed was excellent, very accommodating, and we had a great time learning a lot from him. On the other hand, the part of the tour in Hurghada, which we had planned to do on our own, was another disappointment. We had enthusiastically booked the *super safari* for 85 euros per person. At that price, we thought we'd have an almost private experience. Unfortunately, the opposite was true. We found ourselves in a crowded place, with over 100 tourists crammed in to use quads and buggies. As soon as we arrived, we had to pay again: 8 euros for safety goggles. For a service costing 85 euros, we were surprised that this wasn't included. The activities were also disappointing: - 7 minutes of quad biking with constant stops to sell us photos, - 8 minutes on a buggy, - 20 meters on a camel. It was a day that stuck in our craw, all the more so as other tourists confided in us that they had paid only 20 dollars for the same service. When we asked Holiday in Egypt for an explanation, we got no answer. If you're considering a trip with *Holiday in Egypt*, be prepared for hidden charges. Above all, avoid their ancillary activities, as you'll find exactly the same ones on platforms like *GetYourGuide* for four times less, with equivalent services. A real rip-off. We had chosen to go through an agency hoping for private, quality activities. In the end, everything seemed to be organized to line the agency's pockets.

  Bad - by Fabian L.

  Tours

  11 tours

  Age range

  2 to 80 years old

  Adventure type

  River Cruise

  Response time

  6h

  Response rate

  100%

  Average price

  $287

  Holiday In Egypt is an expert in:

  • River Cruise
  • Explorer
  • Active
• A.B Worldwide Voyages ltd.

  
  5.0 (195 reviews)

  "I really don’t know where to start because from the very moment I arrived to the very moment I left this was an incredibly brilliant well executed extremely enjoyable educational and one of the best vacations that I’ve ever had in my life. Egypt and the Nile are fabulous places to visit the country is 100% secure the military and the police are very careful the people are beautiful beyond beautiful they are Really in need of others to come to Egypt tourism is down because of the war with Israel and Hamas so for that reason they need more tourists

  Excellent - by ralph c.

  Tours

  5 tours

  Age range

  1 to 85 years old

  Adventure type

  Explorer

  Response time

  5h

  Response rate

  100%

  Average price

  $459

  A.B Worldwide Voyages ltd. is an expert in:

  • Explorer
  • In-depth Cultural