Soirée affreuse, mensonge escroquerie à fuir de toute urgence
Nous avions réservé notre avant dernière soirée en Égypte à hurghada, nous réveillions d'une nuit étoilée dans le désert avec des couverts des étoiles aux jumelles astronomique, ainsi que la visite d'un village bédoin dans le désert.
Le début de la visite a déjà très mal commencé car le bus 4 4 qui nous transportait et tomber en panne au bout de 10 km, nous avons donc attendu une heure que des 4 4 viennent nous chercher.
Arrivé sur place le guide nous apprend qu'il n'y a pas de langue française alors que le contrat que j'ai reçu précise que l'excursion est en français à 100 %.
Nous ne parlons pas anglais ni allemand, j'ai donc subi toute une soirée des explications que je ne comprenais pas, dès le début de la soirée je n'avais qu'une envie c'est de retourner à l'hôtel, depuis de nombreuses années nous réservons des excursions jamais nous n'avons été traité de la sorte.
Tout tout simplement honteux et scandale, première fois et dernière fois que nous utilisons viator, escroquerie, mensonge , sans compter que mes mails restent sans réponse.
À fuir de toute urgence.
😡😡😡😡
Herve_G · Mar 2024 · via Viator
Wüstenchaos!
Erstmal wurde die Tour nicht im Jeep durchgeführt, sondern in einem LKW, dessen Passagiercontainer leider nicht klimatisiert war. Vom öffnen der Fenster wurde aufgrund der Fliegen abgeraten. Die Anlage selbst war sauber und gepflegt. Allerdings wurde man straff durchs (Verkaufs)Programm geführt. Das Essen war ganz gut und reichlich. Der vor Ort agierende Fotograf sichtlich verärgert, wenn man sich nicht von ihm fotografieren lassrn wollte. Die Sterne letztendlich, konnte man vom Hotel ähnlich gut sehen.
Robert_V · Mar 2024 · via Viator
Perfection !
Everything was perfect ! Very good organisation.
The way on the desert was funny with local "bedouin" people.
Best expérience in Hurghada
Laila_S · Mar 2024 · via Viator
Fantastic... Must see
Our guide Abu was lovely and very informative everything was well planned and not rushed ...amazing trip well worth seeing
Erica_F · Mar 2024 · via Viator
Great vibe
Absolutely enjoyed this experience 10/10,
Place and atmosphere was great.
Food was amazing too, thanks
zane_i · Mar 2024 · via Viator
A must for every tourist! Such an experience!
If we could give 10 stars, we would. It was one of the best experiences of our lives mostly due to the guide and the experiences that he and his amazing team offered to us. They were all responsible, pleasant and engaged. Our guide, Abu, simply amazed us! He is an OASIS of humour, spontaneity, knowledge and humanity. Not only he offered us some experiences that mainly, probably, any safari tour in the desert would... but he also somehow managed to make us see both the magic and the reality of the places, animals and people through the eyes of a man that truly belonged to that place. We didn't expect even half of the experience. Food was great, communication and the means of trasportation was more than efficient, the team, as I said, was sweet and welcoming and I feel that this review isn't enough to describe the authenticity of these people and the wonders they lovingly offer to tourists through this experience. If you are someone who loves animals, people, stars and to truly connect to places... this trip is a must! And it is a present! Receive it with your heart opened! We hope we will return to Abu and his special place and special people!
Bogdan_I · Mar 2024 · via Viator
Not much emphasis on stargazing but still a fun few hours
The trip was excellent fun and bossy Abu the tour guide caused me great enjoyment, he was very keen on the sound of his own voice. The jeep safari was excellent fun, sunset beautiful and food great.
I booked this trip expecting more time to look at the stars but was disappointed with the 20 minutes allocated to this - don't book this trip if you are a keen stargazer and know your stuff. In retrospect we should have asked a taxi driver to take us somewhere out of town to enjoy the stars.
All in all it was a good trip and worth the money and time.
H_O · Mar 2024 · via Viator
NOT FOR ASTRONOMERS, OKAY-ISH FOR GEN. PUBLIC
We have mixed feelings after this adventure. Here are some points:
- if you are at least a little bit knowledgeable about astronomy or astrophotography this might not be for you - only very basic stuff (e.g. how to find Polaris), very short time on telescope (literally seconds...) but it might be nice for general public who has no idea about astronomy. Furthermore, the village is located with some light pollution where Milky way was very faint (check Bedouin village against light pollution map) - there are some places, close to Hurghada with much less light pollution
- a lot of unnecessary waiting - we got picked up at around 2PM and returned well after 9PM - this was much more than advertised 5 hrs - it was too much for our kids which were quite tired - bring with you some things for self entertainment to kill time
- Jeep rides were OK (we took a big terrain bus, not the jeep)
- our guide Abu was very nice and funny and also knowledgeable - thanks Abu!
- tea was nice
- camel ride was extremely short (just for photos) but kids liked it very much
- I personally liked a tour around the village to see how people live there, how they are making bread, how they grow crops or how they get water
- desert sunset view was amazing
- dinner (buffet style) was okay - everyone found something, maybe something more kid friendly would be nice
- big let down was looking with telescope - it was around 20 seconds per person to see Jupiter with its moons and that was it, I can do this on my balcony with my cheap telescope, I was expecting much more, some nice observation, Orion was almost on zenith so at least Orion nebula with better telescope, more telescope time and less people waiting and breathing on your neck when you will finish so they can look
- we bought photos from photographer he was a very nice guy, we bought them for very discounted price because we refused 2 times before but they turn out to be very mediocre - you can make much nicer photos by yourself if you have DSLR and some basic skills in photo editing
martinpQ5073LI · Mar 2024 · via Tripadvisor
Fantastic time
Brilliant trip great staff amazing value for money great fun so many stars
Great in the jeep..prompt pick up
debbie_n · Mar 2024 · via Viator
Great trip to Hurghada Desert!
Very good trip. We had a fantastic time. Guide Abul created a great atmosphere with witty interludes and enthusiastically narrated about the desert. They prepared a really delicious dinner for us. An open buffet, and we could take another portion – truly wonderful. They also had a professional photographer who took excellent photos. Absolutely recommend it. We traveled with a 4-year-old girl, and she also enjoyed it very much. Through the telescope, we observed the moon and the planet Jupiter. Wonderful!
Mitja_S · Feb 2024 · via Viator
