I wasn’t going to write this review ….
I wasn’t going to write this review, I had provided feedback about our tour guide, Karam, and they offered to provide us a free tour as compensation, but we said “no thank you, thanks for just allowing us to provide feedback” until 5 minutes later Karam messaged me with a copy paste of my feedback saying how dissapointed he was.
So now, I’ll provide my feedback:
The tour was fine overall, but I wouldn’t reccomend it based on the tour guide.
We later found out that our tour guide was “someone they used to use”
We just felt rushed the whole time, only spent 1 hour 50 minutes at the pyramids/sphinx and this was after we asked to get more photos.
We are Australian and traveled 24 hours to see the pyramids, we would have liked the whole 3 hours (that was indicated on the itinerary)
Then after that we felt it was unorganised and we were too early for lunch anyway but he managed to find somewhere open at 11:15 for lunch.
The museum he said 30 minutes, but we just took our time.
Even at the markets, we were only there for 20 minutes.
when we were getting dropped off, he said “I’m going to get out here and get my uber, the driver will take you to your hotel”
I mentioned something about how it’s Easter weekend, and was wanting to get an understanding about how it works with Christianity and Muselims (we are both very open and actually not relgious so love to hear about other relgions) and I felt that I offended him and that instead of him speaking factually he spoke about his own beliefs.
(Prior to being in Cairo we were in luxor and did a private tour, we noticed the security around a church and our guide had said that because of the different religions in Egypt they just want to make it safe for everyone because of the Easter weekend)
Half way through the tour, I was looking at the reviews on Viator and I couldn’t see his name mentioned anywhere, so didn’t know wether people just didn’t review him or wether he wasn’t a usual guide.
His knowledge was great but felt that he spoke at us the whole time, rather than an open conversation.
If you book this tour and your tour guide is Karam, I would ask for a different tour guide.
This isn’t the first private tour we’ve done in Egypt, maybe we were expecting too much based on our previous experiences
Danielle S · apr 2025 · via Tripadvisor
I wasn’t going to write this review…..
I’ll start by saying that I wasn’t going to write this review, after our tour today I messaged Zenab (as she was the initial person to contact me) to inform her of our feedback about our tour guide, she tried to provide us another free tour as an apology, but I said no thank you and just said “thank you for allowing me to provide feedback” .
5 minutes later I get a copy paste from the tour guide of what I had written to her, and saying how disappointed he was in me for providing this feedback… so now I am writing a review due to how unprofessional this was.
This is my honest feedback that I provided:
The tour was fine overall, but I wouldn’t reccomend it based on the tour guide.
Our tour guide was Karam (never mentioned on any review and later found out he was “ a guide they used to use” )
We just felt rushed the whole time, only spent 1 hour 50 minutes at the pyramids/sphinx and this was after we asked to get more photos.
We are Australian and traveled 24 hours to see the pyramids, we would have liked the whole 3 hours (that was indicated on the itinerary)
Then after that we felt it was unorganised and we were too early for lunch anyway but he managed to find somewhere open at 11:15 for lunch.
The museum he said 30 minutes, but we just took our time.
Even at the markets, we were only there for 20 minutes.
when we were getting dropped off, he said “I’m going to get out here and get my uber, the driver will take you to your hotel”
I mentioned something about how it’s Easter weekend, and was wanting to get an understanding about how it works with Christianity and Muselims (we are both very open and actually not relgious so love to hear about other relgions) and I felt that I offended him and that instead of him speaking factually he spoke about his own beliefs.
(I should mention that prior to Cairo we were in luxor and there was a lot of security around a church and we asked our tour guide there about it and he said because it was Easter and they just want to make sure everything goes well due to the different reglious beliefs in the country)
Half way through the tour, I was looking at the reviews on Viator and I couldn’t see Karams name mentioned anywhere, so didn’t know wether people just didn’t review him or wether he wasn’t a usual guide.
His knowledge was great but felt that he spoke AT US the whole time, rather than an open conversation.
This isn’t the first private tour we’ve done in Egypt, maybe we were expecting too much based on our previous experiences.
I would say. If you get Karam as your guide, ask for a different one
Danielle_S · apr 2025 · via Viator
Excellent experience
I would highly recommend this for anyone looking to hit the highlights of Cairo/Giza in 1 day. Our guide Zaneb was fantastic. Day started with an 8am pickup. Drove to the pyramids while our guide explained the city and the process seeing the pyramids. Took a short Camel ride and got excellent photos of the pyramids. You have to pay extra to go inside the great pyramid. It is very hot and small, but worth the experience for those in decent shape and who are not claustrophobic. Went from the pyramids to a perfume/oils shops, then a papyrus maker, then a jewelry store before lunch. Lunch was at a restaurant (prepaid by tour). All you pay for is drinks and is traditional middle eastern/meditereanen food. Next stop is Egyptian museum. We opted out of the bazaar at the end. Make sure to take your time, ask questions and enjoy!
Travis_B · apr 2025 · via Viator
Piramide tour, bazaar an Egyptian museum
Vandaag de hele dag een tour gehad van Fatima, het was heel indrukwekkend om te zien, heb een fijne dag gehad en veel informatie gehad al me vragen werden goed beantwoord zijn zelfs nog langs extra stops geweest waar we toevallig langs reden. Bedankt!
DouweB3 · apr 2025 · via Tripadvisor
A day we will never forget! 👌🏻
My partner booked this tour before our visit, our tour guide arrived in the hotel entrance as agreed and was warm and friendly.
Michael and our driver then zipped us off for stop one which was the pyramids. I have been before briefly but this was all in. We explained we wanted to go inside the pyramids and Michael took us to the desk and got tickets - easy & pain free.
We arrived up to the pyramids and took pictures and were being told all about them, on we jumped to the camels and had a BLAST! Such a laugh and a moment I will never forget.
Going inside the pyramids is hot, narrow, busy but oh so worth it so do it if you go! Stopped down the bottom at the sphinx and we were told more information. Perfect!
We zipped off then to a perfume shop & a place where they make paper and you have the opportunity to buy things - we are well travelled and aware that they are tourist traps but once we said no it was no bother, no real pressure. Just be polite and say no and leave with the guide.
Lunch was lovely, roof top looking back up at the pyramids, meal was fresh, tasty & filling. Coffee I had was amazing.
Swung down lastly to the museum which we loved, Michael gave us the tour and knew his stuff. We got free time and really enjoyed visiting here.
With Michael and our driver we felt safe, well looked after and had a great time. Having Michael pays as locals don’t hassle you.
Tip them well, they will be deserving of it!
joecU4440DK · apr 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Good tour to discover the...
Good tour to discover the Pyramids and Cairo. In a limited time good way to make the most of it….recommended
selimcaydamli · apr 2025 · via Viator
100% Cairo experience
Mo was so good. His knowledge of the area and history is excellent. His English is also very good. Nothing was too much trouble for him. We asked to make a few modifications to the day and nothing was too much trouble.
We (2 adults and 2 adult children) spent the day seeing the Pyramids and Sphinx, he helped us buy souvenirs and took us to the Egypt museum and organised for the driver to wait for us and then take us back to the hotel.
100% recommend Mo, this Company and this trip
Getaway36200391985 · apr 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Couldn’t have been any better
Couldn’t have been better!!!
There were so many choices when we were deciding about the tour and finally we picked this. Our anxiousness went away when we started the tours.
Mahmoud Hoka was amazing, very professional, knowledgeable and courteous.
Sent us a text a day before about the trip and arrived spot on time at 8am. Gave us the breakdown of the day and off we went. In addition, per his recommendation during we made couple of extra stops
1-Oil based pure perfume shop-well worth it
2-Ancient paper papyrus shop - awesome experience.
Over all our experience was awesome and happy to share any detail. Send me a message We will highly recommend this company, tour and specially Mahmoud Hoka !!!
Tauqeer_A · apr 2025 · via Viator
Couldn’t have been any better
Couldn’t have been better!!!
There were so many choices when we were deciding about the tour and finally we picked this. Our anxiousness went away when we started the tours.
Mahmoud Hoka was amazing, very professional, knowledgeable and courteous.
Sent us a text a day before about the trip and arrived spot on time at 8am. Gave us the breakdown of the day and off we went. In addition, per his recommendation during we made couple of extra stops
1-Oil based pure perfume shop-well worth it
2-Ancient paper papyrus shop - awesome experience.
Over all our experience was awesome and happy to share any detail. Send me a message We will highly recommend this company, tour and specially Mahmoud Hoka !!!
Baba898 · apr 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Incredible for Solo Traveler
Manar was the best guide one could ever ask for. She made it the perfect day and I learned so much from her. Highly recommend this experience for solo travelers - I would have never been able to see all I did in one day without her guidance and experience.
Drew_H · apr 2025 · via Viator
