The trip of a lifetime!
If you have even the slightest inclination of seeing ancient artifacts and walking in the steps of a civilization from 6000 years ago, you should
definitely travel to Egypt! From the first step into the pyramids to the last step off the Aswan Nile boat ride our trip was simply amazing.
I had many reservations and concerns about safety while planning our visit to Egypt, especially due to planning it only a week before we departed. I was overly surprised that I felt completely safe during our stay and enjoyed my time even more than I imagined I would. Egypt Tailor Made’s guides made the history come to life and kept us on schedule to see everything we wanted to see, but never made us feel rushed. From tombs, to temples and pyramids to museums, we saw many of the popular sites and were able to customize the itinerary to fit our travel style. The scheduled 1.5-2 hour museum visit ended up lasting 3.5 due to our excitement about everything we were learning and our guide noting our interest in the museum.
Our time in Egypt has been one of our very favorite international trips and I would highly recommend it to everyone.
Egypt Tailor Made was quick to respond and plan our trip to Egypt only a week before our travel. We were able to add and subtract various sites from our itinerary to make sure that we were able to see everything that we wanted to see. We had read various online reviews in preparation for our trip trying to decide whether to use a tour guide or not, and after our experience we would highly recommend the guides. This helped us to appreciate the history and understand the sites we were visiting, as well as helped with avoiding tourist scams and navigating the tourism police.
While touring in Cairo, do yourself a favor and request Sabry as your tour guide and Mostafa as your driver. Sabry is truly so good at his job and is also the best photographer to snap the perfect photos at the pyramids. He made us feel even more excited about everything we were seeing and really goes above and beyond to ensure you have the best experience possible. Sabry was also open to explaining the Islamic faith and we had many great conversations during our drives between sites. Mostafa kept us safe amidst the crazy Cairo traffic and was very helpful with airport transfers, hotel drop off/pick up and managing our luggage.
In Luxor and Aswan we had Mohamed Soliman
as our guide and Mohammed as our driver. Mohamed Soliman was an excellent guide and is so knowledgeable about the history of ancient Egypt as well as reading hieroglyphics. He gave us space when we wanted to view things on our own and did a wonderful job giving perspective on not only ancient Egypt but present and recent past. No questions were off the table!
We were also lucky to have Ehmad in Luxor as our personal representative to assist us with hotel check in and searching out the best coffee shops and restaurants. Definitely gave us a great perspective and a warm welcome to his hometown.
I was hesitant to make the trip to Egypt but I am SO glad that we did. Visiting Egypt is the trip of a lifetime and my husband and I are so happy we had this great experience with Egypt Tailor Made.
On a side note, my husband and I are in our early thirties and hemmed and hawed over doing an overland tour Vs. a Nile cruise. Even though we have not done the Nile cruise, we think we made the right choice with the overland excursion. Many times we ran into big groups from the cruises as we were leaving sites or saw them exiting a site as we were arriving, and we were thankful to have a lot more intimate visits to some of the biggest attractions. I think this would only be possible having guides and drivers, but something to keep in mind for the young and adventurous. Driving through Egypt was an experience all on its own.
Cheers and thank you all for making our trip one we will never forget!!
Fearless12590231517 · mrt 2022 · via Tripadvisor
Egyptian Trip - Cairo & Luxor Private Guided Tours
ETM Tours did a great job helping us (family with 12 year old) organize our Egypt trip. They took care of every airport & hotel transfer as well as day tours both from Cairo & Luxor. Our Cairo & Luxor guides, Mona and Raina respectively, were very knowledgeable, patient and helpful in adapting to every request with asked for, besides from being very good photographers too! 😜 I strongly recommend getting guided tours in Egypt, since the language barrier makes it difficult to achieve simple tasks such as getting a taxi driver to understand where to take you. To all the ETM team, thanks again for a wonderful vacation.
Z1011ICdiegom · mrt 2022 · via Tripadvisor
Very nice time with Heba
Heba was our guide and she took great care of us, making sure we are happy old the time.
She is really kind and and sympathic and we truly enjoyed the time with her on the Giza pyramids tour.
ZvoniZveciTutnji · mrt 2022 · via Tripadvisor
2 Day Cairo Tour with Laila - the best guide!
We spent 2 days exploring Cairo with our tour guide Laila - she was so welcoming and shared wonderful entertaining stories with the kids. We saw the highlights of the Museum of Antiquities - The mummies and King Tut treasures are phenomenal! The passion with which Laila shared the history of various pieces just brought everything to life!
We also really enjoyed the Laila's recommendations on where to go in the El Khalili Bazaar - was a full sensory experience and a great place to pick up souvenirs.
The pyramids tour the following day was amazing. No words can really describe the awe you feel seeing the ancient wonders. Our family especially enjoyed the camel rides which Laila arranged, and also climbing inside the great pyramid was worth the extra admission fee.
I can't recommend Egypt Tailor Made enough - they really went out of their way to help ensure all of our logistics were smooth. Laila is a top notch guide and we really appreciate her expertise and care for the kids!
jasonmary · mrt 2022 · via Tripadvisor
Fantastic guided trip
My husband and I booked a private half day pyramids and a full day Islamic Cairo, Egyptian museum and Khan el-Khalili bazaar all with the same guide Laila.
Laila is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. I would highly recommend using her. She is very engaging when informing you about the history of what you are looking at. She also takes good care of you I was 18 weeks pregnant, she was always asking if I was ok or needed the toilet (which made me feel at ease). She even brought the baby a gift in the market. She brought us local snacks and took lots of pictures for us.
She gives you time to look around on your own.
We both felt very safe and had a fantastic trip! We will definitely be returning.
Moncs86 · mrt 2022 · via Tripadvisor
Excellent multiple pyramids day
Really enjoyed our daytrip to Dahshur, Memphis, Sakkara, and Giza with Mona and Muhammad, which was genuinely tailor made with the addition of Dahshur at our request. Mona was an excellent guide, friendly and welcoming, full of detailed, interesting information and well able to answer extra questions, Muhammad was a friendly, safe driver who knew the routes well, and both gave us all the time we needed to explore at leisure - couldn’t ask for more!
hild21 · mrt 2022 · via Tripadvisor
Uitstekende ervaring met Laila en Mostafa
We hebben twee heerlijke dagen gehad met onze gids Laila en chauffeur Mostafa. We hebben twee privétours gedaan: Egyptisch museum / Koptisch Caïro / Khan Elkhalili Baza en piramides / Saqara / Dashur.
Laila was uiterst deskundig, het was fantastisch om meer te weten te komen over de geschiedenis van de bezienswaardigheden en bood overal een boeiend en doordacht gesprek aan. Ze was erg gastvrij en geduldig met onze vragen. Ze zorgde zo goed voor ons.
Mostafa hield ons veilig en ontroerend, zeer vriendelijke en gedienstige chauffeur. Navigeerde door de drukke straten van Caïro op een zeer stressvrije manier.
Beiden waren erg aardig en zorgden ervoor dat we genoten van onze tijd in Egypte. Onze enige spijt is niet langer te blijven en meer tours met hen te doen.
Zou het ten zeerste aanbevelen en vraag Laila en Mostafa aan.
Heel erg bedankt, en we kijken ernaar uit om terug te komen.
andreip200 · mrt 2022 · via Tripadvisor · Vertaald
Laila en Mostafa waren geweldig?
Laila en Mostafa waren fantastisch! Laila was zeer deskundig en beantwoordde al onze vragen over de vele historische feiten in Egypte. We hebben ook de privétour gedaan door het Egyptisch museum / Koptisch Caïro / Khan Elkhalili Baza en piramides / Saqara / Dashur. Ze waren erg meegaand, zorgden er altijd voor dat we water, koffie hadden en probeerden Egyptische snacks, wat we op prijs stelden. Zal het zeker aanbevelen aan mijn vrienden in de VS. Bedankt voor een geweldige ervaring!
Acamd · mrt 2022 · via Tripadvisor · Vertaald
Geweldige rondleidingen
We kozen drie tours vanuit Caïro met Egypt Tailor Made en ze waren geweldig. Onze gids, Heba, communiceerde voorafgaand aan de tour met ons om het ophalen te coördineren en was elke dag punctueel. Ze was altijd aangenaam om in de buurt te zijn, behandelde een litanie van vragen van een negenjarige en had altijd een antwoord met gedetailleerde uitleg. Tijdens rondleidingen kende ze de beste plekken en navigeerde ze haar tour op een manier om grote groepen te vermijden, zodat we belangrijke gebieden konden bezoeken zonder dat de grote menigte zich verzamelde. Het was duidelijk dat ze genoot van haar werk en het opleiden van anderen. Haar kennisbasis was enorm en ze kende informatie die andere gidsen niet wisten die naast ons waren. Ze was ook erg behulpzaam. Ze zou foto's maken, onze bezittingen bekijken, uitstekende restaurants aanbevelen en helpen met verkopers. Ik zou Heba ten zeerste aanbevelen en zou haar opnieuw gebruiken voor toekomstige reizen naar Caïro. Het transport, geleverd door Egypt Tailor Made, was top. Het busje was brandschoon, zag er nieuw uit, rook goed en we voelden ons altijd veilig bij de chauffeur.
Sunshine139940 · mrt 2022 · via Tripadvisor · Vertaald
Wil je ergens anders heen? Waar alles anders is en je niet weet wie je moet vertrouwen. ETT is de juiste keuze.
Er is geen woord in de Engelse taal om uit te leggen hoe ongelooflijk, gemakkelijk, snel, uitzonderlijke kennis, veilig geweldig en meer van hoe dit bedrijf voor mij zorgde. Mijn eerste keer in Caïro en ik zal de ervaring nooit vergeten.
Vraag het aan Sabyr
Wat je ook doet als je communiceert met Egypt Tailor Tours
Vraag naar Sabyr
Hij is geweldig.
Hij wist alles van geschiedenis, lokale plekken, geheime plekken, keuken tot de beste plek om foto's te maken, waar je geen geld aan rommel uitgeeft. Waar echte Egyptische souvenirs zijn.
Deze man was ongelooflijk.
Als je deze Sabyr leest: bedankt
Door al mijn reizen. Deze reis/tour was de beste die ik ooit heb meegemaakt.
Ps Mostafa, onze chauffeur was ook uitstekend?
Altijd op tijd en had geen probleem om me te helpen na uren ergens heen te moeten of gewoon om eten te halen.
Bedankt
ChristiaanN14 · mrt 2022 · via Tripadvisor · Vertaald
