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 · mar 2022 · przez 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 · mar 2022 · przez 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 · mar 2022 · przez 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 · mar 2022 · przez 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 · mar 2022 · przez 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 · mar 2022 · przez Tripadvisor
Excellent experience with Laila and Mostafa
We had two lovely days with our guide Laila and driver Mostafa. We did two private tours: Egyptian Museum/ Coptic Cairo/ Khan Elkhalili Baza and Pyramids/ Saqara/Dashur.
Laila was extremely knowledgeable, it was fantastic to learn about the history of the sights and offered engaging and thoughtful conversation throughout. She was very welcoming and patient with our questions. She took such good care of us.
Mostafa kept us safe and moving, very friendly and accommodating driver. Navigated the busy Cairo streets in a very stress-free manner.
Both were very nice, and made sure we enjoyed our time in Egypt. Our only regret is not staying longer and doing more tours with them.
Would highly recommend and please request Laila and Mostafa.
Thank you very much, and we look forward to coming back.
andreip200 · mar 2022 · przez Tripadvisor
Laila and Mostafa were awesome
Laila and Mostafa were fantastic! Laila was very knowledgeable and answered all of our questions about the many historical facts in Egypt. We also did the private tour of the Egyptian Museum/ Coptic Cairo/ Khan Elkhalili Baza and Pyramids/ Saqara/Dashur. They were very accommodating, always made sure we had water, coffee and tried Egyptian snacks, which we appreciated. Will definitely recommend to my friends back in the US. Thanks for a wonderful experience!
Acamd · mar 2022 · przez Tripadvisor
Amazing Tours
We chose three tours out of Cairo with Egypt Tailor Made and they were wonderful. Our tour guide, Heba, communicated with us prior to the tour to coordinate pick up and was punctional each day. She was always pleasant to be around, handled a litany of questions from a nine year old and always had an answer with detailed explanation. During tours she knew the best spots, and navigated her tour in a way to avoid large groups in order for us to visit key areas without the large crowd gathered. It was apparent she enjoyed her job and educating others. Her knowledge base was vast and she knew information other tour guides didn’t know that were next to us. She was also very helpful. She would take pictures, watch our belongings, recommended excellent restaurants, and assisted with vendors. I would highly recommend Heba, and would use her again for future travel to Cairo. The transportation, Egypt Tailor Made provided was top notch. The van was spotless, looked new, smelled good, and we always felt safe with the driver.
Sunshine139940 · mar 2022 · przez Tripadvisor
Do you want to go somewhere new? Where everything is different and You don't know who to trust. ETT is the way to go.
There is no word in the English language to explain how incredible, easy, fast, exceptional knowledge, safe wonderful, and more of how this company took care of me. My first time in Cairo and I will never forget the experience.
Ask Sabyr
Whatever you do when communicating with Egypt Tailor Tours
Ask for Sabyr
He is amazing.
He knew everything from history, local spots, secret spots, cuisine to the best place to take photos, where not to spend money on junk. Where real Egyptian souvenirs are.
This man was incredible.
If You are reading this Sabyr: Thank You
Through all my travels. This trip/tour was the best I have ever experienced.
Ps Mostafa our driver was excellent as well
Always on time and had no problem helping Me after hours having to get somewhere or just to get food.
Thank You
ChristiaanN14 · mar 2022 · przez Tripadvisor
