5 independent reviews for Cairo short tour, Egypt
Reviews for Cairo short tour, Egypt
Susan Riley review 18 Apr 2026
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
The Pyramids and the GEM. Also the day in Alexandria. The guide, Deen, and the driver were both excellent.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Try to get low denomination EGP Be aware the Cairo airport on the return journey includes many long queues.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
We ate at local restaurants. Made some purchases of local products.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Excellent.Mark Aston review 12 Nov 2025
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Entering Khufu’s Great Pyramid.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Allow more time than the standard suggested itinerary if you want to do more than a whistle-stop tour of Cairo’s treasures.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Definitely benefits local people, but uncertain on reduced environmental impact.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Great break with a packed programme in a great city of the world.Andrew Topley review 7 Mar 2022
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
The Pyramids2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Uncertain4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Ibrahim out guide was excellent, knowledgeable, flexible and very informative. Walid our driver was very good also. Punctuality excellent.Hazel Stean review 4 Nov 2019
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
The most exciting part was seeing the Pyramids and the Sphinx. We had a fabulous guide, Hodu who was extremely knowledgeable and managed to get us through all the queues really quickly. The views around the Pyramids were just breath taking and she also took some very good photos for us.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
We did find the two days sight seeing was quite tiring, its an early start to miss the traffic which was horrendous but if you book this trip it is to see all the fabulous sights of Cairo. We chose not to do the third day in Alexandria and instead relaxed by the pool which was lovely.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
The tour guide did try to benefit the local people by taking us into shops that we didnt really want to go in, we felt uncomfortable and pressured into buying when we didnt really want to.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
It was an excellent break to see fabulous sights, with hindsight I wished I had booked an extra day to relax before flying home!Dave Dawson review 4 Feb 2018
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Walking the Giza pyramids, solar boat and sphinx, but difficult to choose as the stepped pyramid, Egyptian museum and old Cairo were also quite special and our guide was good.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Think of your preferences. We were pressed to take a ride into the desert for a classic view and are pleased that we insisted instead to walk around more pyramids. Insist on a small, locally run hotel. we do not regard a vast American-owned clone either socially appropriate or a valid Cairo experience. Very loud unauthentic music in the hotel lounge was also not welcome.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Only marginally. It was good that the guiding company is local, but the plastic wrapped hotels had no more than token environmental provision. The smaller of the two was at least Egyptian owned, and had some local food but the experience was "international".4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
We saw some fantastic things and we guided well, but were unhappy that the hotels has poor environmental and social standards.Holiday Reviews
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