Hello all,
going to Hurghada in just over a weeks time (can't wait) and have seen quite a few pre-bookable tour places on the net. Places like memphis tours highlight egypt dot com etc etc.
is it best to pre-book or do it when we get there?
Can anyone recommend a tried and trusted tour operator? I want to do the usual things like a trip to Cairo, Snorkelling @ Giftun Islands, quad biking across desert etc.
Memphis tours look pretty good to me from the off.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Mattym
We just used MemphisTours on our trip from Cyprus to Egypt last month and I cannot praise Mr Sherif highly enough!
We organised our own flights and itinerary and asked him to arrange a cruise from Aswan to Luxor and the overnight Abela, tourist sleeper train from Luxor back to Cairo as it's very difficult to pre-book that part of the journey from outside Egypt. We paid 25% deposit up front then the rest after we arrived at our first hotel in Aswan.
We were quite prepared to pre-book our own hotel accommodation directly, but he got us some great prices there too, so that saved us having to pay up front many months before we took our holiday. $25pp per night for Isis Cornishe in Aswan and $35pp per night for Sonesta St George in Luxor
This was our 5th time in Egypt and previously we had always booked a package tour but as we came to live in Cyprus a few years ago, we decided it was time to be more adventurous and put our own itinerary together. I have to say it all went extremely well
The flights with Egyptair left either bang on time or earlier than scheduled, service was great and as always, the Egyptians are lovely people.
Regards
Cyprus100
We went to Mahmeya island, other side of Giften I think, and was absolutely magical - can thoroughly recommend. Snorekelling was fantastic, coral was knee deep in places!
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