the must see in 10 days - We spent a wonderful 10 days with our family in Egypt. The whole trip was organised by Marsa Alam Tours/Egypt Tour Package company. As we later found out, the two names are the same company. As soon as I wrote to them, Wael Ewada logged in via Whatsapp and we were able to discuss all the important details. Taking into account our individual requests, they finally gave us a financially acceptable offer. I transferred the full amount to an Egyptian bank account and everything was settled. In Cairo, we were met at the airport at the appointed time and from then on we were met at each stop by a driver and a tour guide, and transported to each stop in an immaculate Toyota minibus. The guide for the first 3 days was Adam, who is also an Egyptologist. He was well educated, speaks good English and showed us all the important things to do in Giza, Saqqara and Dahshur. I would definitely recommend the Dahsur bent pyramid to see, as it is much less visited than Giza and we were lucky enough to have the lights go out in the pyramid so we could explore it all by ourselves with just a flashlight! The Pyramids Park Resort Hotel was perfectly acceptable for us, although the pool water is ice cold everywhere in Egypt. Afterwards we flew over to Aswan for a 3-day cruise of the Nile, but first we got up at 4am to see Abu Simbel, a breathtaking experience. The children enjoyed the nile cruise the most, the food and the atmosphere were impeccable and lovely. The wifi on the boat Iberotel Crown Emperor is obviously slow, it was no different here, if there was any internet at all, although we didn't miss it. On the way we stopped in Kom-Ombo and Edfu, both beautiful, just not enough time to see the temples properly as you have to hurry back to the ship for dinner or departure. All the way to Aswan, Abu-Simbel, Kom Ombo, Yousef was the tour guide and I had a very interesting conversation with him about other things besides culture. Tamar was with us all the time in Edfu. There we got off the boat and took a horse carriage to the church, which the children particularly enjoyed. On arrival in Luxor, Karam was the tour guide with whom we visited Karnak and the Valley of the Kings. Karam even arranged for one of his friends to bring us the passports we had forgotten on the boat during the temple visit, so we didn't waste any time, which I appreciated. We were then transferred by bus to the Hotel Sunny Days Palma de Mirette in Hurghada, full of Russian speakers, where we spent another two super days, one of which included a day of boat diving and dolphin swimming. On the last day we flew back from Hurghada to Cairo and spent a fantastic day with Maivel Gamil in the Coptic quarter and the Citadel, and had one of the best lunches together. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to visit the New Egyptian Museum that opened a few days ago, but we don't expect this to be our last visit to Egypt.

Great trip. Super organization. - Great experience. Everything super well organized. Also extra questions wish super fast and well picked up. Highly recommended.

PERFECT TOUR, THANKS MARSAALMA and the team - MARSAALAM? Team has been Exceptional. All was great organized, guides, visits in High quality conditions Virginie and me recommend strongly and we have already startded to communicate also tou our French companies or Friends EXCELLENT

Great trip in Egypt - thank you Marsa Alam - We were a bit doubtful at the beginning but Marsa Alam is truly amazing! Customer service is very flexible to customize the trip for us, the tour guides are friendly and knowledgeable, drivers are also very professional! (Not all drivers in Egypt can drive properly so having a professional one is really important) One tip for people considering going, the “five star hotel” is Egypt standard is usually equivalent to the three/four star standard in other places so if you want a relatively comfortable stay you should choose the five star ones instead of the four star ones. Another minor thing I would comment is that despite our tour guides in Cairo and Aswan were both great, the guide in Luxor is a bit disappointing. He didn’t provide much info on important attractions, and he continuously tried to sell us extra stuff not included in the trip when we knew the stuff he recommended was not worth going at all. I would suggest Marsa Alam not to hire this guide anymore.

Marsa Alam tours👌thanks director Ahmed - Thanks a lot Tasneem,you are a very good organiser.We have 3 beautiful days in the desert with such a good guide named Ahmed , very good driver and he cook for us excellent meals. The view in black desert, crystal mountain and white desert are incredible, it's a must to do thing. Thanks to the drivers Mustapha and Mohamed, they make the road from Cairo fantastic.

Dugong and turtle - Nice outing organized by tasneen. We were able to see the famous dugong and a large turtle. Very close to our Coraya hotel

Trip of a life time with Marsa Alam!! - We, group of 3 girls, used Marsa Alam for a two week trip through Egypt. Wael was amazing in helping us plan the perfect trip. Very responsive and accommodating. First part of the trip we stayed at the new Hyatt and had Lazam as our egyptologist/guide. We felt very safe with him touring us around. Lazam was super humble and knowledgeable. Asked us what we wanted to do and always had our best interest in mind. Second leg of the trip we had Aswany as our Egyptologist/guide. He has amazing background and knew the best way to get us great experiences. Never made us stand out in the blistering sun like other tours we saw. We very much appreciate getting the background given to us in the car to the site so we could bypass most tours and have the grounds less crowded. We never felt like we were just being shuttled from one site to another. Most of the time we felt like we had sites to ourselves with how our guides navigates us. We felt very safe with Lazam and Aswany guiding us through all the site We added the white desert overnight tour which was an incredible experience. (intimidating if you are alone bc it is just you and you guide. Not a large camp situation) Ahmed and his brother showed us the best sites and made our experience feel unique. The River Nile cruise was stationary at a port most of the time but we understand the benefit of it while trying to see the most sites. We did the hot air balloon excursion which we recommend! It was amazing to see the organization that goes into it. We booked the Neubian village excursion-not sure if it’s cause we got there later in the day but we expected to walk around and see more. Not sure I would recommend this one based off the price. We booked a trip to Hurghada with Marsa Alam too. The resort they placed us was gorgeous. Different than what an American would be used to at an all inclusive but they still had plenty of activities. The buffet food was catered towards Europeans, not really local food. Wael also took care of getting us on a snorkel and scuba tour last minute which were amazing to see the sea. All the leaders on the boats were professional and good time. We felt we always had constant communication. If any questions came up Wael explained everything and made sure we were ok. We had last minute changes and Wael always handled us with grace. Egypt was a trip of a life time and we owe that to Marsa Alam! Highly recommend Marsa Alam for your travels! Shukran to the whole team!

We had a great experience with Marsa Alam Tours. - Marsa Alam was very responsive and accommodating during our planning phase of the trip and that is why we initially chose them for our 2 week trip to Egypt . We were able to easily communicate with them through WhatsApp- Wael was extremely helpful and answered all of our questions. We were a group of 3 and had a private tour throughout the duration of our trip. The egyptologists were amazing and EXTREMELY knowledgeable (shout out to Aswany and Lazam!) Our guides and drivers made us feel comfortable at all times and always looked out for our best interest. I highly recommend Marsa Alam. They worked with us to make sure our trip included everything we wanted.

Amazing experience - Everything was a beaut experience, the accommodation, the guides. Everything was planned exactly what I wanted.

A really scandal - The program was not followed and on addition each day it was changing again and we learned about it around 10 pm. When we went to the white desert, as the scheduled day had changed, the agency forgot to book a hotel and had to come back to Cairo (more than 4 hours on the road) because our guide did not find a hotel room ! We arrived at 10 pm and the day after we were living at 6 am !!! We took a private tour with French guides and over 10 days of travel, we had 2 good guides, the other ones had just a few notions of French without having at all knowledge of Egyptian history. It really was a 100 percent wasted vacation