Luxor By Big Bus From Hurghada ( Valley Of The Kings Or Valley Of The Queens )

We wake up at 2:30am, first at the bus and plenty of hotel pick-ups are very tiring visit to Luxor is an amazing experience Our tour guide Abdul is so money minded better avoid him Food is better than Cairo tour Fee and length of visit are ok

To bring a child under 5 years old is not recommended, everything need to be in time and fast, they don’t even let you breathe and compassion that walking with a child and very hot, not easy, need everything fast!

I went on this excursion with my 14 year old son. The bus picked us up from our resort at 5am. The bus itself was good, air conditioned and clean. Now for the not so great parts. On the way there from time to time the bus driver would smoke on the bus. He opened his window but nevertheless it was unprofessional. There were no toilet/rest stops on our way there. Only on the way back to the Resort. I have a weak bladder so I didn't drink anything on my way there when I realised we were not making any stops. When we reached the Valley of The Kings etc. It was beautiful and I would recommend. The tour guides were friendly. However, everything was rushed as we had to stick to a tight schedule and I felt we didn't have a chance to learn much about the history and artifacts. However, this was not the guides fault its just a tight schedule. Our guide was Abdul and he was friendly. My only suggestion would be that he should have a flag or something he could hold in the air so we don't get lost in large crowds whilst following behind him. At times I was more focused on not getting lost so I couldn't take in the sights around me. We stopped at a restaurant and had a meal. It was not an oriental meal as described but it was OK. The restaurant was clean. Beverages aren't included in the meal price. I didn't do the nile river boat tour, therefore my son and I had to go with another group to the valley of the queen's. This was a very quick stop and I didn't learn as much historical facts as this group were not English speaking. I'd recommend a translation app for your phone. I would recommend that you do as much historical research as you can before going on this excursion so you can learn more about the monuments, Kings and Queens.

Luxor is amazing but we could have more time to see the whole city, too fast. The open buffet was not good enough but it is ok for one day.

Luxor is very fantastic city. Full of great tombs and very amazing temple. The tour was very great our guide muhammed super guide. Recommended.

Overall positive experience in terms of organisation and seeing the sites. Communication was good, pick up was 15mins late but no big deal, friendly staff. Journey time was about an hour more than needed because of the pick ups and drop offs in the ‘big bus’ approach which we were fine with but it’s a point you may want to consider. Armed security guard chaperone with us - reassuring and disconcerting in equal measure - guess that is what it is and there are risks with everything in life. Break during the journey for toilet was 15mins and then we got back on the road which was good. Toilet on the bus was good for peace of mind in case of emergencies. Toilets - take tissues (not always available) and small notes to pay (20EGP ish each time - no change given). The guide makes a huge difference to the experience. We did the Cairo trip with this company and had a wonderful guide however, our guide for this trip, Mimo, just seemed more interested in upselling than anything else. He was very energetic and enthusiastic at first stop - Karnak temple and we enjoyed his sense of humour, but then he seemed to disengage. We didn’t hear anything much from him at the temple of Hatshepsut or Valley of the Kings, he was just pointing us in the right direction and then on his phone so we didn’t feel the benefit of the ‘Egyptologist’ guide at all. We had questions actually but he wasn’t even around so we just read up on Google afterwards. We stopped for around 30mins at an alabaster factory - bit of an intro talk then ‘herded’ into the shop to be sold to. We accept that there’s always a level of this on organised tours but we felt annoyed when we then arrived at the temple of Hatshepsut and were told we had 20mins to explore - 40mins here would have been enough but 20mins was a rush and we didn’t feel we had time to ‘take it in’ which was frustrating given where the time had been ‘lost’. Valley of the Kings was also rushed with the guide frog marching us up to the tombs then hanging around on his phone and just directing and chivvying us along to the three we were allowed to enter. When we asked our guide about visiting Tutankhamun Tomb (we knew you needed a separate ticket - £15 each) he told us the ticket should have been bought all the way back at the main entrance (5min walk and 5min cart ride each way). We didn’t have time to do that. He said he told us that before we left the bus. He was defensive when I suggested it wasn’t clear. He certainly didn’t do a check at the ticket kiosk if anyone wanted to do this and our impression was that they probably didn’t want people to do it due to time constraints otherwise they could have listed it as an optional extra in the itinerary like Banana Island (and just like they did with the option to enter the Great Pyramid at Giza on the Cairo trip.) Not the end of the world but not very customer focussed. He was very interested in upselling the Banana Island optional tour - we declined because we had read in advance about the animal welfare issues there. He later tried to offer us a lower price and then dropped it when we declined for the second time. There was a strong sales pitch for ‘Banana Island’ (optional extra stop) which made it sound fabulous but we had read about animal abuse here. The alternative was to be on the bus for an hour while it drove back to the other-side of the river to meet the rest of the group coming back from the island by boat. He tried to make this sound as bad as possible - he said we’d be waiting on the bus for 90mins and it was only 60. We still would have stayed on the bus if it was 90 mins but seems a bit unethical to offer a chargeable trip when the only other option is waiting on the bus and then to exaggerate the amount of time waiting in the bus. We never went to see for ourselves if the reports of animal abuse are true but prefer not to risk it! Were glad we did the tour because we saw the sites we wanted to see and these ancient sites really are something incredible! But, if you don’t want to be rushed around to allow the tour company to keep enough time available to do their upselling, maybe consider a small group tour - we haven’t tried that approach and I’m sure there are pros and cons but maybe they’re more customer focused?

Lovely day with our great operator eto travels. Our guide memo was very knowledgeable and informative. The day full of excellent information.highly recommended

I have done this tour before, however this trip was nothing short of organised chaos. We were transferred to another bus at the transfer spot, once on board I was abruptly to SIT THERE, I explained that I would rather sit by a window, but was loudly told, no English at the front. It got worse from there, I was then told that I was not allowed to sit at the front as that seat was reserved for the police, and that I needed to take a seat opposite. Having changed seats again the same guide angrily shouted, nooo not this seat, and then souted, "NOW YOU SIT AT THE BACK" he then processed to from march me in front of all the other tourist's to the back of the bus. Had the instructions been clear it would have saved me a lot of embarrassment, and humiliation. The back of the bus was full of Russian tourists and the guide called George was just as rude and unprofessional, I had no idea what was being said and his attitude towards English guests was was unprofessional. After a long 5 hour journey we finally arrived, our guide Abdul was very knowledgeable and seemed to be well respected amongst his colleagues at every site, he was the only good part of this trip however everything seemed very rushed. On the way back we stopped at the designated rest stop, but what should have been a 20 min break turned into 45 mins. All I can say is the trip is well worth it to go and see the amazing sites, however I do not recommend this company at all, a lot of guests were left very frustrated by the lack of information and the general attitude of the non English guides. I do not recommend.

Loads of Beautiful places to see. Lunch was disappointing. The loo on the coach did not work well. The guide Mimo was amazing. Be prepared to be harassed by street sellers. Definitely worth doing for the valley of the Kings Banana island was good to see with limited time there

This second tour with this travel agency. We did cairo tour was very good and the second tour valley of the kings luxor Our guide Ahmed super guy Recommend it

Very nice trip and good organisation the people was very friendly and the prices are the best the weather was little hot but really worthy

Professional guide and good bus and well organized The staff helped us so much want to thank them all and the driver was professional and safe trip and well organized

Very good trip and the staff and food was good and the best thing is the guide who explained everything

Our day trip to Luxor was amazing, so glad we did it. Although it was a very long day it was so worth it.

Luxor was lovely thank you mimo guide is amazing and so funny You worth 5 stars , thanks a lot for great tour We will return back

Luxor is full of history and great points worth to visit it. But if you want or visit all Luxor one day not enough for it. Must stay more one day . In general our tour super and great

The tour from beginning to the end was excellent and great experience Oir guide mando was great 👍 The weather in luxor very hot biut we were satisfied

This second tour with Egypt Travel. Really highly recommended to all. The tour from beginning to end was great. Thanks for the tour

Unfortunately, you can not recommend this tour to anyone. There was no time for photos. You were rushed through every sight. The guide was a trained archaeologist... supposedly... he could even read the hyroglyphs to the point where he then unpacked necklaces and pendants to sell them. You had more of a feeling that it was more important to him that we spend money at his weird sales stops than that we could enjoy the sights. It's a pity I'd rather have my money back. Better just book a driver to take you where you want to go and enjoy the sights alone without stress. We had made the tour to Cairo with the same company before. This was also quite stressful but much more pleasant and you had more time for yourself at the individual stops.

A well completed day trip. Knowledgeable and entertaining guide.