Private Tour to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities

I booked a tour during my long layover (19hours) in Cairo. Based on the reviews I thought I couldn’t go wrong. Even tough I don’t regret my tour in Cairo, I am disappointed by the service of Egypt Fun Tour. - for the booking, I asked questions and precision’s by email to make my reservation. I had to remind them of my email to get an answer and only received a « your tour is booked » answer. They didn’t provide any details neither answered my questions. - when I arrived in Cairo, I got to know that I had to wait for few hours in an hotel for my guide to come. I was not aware of that. Arriving super early in the morning, I had in mind to go see the sunrise in the old Cairo and enjoy the freshness of the morning. - I had been told by the guy that was waiting for me at the airport that my guide would come at 6am. At 6:20am, nobody was there and I had to call the agency many times to have information. - Without any apologize or explanations, a guide arrived at past 7am. As I insisted to know what happened, the guy told me that he was replacing the guide that didn’t show up and that he’s usually doing the German tours. - In the tour description, it was mentioned of a bottle of water in the van but I had to buy mine once at the pyramids at there were nothing provided. - The driver was professional but the guide jus ok. His English was hard to understand and he sounded like just reciting a text. - The guide kept insisting to know if I wanted to do the camel ride that requires $20 more. As I wasn’t sure before getting there, it was pretty uncomfortable. - The guide took the initiative of bringing me to a « museum of papyrus » that was not listed in my tour. This museum was actually a store where a salesperson was asked to show me all the store with the prices of each papyrus piece. Disappointing. - As I had plenty of time, I asked the guide if it was possible to visit the Mosque Muhammad Ali. I remembered that in the morning we would have time to anything we wanted even a Nil cruise as my layover was super long. But he simply replied that no, it was not included in the tour activities. - The lunch provided was good (falafel) but we sadly quickly ate in the van instead of seating in the restaurant for a bit. In summary, taking the opportunity of a layover to visit Cairo is great and it really worth it but I definitely wouldn’t recommend this agency.

Ahmed, our tour guy, was supremely hospitable. He brought us to everywhere we wanted to go and gave background to everything we saw. He was accommodating in our special requests. When we come back, and we will, we will definitely come seek Ahmed out as he is a very trust able person.