What to Expect in a small group tour to Egypt

If you are preparing for a small group vacation to Egypt, you are in the right place as we will provide you in this blog with a very comprehensive Small-group tour program to cover all the important places you must visit in Egypt plus making this tour suitable more for a group of people.

Small-group tour program for 8 Days:

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Day 1 Cairo Arrival

You will arrive on your first day at Cairo International Airport and will meet with a very professional tour guide who will be your best friend for the rest of the trip to help you in everything you may need. Your accommodation will be in one of Cairo’s famous hotels where you will take the rest of the day to relax from a very long flight and enjoy your nice room for overnight.

Day 2 Visiting Pyramids

On the next day, you will start your trip with your English-speaking Egyptologist, who will join you for an amazing trip to visit the marvelous Pyramids of Giza, which was constructed during the fourth dynasty from 2500 BC. beside the great pyramids, you will see the marvelous statue of the sphinx which is in the body of a lion and the head of a human that made to guard the pyramids against any threats.

Your next visit will be to the oldest and the first proper pyramid in the world, the Step Pyramid Complex in Sakkara. Then to the city of Memphis where you will be visiting The Open Air Museum that established in 32nd century BC by King Narmer. At the end of the day, you will get back to your room for rest and refreshments.

Day 3 The City center of Cairo

Today’s tour will be in the city center of Cairo which will begin with The Egyptian Museumthe largest museum in the world with a huge collection of displays dating back to various periods from ancient Egypt, as the golden exhibits of Tutankhamen. Then to the great Citadel of Saladin which constructed in the 10th century by Saladin in order to protect Egypt. Finally, you will go for the Coptic Cairo Area to see The Hanging Church, the Abu Serga Church, and of course the Church of Saint Mary. from here your day is ending and will go back to your hotel and beloved room.

Day 4 Aswan Nile Cruise

Another visit to Cairo International Airport, in order to catch your next flight to the city of gold, Aswan. Once you arrive at Aswan, you will be met with a local representative there, who will help you to reach your five-star Nile Cruise ship to start visiting Aswan monuments through sailing. First, the High Dam, which constructed by the former president, Gamal Abdel Nasser in order to store the water and generate electricity. Then to Agilika Island which has the Temple of Philae that constructed in the 3rd century BC during the Greco Roman era. Your last destination of the day is the Unfinished Obelisk, which was found in the granite quarry in the Southern part of Aswan. The rest of the day will be for fun and enjoying the beauty of mother nature in Aswan.

Day 5 Kom Ombo & Edfu City

From the beginning of this day, the Nile Cruise ship will land on the city of Kom Ombo, where we will visit Temple of Sobek & Haroeris that built during the Ptolemaic period and completed in the Roman era.

Then make your arrangments for the second visit of the day, The Temple of Horus in Edfu City, which was constructed in the 3rd century BC by the Ptolemies for god Horus. After this amazing visit, we will get back to the Nile Cruise ship for overnight rest and refresh.

Day 6 Hot Air Balloon in Luxor City

After finishing your visits to Awan, you will be sailing to Luxor city. There you will continue the fun by enjoying the Hot-air Balloon over the West Bank of Luxor. Then to the city of the dead where we can find Valley of the Kings, the burial site of the kings from the New Kingdom.

The Temple of Deir El Bahari will be your next visit for this day, it was constructed during the 18th dynasty by The great Queen Hatshepsut. Then you will end your day by visiting the Colossi of Memnon, these two huge statues constructed in 1350 BC and they are the only remaining items of the great funerary temple of Amenhotep III which made it an important landmark of Luxor city.

Day 7 Luxor Famous Temples

The east bank of Luxor is the destination for this day. There you will be visiting two marvelous temple complexes, First, Temple of Karnak which constructed from more than one thousand years dating back to the new kingdom. Second, Luxor Temple which constructed in the 14th century BC by Ramses II, Queen Hatshepsut, and many other Pharaohs.

After finishing this tour, you’ll fly back to Cairo.

Day 8 Egypt goodbye

This is will be your last day in Egypt where you will leave all the great memories you have done and take with you lots of pictures to remind you of this amazing place and lots of feelings that will force you to come back again so that the memories can be revived again.

Back again to Cairo International Airport to the flight of your home country.

Your vacation with your friends will be more fun and rich with new things at the same time. This program will make it easier for you to decide your new destination and will organize every minute you will spend in Egypt.

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Trip of a lifetime We just got back from a family "trip of a lifetime" to Egypt: 3 couples arrived in Cairo from different parts of US and Canada, at different flights and times, and yet the reception and arrival coordination and documents arrangement could not have been smoother. All was arranged, and the trip was custom designed by Ahmet from GAT Tours. We were a bit apprehensive considering the issues in the Middle East, but really there never has been a moment of concern and a complete feeling of safety as we were chauffeured, flown and sailed to the various destinations of this great country of Egypt. We visited the important sites around Cairo : the fantastic, new, Grand Egyptian Museum, the pyramids, the Sphinx, Civilization Museum, the market, Citadel, and other sites. Our hotel was first class. Our voyage down the Nile from Luxor was in upgraded suites (courtesy of GAT) on top of the line Sonesta Cruise line : gourmet meals in absolute comfort! We were lucky to have Asmaa in Cairo and Simon in Luxor and Aswan to guide us through the exhilarating sites of Karnak Temple, Valley of the Kings, Kim Ombo, Edfu, Abu Simbel etc. in a very knowledgeable and entertaining fashion. WOW !! What a trip. GAT Tours made it happen. George C.
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Fantastic family trip to Cairo and Luxor. GAT tours was great Our tour guides Asmaa and Simon made our trip to Cairo and our Nile cruise so much more meaningful.
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Cairo and Nile Cruise This was an excellent tour! GAT Tours planned every detail and was very accommodating. We were initially going to cancel the tour considering the recent instability in the Gulf Region, however, the tour manager (Ahmed Omar) ensured our safety. We felt very safe in the hands of our tour guides (Asmaa - in Cairo and Simon in Luxor/Aswan). Both tour guides were extremely knowledgeable, personable, engaging, and advised us well on how to save time and money at the various sites and markets. Strongly recommend Asmaa and Simon as tour guides! Our travel/logistics person (Seif) was also great. He ensured our transportation, pick-ups, and meals were all on time. Everyone operating the tour was accessible and responsive via iPhone. The tour guides really showed us how rich their culture (ancient or modern) is. Highly recommend this tour: Six adults (incl. 2 seniors). My personal favorites: Valley of the Kings, GEM, and any of the evening tours of the temples!
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Good experience overall It’s a mixed review of the tour and I will divide it into office staff and guide & drivers. Ahmed Omar in Cairo office helped us with our 5 days-Nile cruise and associated sightseeing. He was very prompt, polite and professional. As we didn’t get the morning flight on the day of our cruise, Ahmed helped us book a Luxor hotel for the night before. He also asked us for a personal favour and we obliged. Ahmed was thoughtful and offered to arrange ‘meet and greet’ at Cairo airport, in addition to the pick up on our return to Cairo after the cruise. Mr Mina met us at Cairo airport for helping with visa, Sim and money exchange. Despite Ahmed’s assurance that we would be helped with exchanging money, Mr Mina was walking out without doing that. When my wife pointed that out, he tried to blame us for not reminding him, which was not very nice! At Luxor airport, we were expecting My Ayman, but someone else came, which is fine. He was helpful and went to the hotel with us and next morning picked us up from hotel and dropped us at the cruise. We chose Sonesta star goddess for our trip and Ahmed had arranged everything. The guide Mohamed Refaat met us at 3pm. He said was a freelancer, and that he was given to us because he is a close friend of Mr Ayman. We found difficult to understand his English initially and his knowledge was just ok. He spent 20 minutes outside the Karnak temple talking about canals etc and as a result we had to rush at the end. He didn’t offer to take photos, but obliged whenever we asked. He repeated himself a lot and was not very interesting or engaging. We did think of calling the office to change him but didn’t. In Aswan, he said that we should pay for the felucca ride which was included. And then went on to say that we should pay the driver as he is not paid well and that we have to spend a lot during our Abu Simbel trip. On the final day, Mohamed went to our cruise reception and asked the person to give us an envelope and then turned around and told me to give them tips, before he leaves. That was very disrespectful behaviour and we were angry. Then we went to Abu Simbel and throughout the journey, he mostly chatted with the driver or slept. The driver, Kareem, was holding his phone with his left hand and talking while driving on the highway, which we found quite scary. Despite clearly telling Mohamed that we will not take out money using our card and that we will exchange money when we return to Aswan, after our trip finishes, he kept asking us to take money out throughout the day whenever he saw an ATM, very irritating behaviour. It left us with a bad taste. On the positive side, he was always on time, was friendly and did the basics. There were other little negative things like the car didn’t have water or tissue box, though it was sorted after informing Ahmed twice. It would have been good if someone from Gat tour contacted us directly to see if we were ok. We had to keep texting Ahmed for all minor issues, and he was always prompt. The representatives for Aswan airport and then again at Cairo airport were all on time and professional. So overall it was good. Gat tours is recommended but the guide Mohamed is definitely not.
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The best! Highly recommended! 10 out of 10 The best. Seamless from start to finish. Nothing is too much. Excellent communications. We did the Renaissance 5 day river cruise from Luxor to Aswan. 4 of us. We had our own knowledgeable and very solicitous guide who accompanied us throughout the cruise. GAT also met us at the airport and in Luxor to take us to the boat and introduce us to our tour guide. Everything on time, with clear communication. GAT also booked us the Elite sleeper train from Cairo to Luxor. Their cost was was very reasonable and it was a fabulous experience: a wonderful, clean and well designed compartment with excellent service, they even provided slippers! Mr Omar, one of the managers, based in Cairo, was superb in choreographing our entire trip. Thank you GAT
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