Pilgrim to the Desert Father's Caves St Anthony and Paul of Thebes - I very much enjoyed my pilgrimage to the monasteries and caves of St Anthony and St Paul of Thebes.🙏 Andrew was a superb host and guide. Ahmed tour driver got us to all sites safely and was great company. Good peoples 👍I plan to visit the monasteries again.

Wonderful experience at the monasteries near the Red Sea - A fantastic day to see a fascinating angle on Egypt's past and present! My guide Andrew and driver Sayid were friendly, professional, attentive, patient, supportive and made the tour excellent in every way. Andrew speaks great English, and is highly knowledgeable about the region and the monasteries in particular. He shared lots of stories of the ancient monks that illuminated and enlivened the experience of being at these places. At the Monastery of St. Antony, Andrew literally went above and beyond when he accompanied me up the 1400+ steps to St. Antony's Cave cell. The monasteries of St. Antony and St. Paul were beautiful, as was the drive through the Eastern Desert along the Red sea coast. I really enjoyed meeting the Monks at both monasteries, and hearing from them about the history. I am grateful to Andrew for facilitating this. I also appreciated Sayid's smooth driving and his quick and efficient work at the checkpoints and tollbooths. Great atmosphere in the car and at the locations we stopped. Definitely worth it, highly recommend!

Great trip to the Red Sea monasteries of St. Antony the Great and St. Paul the Hermit - What an incredible day trip to see a fascinating side of Egypt's past and present! My guide Andrew and driver Sayid were friendly, professional, attentive, patient, supportive and made the tour excellent in every way. Andrew speaks great English, and is highly knowledgeable about the region and the monasteries in particular. He shared lots of stories of the ancient monks that illuminated and enlivened the experience of being at these places. At the Monastery of St. Antony, Andrew literally went above and beyond when he accompanied me up the 1400+ steps to St. Antony's Cave cell. The monasteries of St. Antony and St. Paul were beautiful, as was the drive through the Eastern Desert along the Red sea coast. I really enjoyed meeting the Monks at both monasteries, and hearing from them about the history. I am grateful to Andrew for facilitating this. I also appreciated Sayid's smooth driving and his quick and efficient work at the checkpoints and tollbooths. Great atmosphere in the car and at the locations we stopped. Definitely worth it, highly recommend!

Do it. - This was such a unique and meaningful experience - I totally loved it. Andrew and Saeed were a great combo guide/driver. In fact, I worked with them on another tour to the pyramids the next day. They were great. Punctual, communicative, organized.

Please Don’t Miss This Tour! - My husband and I took this tour this past August. We had other tours lined up while we were there, but this was BY FAR THE BEST TOUR!! Our tour guide George was amazing, educated, and knowledgeable. We were picked up from our hotel at 7 a.m. Our guide and driver showed up exactly on time. We then stopped for some Turkish coffee. Our drive to St. Anthony’s Monastery was interesting and informative. We received a tour of the monastery from one of the Monks who gave us the history of the monastery, allowed us into different chapels where we saw art and artifacts from the 10th century. There was so much to see, it’s too much to write every detail. We were then taken to the place at the bottom of the stairs leading to St. Anthony’s cave. —which is over 2200 feet above sea level. Don’t do this one unless you’re in good physical condition! We’ll never do anything more special in our lives. After the climb, we had lunch and then visited St. Paul’s monastery. Another place not to be believed. We received a tour from one of the monks there, as well. The whole tour was amazing and worth way more than what we paid. My husband and I have traveled quite a bit in our 37 years of marriage, but this is the most amazing day we’ve ever had.

A fantastic experience of Red Sea monasteries!! - I absolutely loved the experience of visiting St Paul and St Anthony monasteries. The drive through the Red Sea mountains was breathtaking. George was my guide and was very kind and knowledgeable. I learned so much about Coptic monasticism. I can’t recommend this tour anymore! Definitely book if you are in Egypt!

It was a wonderful experience and we enjoyed it very, very much. The driver is very professional and very friendly. I will advis - It was a wonderful experience and we enjoyed it very, very much. The driver is very professional and very friendly. I will advise all my acquaintances to deal with you

a wonderful experience of these rare Coptic monasteries - This was a fabulous and thoroughly excellent experience. We were driven in a good air conditioned vehicle with seatbelts from Cairo down to the monasteries of St Antony and then St Paul several hours into the Eastern desert. We had an enthusiastic guide, Fadi, a young and bright Egyptologist provided, as well as a security person (unexpected! but subtle enough) and a great driver. Kemet Travel were meticulous in their organisation in the weeks beforehand communicating well by email. They also accommodated our wish for us to be dropped off in Hurghada for the final leg of our trip at the Red Sea rather than returning to Cairo. At the monasteries we waited to be shown round by one of the monks, and got a wonderful flavour of the history and special sense of place and identity these earliest of Christian communities have. We were shown the natural water sources, the ancient wheat grinding mechanisms and the walled gardens, as well as the earliest Coptic icons in the various cave churches. What a privilege to experience. Thank you Kemet Travel.

Wonderful experience! - I had a great experience with Kemet travel - they were prompt, attentive, informative, and professional. Highly recommend. I enjoyed them so much that I took them again for a half day trip to the pyramids at Giza the next day!

Mystical places in the middle of the desert - Egypt is well known for its past and the beauty of its sea. but this trip has been to me, even more magical. It is a unique opportunity to visit the cradle of the Christian monastery: Saint Paul and Saint Anthony are key figures and founders of the monastery and to visit the places where they lived, is still a very powerful mystical experience. the trip was very well organized, and I felt more like a host, then a tourist. it was great!