Overall, an amazing experience - My guide, Monsoor, was excellent. He was very personable and extremely knowledgeable. I would recommend him highly. The sites were fantastic, the food was excellent, and the flights were great although we finished the tour around 1500 hrs. and there were no earlier flights than the one at 20:45 hours. My suggestion would be to perhaps encourage folks to stay the night at Luxor, rest in the afternoon, and go out for a good dinner at night with a flight out the following morning. My tip would be to negotiate all payments upfront. As an American I don't believe that my duty is to tip to make up for low pay nor provide "charity"; a tip is for exceptional service. I say this because I used Google to determine the tip. My Arabic is poor, but it was clear from the conversation in the car that the driver especially was not happy with his tip. Also, you need to be aware that there will be a driver; I thought just the guide so this means you will need to pay two tips. The other issue was the "add ons". They were fine for the most part, but I would suggest discussing all of the "add ons" up front, paying everything up front, and then you won't have to worry about it the rest of the trip; in short, amazing trip but the constant up selling got old.

Marsa Alam Tours - our heroes - Marsa Alam Tours is the best! They saved our vacation at the last moment. Thank you for the promptitude, dedication that helped us to have beautiful moments! We contacted the agency only one night before our trip to Luxor as a last effort to save our day. They responded immediately and helped us when we thought nothing else could be done and at a very good price for a private tour to Luxor! Our guide to Luxor - Mansor - is a walking encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt! You can see his passion and love for Egypt that was easily transmitted to us while explaining every little corner of Karnak Temple, Hatshepshut Temple and Valley of the Kings! It is hard to say which one we enjoyed most! Thank you very much, Mansor! Thank you very much, Marsa Alam!

Beyond incredible - The tour wasAMAZING ! We took a day trip to Luxor and was taken around the most beautiful ancient sites. The cities were beautiful and words can’t describe our experience. Our tour guide Hoda was incredible and gave us the best tour with tons of information about each site! Hoda made sure we had the best experience possible ! Thank you for sharing your city and culture with us, and we appreciate your kindness!

Great Luxor Tour with Samah A as Guide! - I had an amazing tour of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. My guide, Samah Ahmed, was very knowledgeable and thanks to her I learned many interesting facts about the tombs, pharaohs, and Egypt in general. She was also fun, friendly, and her personality and charm made the trip unforgettable. I also recommend the tomb of Nefertari--it is worth visiting to enjoy a once in a lifetime, bucket list experience!

Outstanding tour and tour guide! - An excellent tour full of activity - visiting the Valley of the Kings, Colossi of Memnon, Temple of Hatshepsut, Luxor Temple and Temple of Karnak. Our guide, Hamey, introduced us to local craftsmen and craftswomen who produce incredible products. It was an extraordinary trip that we will never forget.

Hamy is/was an Amazing Tour Guide! - AMAZING is the word I would use for the one day tour we did w/ Hamy, he was the best guide, he took care of us like we were family. He talked from 0730 until the time he put us in the flight at 6pm. Hamy is full of knowledge, can answer any question; even the "conspiracy theories - I believe "Aye killed King Tut!". Hamy took us shopping, he knew the way to a ladies heart - spending money...hahaha!!! We had lunch, crossed the rived from East to West, Hamy did it all. He took care of my parents when I wondered off. Made me, my brother and sister laugh the whole time! I can't recommend Hamy enough! He will make sure you get your monies worth and then some. When you book with Marsa Alam Tours, you must request "Hamy", you will never be disappointed. When I come back for the cruise down the Nile, it will be Hamy guiding us.

Great time, great experience, great tour guide - Very good and experience egyptologist and your guide, definitely worth it. You will find the tour interesting and Everything which is explain by the tour guide Khalid is really cool. I have so much interest regarding the ancient Egyptian culture so it's a life time opportunity for me and my family to understand the culture and know the Egyptian ancient history.

Great itinerary with local knowledge! - I had a great day touring Luxor with Hoda! She was an excellent and fun guide and made my tour memorable! I got to see lots of temples, tombs, and learn about Egyptian history. If you are wanting an excellent local guide who really knows the area, I would recommend booking marsa alam tours with Hoda!

To do - Good organisation. Very good guide in the exchange, attentive with a very good level of French. I hurt my ankle and the guide and driver adapted (went to the pharmacy...) Extraordinary sites visited which left us with very good memories. Salt flat visit to the banana island not recommended and very expensive (15 euros per person) to see the few animals present in cages!

Well organized trip, incompetent and unappealing guide. - The location is undisputed and obviously beautiful. The practical organization of the trip was positive, right on time with competent and always available drivers, fresh and comfortable van. We need to review the choice of place for lunch, the food was very sad and of poor quality and we didn't even touch it, paying handsomely for two hot drinks! Our guide spoke Italian, but he had poor skills and was not very engaging, he neither satisfied nor fascinated us during the last part of the visit... he was waiting for us in the shade under the queen's temple! We were accompanied without being involved in what we were seeing. He seemed more interested in taking us to the shops; after the first visit to the perfume one, where we were left alone with useless and too long explanations (it was difficult to interrupt to leave), we decided to avoid them. We came back a little disappointed because it's very important to be involved in this experience, but that wasn't the case.