JFGgirl

I elected to take the day trip from Cairo to Luxor to see some of the main sites Luxor has to offer - Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's temple, and the temple at Karnak, among others. The entire tour experience was great. We were picked up very early from our hotel in Cairo and taken to the airport to catch our flight to Luxor. A travel agent representative met us there and took us to meet our guide, Shaimaa, who was helpful and provided good information during the day at all the sites we visited. She even carried my large bottle of water when I started to get tired in the afternoon! In addition to the sites scheduled on the tour, we also stopped at an alabaster shop (obviously connected to the tour, but still got very nice pieces for a reasonable price) and a tasty buffet for lunch, which was covered by the tour price (minus drinks). Since our tour ended about 4 hours before our plane left that evening, Memphis Tours arranged for us to spend a few hours in a hotel in Luxor at no expense to us, giving us a chance to take a shower, take a nap, or just cool down in the air conditioned building. We were then taken back to the airport and flew back to Cairo. I highly recommend this tour. Our driver and guide were both exceedingly professional and helpful. Shaimaa was able to give us lots of information on everything we saw, as well as details about Luxor and its heyday.