mram28

The one benefit of booking our trip during the extremely hot summer months was that we got a private tour of the major sites between Aswan and Luxor by Sayed Selim. Sayed did a wonderful job educating us about his country; he was patient, humorous, and knowledgeable. The services provided and arranged by Memphis Tours were mostly great--the M/S Beau Soleil Nile Cruise, local air conditioned vans at the cruise stops, etc.--my only warning would be that you should double-check everything included in your original quote is actually provided. Our original quote from Maged Al Gohary included the overnight return train from Luxor to Cairo, but after booking (and when we actually needed it), we were told it was not included. Also, we had to pay for our own horse carriage at one of the stops, a small expense but one we were not expecting. Other than those two gripes, everything was smooth sailing and then even provided us with a second friendly guide (Ahmen Gamd Khatab) to help us get around Luxor and to our overnight bus once the cruise ended.