Africa Cultural, religious historic sites Trips

The overall experience, level of service, attention to details, array of sites visited, cultural engagement, pacing, and educational talks from our guide were all superior and well above expectations. An excellent value for the experience we were provided. We added one extra day/night on the front end of the trip to add a day trip to see key sites in the ancient city of Alexandria, which I highly recommend.

From being met at Cairo Airport by a Trafalgar representative who smoothe the way through collecting luggage and navigating or way through visa and immigration to the staff at our hotel and dealing with the various bus drivers and providers of other transportation, everything went like clockwork. Our tour director, Mohammed Sherati (not sure of the spelling), was incredibly knowledgeable and his passion for the subject of anything Egyptian shone through in everything he showed and taught us. Absolutely loved the trip!

Well packed, no time wasted,entertaining, very educational 10 day trip Awesome and beautiful culture The cusine was very authentic local preparations one of the kind. Everyone worked hard to make you feel comfortable and safe

The trip was well described so we knew what to expect, the local guides were knowledgeable and were able to accomidate the range of abilities of the group. Beware that the description, "basic Berber village house" is an accurate one!

This was a very fun informative and action tour the people who looked after us could not do enough for you tour guide was funny and informative very entertaining and enjoyable tour would recommend it too anyone

Loved the whole experience although it was a challenge to me. Was v grateful for the patience of the 2nd guide with me, the slow one always last. Impressed by the standard of meals in spite of v basic facilities. Also impressed that the flimsy looking tents at base camp actually kept us warm and withstood a significant storm. They were v good. I would have liked an even slower pace to allow time not just to recover breath, but to appreciate the views and take photos more frequently. I was sorry for the others’ disappointment that the summit could not be attempted due to dangerous wind conditions, but I was satisfied to have made it to base camp. We were grateful to Explore for flexibility that was required to accommodate us in Aremnd due to a necessary early descent (because of the poor weather). That last place was the nicest. Omar was an excellent guide. Both he and Jamal had a great sense of humour, they did their job well, usually there was v good communication at every stage, and they were totally accountable with the tips. The first night in Hotel Kennedy was not v promising, as the toilet was broken, initially there were no towels or soaps and the room just a bit dowdy, so we were pleasantly surprised that the rest of the expedition met all expectations and upon our return, the room we had was significantly nicer. We were glad we had booked 2 extra nights.