Customer Reviews

• W

  · June 27th, 2025
  Overall the tour was great. Our guide Ashraf was excellent. He was kind and knowledgeable. The group ranged from 8-81 and everyone got along well. The hotel in Cairo was quite nice. The rooms on the cruise were bigger than some ocean liner rooms. Staff on the cruise were great. The food was okay.
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• Ngaire

  · June 27th, 2025
  Really informative bringing ancient Egypt to life. Amazing temples. Nile cruise lovely and a great way to visit places along the route.
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• David

  · June 25th, 2025
  We got a last minute deal on the week-long Pyramids and Nile Cruise from TourRadar, and was uncertain what to expect but so glad we did it! The company is called Beyond the Nile Tours but also operates under Nourbelle Tours in Egypt. The tour inlcuded a few nights at the Gewan Hotel in Cairo, which was a standard business-style hotel with also a lot of cabin crew using it due to its proximity to the airport. There were some restaurants nearby and large modern mall. We then flew to Luxor to join the cruise and stayed four nights on the Radamis which was a dated but well-maintained boat. Bedroom was clean and tidy with comfortable bed and hot shower. The top deck was the highlight as it had a nice pool and modern loungers and it was great to chill there while cruising down the Nile. They also served drinks and alcohol on board and the meals in restaurant were generally all good with no real complaints. The waiters were all friendly and attentive! The tour itself included some of the main temples (Karnak, Valley of the Kings and Edfu were great!) and the Pyramids at Giza. They were all great to see in person and learn about. Our guide in Cairo Abdul was very knowledgable and he answered all of our questions. I felt like we had enough time at most of the places to see them and take photos. There were some stops to local businesses that sell papyrus, jewelery, and stone statues but never felt too pressured to buy anything. Our guide for the majority of the tour from Luxor to Aswan was Saladino who was AMAZING! So friendly, funny and knowledgable. You can tell he wanted to make sure we got the most out of our time in Egypt and was always happy to help with any question or request. On the last day in Aswan we also had a lunch with Saladino at the Jamaica King restaurant where we had a lovely tagline (including camel tangine!) - which I would recommend trying if you get the chance. All of the other tour representatives and drivers were great incl. Ahmed and Ali. We had some problems initially being told our return flight to Aswan was overbooked but the guys were very contactable and responsive on WhatsApp and able to speak to the airline to help us board. We had signed up to do the optional hot air balloon ride in Luxor but this was sadly cancelled due to the wind - however we received a refund without issue. Overall, would 100% recommend this to my friends and family. TIPS They say you have to decide whether to do the optional tours when you arrive, but it turned out you can always sign up to these later on if you haven’t already done so. Try and break some of the Egyptian notes into smaller 20 and 50 bills for tipping. The waiters on the boat are tipped from the tipping-kitty you pay at the start but some of them were very attentive and friendly so it can be nice tip more. The company gives you the flight ticket info in advance. I would recommend checking yourself in (the day before) to secure you spot on the flight as it appears Egyptair overbook the route. We eventually were able to board after being denied - but if we hadn’t have been able to we would have definitely missed any early flights out of Cairo the next day. If you do all the optional tours, the itinerary is quite intense with early starts and long days so would recommend to keep this in mind. We did not do many of the extras and found it very manageable with a lot of time to relax on the top deck of the boat.
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