Ahmed Mostafa, the spiritual guide to Egypt - This trip was very important for me during this time. We were traveling with a small group and our personal guide Ahmed Mostafa. Our guide was there for us at all times, guided us through his culture, his country and the people with his very personal way. His spiritual connection and his specialist knowledge of Egyptian archaeology have made this trip an unforgettable experience for me. When vocation and profession meet, Ahmed Mostafa comes out of it. There is no trip to Egypt for me without Ahmed Mostafa. Thank you very much Simone Ari-Setha

Amazing custom tour - Our guide, Ahmed kassem customised our tour to suit our preferences and made the tour way better than we ever expected. A very knowledgeable and intelligent guide. We saw things not many people get to experience. A truly memorable day in Luxor. Thank you so much Ahmed, you were brilliant. Highly recommend.

A dream vacation !!! - Mahmoud made my experience to Dendara Temple incredible!!! His extensive knowledge and attention is incomparable. I can’t wait for my next Egypt adventure and I would be very lucky if Mahmoud would be my guide! Thank you so much for the PERFECT trip!

Great tour - Had a great time on our tour yesterday. Big thanks to our tour guide Mohammed and his driver. Not only was Mohammed very knowledgeable and friendly, but he also played some great music (at our request) which made the long drive to Dendara an absolute experience in itself. Thank you for a brilliant day!

Put the temples of Abydos and Dendera on your Egyptian bucket list. - Both sites are must see if you are interested in Egyptian Pharaonic temple sites. And reasonably readily accessible from Luxor.

Two great temples in one day - With an early morning start to avoid the crowds and heat, we visited Dendara with its magnificent painted walls and ceiling, then a further 2 1/2 hour drive to Abydos — another great site not to be missed for those who love Egyptian civilization. The guide was expertly knowledgeable and allowed me to explore at my own pace.

Interesting and efficient - We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. It was very interesting, and we appreciated the information provided about the temples, followed by free time to explore. Since the tour started early, we were almost alone in the first temple, which was a wonderful experience. Our driver also took alternative routes to minimize travel time.

Check reviews before booking - Got messed around by the company, they advertise this as an 8hr tour, it's not it's 10hrs minimum. We cut out Abydos and our guide took us to another temple in Luxxor instead. Guide and driver were fantastic. Check out time of drive before booking tours, Google maps is not accurate, read other reviews.

Just OK - The start time was changed from 07.00 to 06.00. This was OK, but the pickup still arrived at 07.00? The tour guide was knowledgeable. By the time we bypassed most police checkpoints and not counting the lost hour, the tour was over 12 hours. Too long.

Feels like I've been scammed - avoid at all costs! - After a great first day trip in Cairo, we were looking forward to our first trip in Luxor. What a mistake. Please save your money on what is an expensive tour and use it elsewhere. The warning signs were there from the day before but in summary: 1) harassed on WhatsApp - by three different numbers from the tour operator, asking me the same questions the day before the tour, insistent that I change the time of the tour from 8am to 6am for various fake reasons (the final one was because "the road closes early"). They only conceded once clarifying that we were flying early in the morning from Cairo, wouldn't be landing until 5am and so quite literally couldn't do the tour at 6am. Interestingly no issues about said "road closing early" at that point; 2) lack of tour guide preparation - picked up by our driver who clarified that he had little English, we were wondering what was going to happen. Our guide was picked up en-route, no apology. Also bizarrely asking my sister to pay by card for our entry to Dendara (despite having prepaid for a private tour, all included) because his "card wasn't working" but then immediately reminbursing her with the cash in Egyptian pounds (and only after we had to clarify what the extra cost was for...); 3) language barrier - our tour guide unfortunately could not communicate to the sufficient level required for this tour. Resorting to Google translate in the temple and still largely incomprehensible, we didn't really know what we were looking at and couldn't get answers to our questions; 4) unsettling treatment - from the clear underlying messaging that he didn't want to continue on to Abydos given the distance, to seemingly siding with the shop sellers so that we paid a premium for a baseball cap for mr, to being dismissive of our father who's in his 60s and not thinking to clarify that the crypt was underground and having to bend over (and the possible issues that might cause him), to insisting that we did what he wanted to show us to "do the temple" despite the heat being an issue and not understanding what we were seeing, it was as if he had taken an immediate disliking to us; and 5) cancelled the tour before halfway in / lack of adequate refund - all of the above was so bad that we decided to cancel the tour before completing Dendara, not seeing Abydos and not having lunch. At this point, it seemed to click for the tour guide and most of the car journey back consisted of "happy birthday" being played repeatedly on the speaker, because we had mentioned that we were there for my sister's birthday, him telling us how much he likes us and asking what was wrong and how could he make it better, but it was far too late by then and seemingly only out of self-preservation. Asking for an 80% refund (acknowledging that we had done a part of the tour which cost a very expensive £140 but in the spirit of trying to be fair), we were then given £40 back, not even close to 50% back, despite repeated attempts to ask for a more appropriate and fair reimbursement.