Tour of Cairo and Alexandria

[flsun]

Jeff - I've written Ramses twice and had a response in a matter of hours both times. I even waited almost 2 weeks before sending my 2nd set of questions to them. George has replied both times. I'm using this address: info@ramsestours.com

 

We are booking, off the Brilliance in Dec., for a trip to Cairo. Half the cost, same sites except for the Papyrus Institute.

 

N4SX - how were your tours with them?

 

--Pam

Edited June 12, 2009 by flsun

[jegoodman]

I finally got prompt responses from Ramses. For some reason, his emails were bouncing to me so I sent him an alternate email address and replies came very quickly. I had the same problem with Nile Blue.

[coxswain]

I used a private guide and driver in Alexandria a few weeks ago - brilliant and a reasonable price !!

 

 

 

 

jj.....

[gmadvm]

No deposit required for Ramses. Payment is at the end of the tour. George at Ramses has been by far the most responsive of any tour operator I've ever worked with. He must be connected to a computer. He responds to all questions and requests often the same day.

[Cruzer Two]

Has anyone done a overnight tour with Ramses tour Company.

 

Thank you,

 

Sharon Campbell

 

We recently returned from a magnificent cruise from Dubai to Rome. The shore excursion from the port of Alexandria include the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, the Mosque of Mohammed Ali, and a Nile River Luncheon cruise. This was an absolutely wonderful adventure. Click on the following link for information on viewing a video of this excursion. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=20031408#post20031408

 

Ron aka CruzerTwo aka CruzerToo

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[coxswain]

No deposit required for Soha - Payment is at the end of the tour. Great price.

 

 

 

 

jj.....

[gmadvm]

direct from the website, this should clear up any confusion. guests from cruises do not pay a deposit.

 

http://ramsestours.com/index.php?id=125

[gailnnels]

We booked Ramses tours based on the wonderful reviews from past guests. We will also be doing Cairo on day one and Alexandria on day two. I agree, it would be great to be able to do a Nile dinner cruise, but the timing does not seem to allow it.

 

 

I used Ramses Travel on our stop in Egypt on our cruise in Apr 09. We

had a great time. Our tour guide Marwan Sayed was very knowledgeable

and well spoken in English. The pyramids and sphynx are truely

amazing and how anyone can drive in that traffic is beyond me. I wish

we had more time for King Tutts museum; how do you see it all ( maybe

in 2 lifetimes).

We took the 2 day tour and did Ciaro one day and Alexandria the next.

Alexandria is a beautiful city, only a mere 5,000,000 people. The

library is a working piece of art. Hard to say which place I like the

best,gardens, palace, lighthouse etc. The food....

My only regret is we didn't do the Nile dinner cruise.

I would go back thanks Ramses and Marwan.

Laurie Eide Vancouver, Canada

[va3wyu]

If you wonder if Ramsestour requres deposit, the answer is No.

[montrealmaria]

Hi,

My family of 5 just returned from a RCI cruise that stopped at Alexandria.

We had booked our tour with Ramses months prior to departure. George, the tour operator was always very quick to answer my many questions and always made me feel that we would be taken very well care of. I even called him prior to leaving to make sure everything was well organized for us. Our ship was in Alexandria from 7am to 10pm. Everything we organized was carried out very nicely. We always felt safe and we were very satisfied with our guide and driver. We met our guide at the scheduled time of 7:30am. He was waiting for us with our name on a board right outside the gangway. He made us feel safe from the first handshake! We immediately were escorted to his comfortable van with air condition. We were 5 plus the driver and our guide. Our guide was a young man, who was very knowledgeable in all of Egypts's history. He talked the whole 3 hours on our way to the pyramids, giving us so much info in a very easy to understand format. Our 3 teenagers were really interested in all he had to say! He always answered our questions and pointed things out along the way. The 3 hours just flew by. Our driver was also very good. His driving skills were amazing and we always felt very safe. He would also point things out to us. Both guide and driver spoke perfect english and very easy to understand. Once we got to Giza, Our guide brought us to the pyramids and would always be next to us ready to give more info, answer questions or be our photographer! We had organized a camel ride for the 5 of us and he also took care of that for us. At the pyramids we were not haggled at all by any of the people selling stuff or asking for a tip. Our guide was always close by to us and the locals would say a few words to him and then they would leave. We walked to the Sphinx were more info was given to us. We spent about 2 hours at Giza. At this time he offered to take us for lunch. We had brought some food from our ship, so we passed on the offer. So he suggested we leave for the museum. He called the driver, who promptly pulled up to take us there. At the museum, the guide took care of getting us entrance tickets. Inside he showed us all the amazing statues and gave us more stories about each artifact. It was so interesting and so much to see. He manuevered us throughout the musem and brough us to the Mummy Room. This too we had asked that we include in our excursion. This room was amazing. The kids were just amazed. He then brought us to see King Tuts treaseres. We were so inspired by the richness and all the stories behind each artifact. It was important to do this tour with a guide since he provided so much info and always answered our questions. Once we completed the tour of the museum, Our guide asked us if we wanted to visit the Papyrus store. We agreed for a quick stop of 1/2 hour. There we learnt how papyrus was made and we bought a small one as a souvenir. No pressure was felt at all on making a purchase. We left and then stopped at local shop and bought some canned soda. We were done our excursuin and we started heading back to Alexandria. It was about 3:45. We stopped to gas up the van and we purchased some more drinks and a couple of local treats (packaged) that our tour guide recommended. We talked alittle while during our drive back, but then we all fell asleep, absorbing everything we had seen and learnt.I had mentioned prior to booking that I wanted to be back at the ship for 7:00. It was 6:30, so our tour guide offered to take us to the Alexandria library and we also stopped at a Mosque were my husband and 3 boys entered the mosque. It was an interesting stop were the boys learnt more about our different cultures. Our driver would drop us off with the guide and be ready to pick us up when our guide called him.

We had an amazing time and we were so happy that we had booked with Ramses. They delivered everything we asked for and more. We always felt safe and extremey stisfied with all the information we were given. I highly recommend this tour company. Their price was very reasonable. We paid much less the ship tour but got so much more!

If you need any other info, do not hesitate to contact me. The 5 of us were extremely happy of our day in Egypt! Thanks to Ramese , it was very memorable!!!!

Our guide and driver dropped us right off at the port. We parted and said our goodbyes. As per our guides recommendations, the boys praciced there negatioating skill with the vendors at the port. They had an amazing time with the merchants and felt they made great deals! Our guide had given us some tips on how to negotiate with the locals! The boys shopped till it was boarding time!!! 9:15!!! They enjoyed this part of the excursion immensely too!

Maria

[montrealmaria]

Hi,

My family of 5 just returned from a RCI cruise that stopped at Alexandria.

We had booked our tour with Ramses months prior to departure. George, the tour operator was always very quick to answer my many questions and always made me feel that we would be taken very well care of. I even called him prior to leaving to make sure everything was well organized for us. Our ship was in Alexandria from 7am to 10pm. Everything we organized was carried out very nicely. We always felt safe and we were very satisfied with our guide and driver. We met our guide at the scheduled time of 7:30am. He was waiting for us with our name on a board right outside the gangway. He made us feel safe from the first handshake! We immediately were escorted to his comfortable van with air condition. We were 5 plus the driver and our guide. Our guide was a young man, who was very knowledgeable in all of Egypts's history. He talked the whole 3 hours on our way to the pyramids, giving us so much info in a very easy to understand format. Our 3 teenagers were really interested in all he had to say! He always answered our questions and pointed things out along the way. The 3 hours just flew by. Our driver was also very good. His driving skills were amazing and we always felt very safe. He would also point things out to us. Both guide and driver spoke perfect english and very easy to understand. Once we got to Giza, Our guide brought us to the pyramids and would always be next to us ready to give more info, answer questions or be our photographer! We had organized a camel ride for the 5 of us and he also took care of that for us. At the pyramids we were not haggled at all by any of the people selling stuff or asking for a tip. Our guide was always close by to us and the locals would say a few words to him and then they would leave. We walked to the Sphinx were more info was given to us. We spent about 2 hours at Giza. At this time he offered to take us for lunch. We had brought some food from our ship, so we passed on the offer. So he suggested we leave for the museum. He called the driver, who promptly pulled up to take us there. At the museum, the guide took care of getting us entrance tickets. Inside he showed us all the amazing statues and gave us more stories about each artifact. It was so interesting and so much to see. He manuevered us throughout the musem and brough us to the Mummy Room. This too we had asked that we include in our excursion. This room was amazing. The kids were just amazed. He then brought us to see King Tuts treaseres. We were so inspired by the richness and all the stories behind each artifact. It was important to do this tour with a guide since he provided so much info and always answered our questions. Once we completed the tour of the museum, Our guide asked us if we wanted to visit the Papyrus store. We agreed for a quick stop of 1/2 hour. There we learnt how papyrus was made and we bought a small one as a souvenir. No pressure was felt at all on making a purchase. We left and then stopped at local shop and bought some canned soda. We were done our excursuin and we started heading back to Alexandria. It was about 3:45. We stopped to gas up the van and we purchased some more drinks and a couple of local treats (packaged) that our tour guide recommended. We talked alittle while during our drive back, but then we all fell asleep, absorbing everything we had seen and learnt.I had mentioned prior to booking that I wanted to be back at the ship for 7:00. It was 6:30, so our tour guide offered to take us to the Alexandria library and we also stopped at a Mosque were my husband and 3 boys entered the mosque. It was an interesting stop were the boys learnt more about our different cultures. Our driver would drop us off with the guide and be ready to pick us up when our guide called him.

We had an amazing time and we were so happy that we had booked with Ramses. They delivered everything we asked for and more. We always felt safe and extremey stisfied with all the information we were given. I highly recommend this tour company. Their price was very reasonable. We paid much less the ship tour but got so much more!

If you need any other info, do not hesitate to contact me. The 5 of us were extremely happy of our day in Egypt! Thanks to Ramese , it was very memorable!!!!

Our guide and driver dropped us right off at the port. We parted and said our goodbyes. As per our guides recommendations, the boys praciced there negatioating skill with the vendors at the port. They had an amazing time with the merchants and felt they made great deals! Our guide had given us some tips on how to negotiate with the locals! The boys shopped till it was boarding time!!! 9:15!!! They enjoyed this part of the excursion immensely too!

[Marie-Claude]

Thanks Maria for this great review!!

 

We have also booked with George and have found him helpful so far! Since we have already done your itinerary, we are going to visit Old Cairo and Coptic Cairo!! I'm looking forward to it! Your review reassures me tremendously...

Thanks for reporting back

 

MC from Montreal!!

[jegoodman]

Thanks Montreal Maria for the great review of Ramses. So far Ramses has been fantastic in dealing with them BEFORE the tour. It's nice to read that the great service happens during the tour. We're a group of 12 and looking forward to touring Egypt. We have a day tour to Cairo the first day and then a full day tour in Alexandria the second day.

[Bigbill10]

I am just wondering how strennous this tour is? I am mobile, I walk slowly with a cane? What do you think? I walk a mile + everyday. Answers will help. Thanks Bill

( I am talking about the day tour with Ramses)

Edited August 2, 2009 by Bigbill10
add info

[jegoodman]

Not sure how strenuous the actual tour is but we have some mobility impaired in our group. Ramses has said there's no problem staying by the minibus. Also, with a smaller group.... (this is a guess not a fact)... you might be able to get closer for parking. In any case, I think you'll be treated to great once in a lifetime views.

[Bigbill10]

I contacted Ramses and they answered in 2 hours. Problem was that the Yahoo spam filter put their reply in the spam box. I would think if you don't get a reply look in your spam box.

[hereward]

hi

 

after hearing such good reviews we have booked a day trip to the Pyramids with Remses 0n 6 Dec 09 - we will be on Costs Pacifica stopping at Alexandria.

 

regards

[Marie-Claude]

I contacted Ramses and they answered in 2 hours. Problem was that the Yahoo spam filter put their reply in the spam box. I would think if you don't get a reply look in your spam box.

 

I had the same problem - if you don't hear back from them, make sure to check the Spam box... also, using a yahoo or gmail address helped fixed my problem!!

 

MC

[Enchanted_Cruiser]

We just returned from our Mediterranean Celebrity cruise aboard the Equinox. We truly enjoyed our 2-day overnight tour with Ramses. Our guide Islam and driver Mohammed were both excellent. The ability of our guide to convey the history, the monuments, and the interpersonal relation allowed us to appreciate and expand our knowledge of Egypt. Islam was exceptional and made every effort to ensure we saw as much as possible in the two days. The air conditioned vehicle was superb. The hotel was very nice and lunch at the Hard Rock was fun although we would have also enjoyed a traditional meal at an Egypt restaurant (understand it being Ramadan this option would have been limited). I found Ramses to be very trusting with regard to the post tour payment which in today’s world is something not typically seen. At the end of our trip we gratuitously thanked both our guide and driver. We highly recommend Ramses to anyone wishing to explore and learn about Egypt!

[DebsUK]

Call me suspicious but "moretti123" you have 21 posts and every single post is strongly in favour of a company called "egypt4utours". Hmmmmm....

[religion]

Has anyone done a overnight tour with Ramses tour Company.

 

Thank you,

 

Sharon Campbell

 

Sharon: A group of us just booked with Ramses Tour - they have been very helpful to us in terms of seeing other sights the group wanted to see and they were very reasonable. We are taking this tour in October on the Norweign Jade and will post our comments as to the actual tour later. Hope this helps.

 

Rina Clark

Canadian

[mamahugs]

I have a question for those who had already taken a tour of the pyamids in Giza; of the 3 pyramids how many of the pyramids did you gain entrance to and which one is the most worthwhile to see? inside? Are they all about the same? Thanks...which tour guide did you use?Thanks again.

[johnnyzhang]

Sharon: A group of us just booked with Ramses Tour - they have been very helpful to us in terms of seeing other sights the group wanted to see and they were very reasonable. We are taking this tour in October on the Norweign Jade and will post our comments as to the actual tour later. Hope this helps.

 

Rina Clark

Canadian

 

 

We just book a tour with Ramses for a 2-day overnight Cario. We are also in

NCL Jade Oct 21. We find George H from Ramese is very responsive in replying our questions and

request. The price is reasonable too. We will stay in "Sofitel Le Sphinx Cairo" becasue Mena house is full according to him. We are traveling with young kids so that we just do our own private tour with Ramses so that we can be fexible on the schedule.

 

We are looking forward to a great experience in Egpty!!!!

 

Christine & Johnny

[johnnyzhang]

Sharon,

 

We just booked a 2-day overnight tour with Ramses Travel Group of Egypt, George, their Senior International Sales Executive, who handled our booking very professionally, very efficient, even go around with our preferred itinerary, and got the hotel that we liked. We will be on NCL Jade this time and visit Cairo on Oct.25th, George arranges a private tour for 4 of us, pick us up from the pier and send us back on the 26th. He is a good guy to work with, now we can relax and expect a memorable adventure to the Pyramids.

 

Christine & Johnny

[Flowrider]

Hi, we are doing an overnight tour with ramses in december 2010 and we are staying in le meridien pyramids hotel, can anyone who has stayed in this hotel tell me if there is a covered pool and sauna, it would be great after the days tour.

thank you