The tour included minibus from Hughada via Safaga to Luxor Temple, lunch, quick photo stop to Menmon statues, 3 tombs at Valley of the Kings, another big temple & am alabaster showroom. You had to pay extra if you went on the boat trip on the Nile, and Tutenkhamun's Tomb was not included. We stopped at a transport cafe. £20 Egypt toilet, so remember take cash. Prices were 50% higher than the tourist ship at my resort, so take snacks for the journey. Tour guide (Doah) met us at Luxor. She was helpful & had good knowledge of Egyptology. She lent me £20 to use the loo as I had had to hold it in 5 hours and stupidly forgot to go before leaving at 4:30am too. Do take cash for the loo! Lending £20 was more than the minibus drivers or other tourists did, and I really appreciated it. The meal was very nice, pretty similar to what whe get in my resort in a stylish place. The tour has a tight schedule and was very rushed. This would have been acceptable, had we not had to wait an extra 30 minutes on those who decided to pay extra to see Tutunkhamun's Tomb. However, we were allowed 30 minutes to take photos at the 2 bigger dites. Personally I thought the 3 tombs we did see were all much the same, and would have preferred to have seen only one along with Tutenkhamun's. I would gave paid the extra, but was exhausted after all the rushing up and down the first 2 tombs to accommodate the time limit given by the guide. Passing through the shopping street to the tombs involves hard sales and harassment particularly if you are alone or melanin challenged. It would have been preferable if the tour guide had waited and we had walked as one group, but we dispersed in the crowd and couldn't keep up easily. The alabaster showroom was a sales pitch. There were some good things, including moonstone & semi-precious jewellery that I wanted to buy, but I was too tired to haggle by that point, and it was clear coming to a good price would take some time, and I could not be botheted. On the way out, there is a lot hussling and trying to get you to buy cheap looking trinkets for €2. There are child beggers sent after you pleading. Again, the fact I am alone agrevated this. My advice is, find a tour that actually takes you to Tutenkhamun's Tomb while at Valley of the Kings. They you will not be obliged to hand about in the sun waiting after rushing round in the heat to keep up. All in all, the trip was worth going on despite some invonveniences.
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