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Hi TP members
Our family was in Egypt earlier this spring with
another family. We used a private guide, an
Egyptologist named Rani Mostapha . We had a
wonderful trip and would definitely recommend that you
hire a private guide and particularly Ahmed.
He actually made all of the arrangements for our two
week tour of Egypt, except our international airfare
and accompanied us throughout. He booked our hotels
and somehow managed to get us excellent rooms each
time. The views from our rooms in Aswan in particular
were fabulous.
His English is very good ( we were concerned about
hiring a guide with a heavy accent the kids might not
understand, so we called him from the US for a chat
before we chose him. If you cannot book Ahmed, I would
recommend that you try to speak to your guide before
committing.
Ahmed is very knowledgeable and well organized, both
of which were important to us as we were traveling
with 7 children, aged 9 through 15. For our private
two family tour Ahmed would personally guide us
through the sites whenever it was permitted and stop
frequently for "story time'' to explain the important
features of each site and pertinent history. He
managed to keep the children's attention and if the
older children or parents wanted additional
information he was able and willing to give more
details and answer our questions. At the few sites
where he was not allowed to accompany us, he conducted
"story time" before we went in.This worked so well for
our group.

I do not know how a day of touring in Cairo would cost
since we booked our whole trip with Ahmed, but I
expect his price is fair and promise that you will not
be disappointed. His e-mail address is

ra_travel74@yahoo.com
you can find more about him and Egypt in
www.guideincairo.com
I hope this helps and that you have a terrific trip.
We did.