Cairo Pyramids, Sphinx, Museum & Citadel Tour

This was a fantastic trip with our own driver and own guide looking after us throughout. It’s a pretty hard climb and I was very glad I took a camel on the way up. I still had enough work to do to climb the steps to the top and get all the way back down under my own steam, so I didn’t feel I missed out on the hiking and LOVED the camel ride (this cost 850 Egyptian pounds extra plus tip). My husband walked the whole route and kept up with the camel fine, but he’s much fitter than me! Our Bedouin guide Jamal was brilliant - he helped get blankets and a place to rest while we waited for sunrise, took photos of us and gave us lots of information about the Bedouin. He even showed us around St Catherine's monastery when we got to the bottom of Mt Sinai. Jamal offered to show us the nearby Bedouin village but we were so tired after a sleepless night and the climb and still had the 3 hour drive to get back to the hotel so we didn’t do it (although looking back now I wish we had). Overall, it was a magical experience and we were glad to have spent the extra money to be able to have our own driver and guide.

Wish I could give this tour more than 5 stars.. I literally had the best time since very long time. The whole experience was utterly amazing. Start to end. Very very friendly staff from the driver to the guide, to the bedouins. Everything deserves 5 stars. Although I admit it was a bit overpriced, but the price gets reduced when you're more than 1 person.

8am pick up. Three hour drive from Sharm, our driver did not speak English neither did our guide. We did not get bottled water or anything else to drink from this tour company. We took the camels for the 7km up hill walk. Camels are $650egp each and worth every penny. Believe me the 750 stair climb you have to make to get to the peak is no joke. Be ready to sweat. It is very cold and windy at the top. I had a tea at the coffee shop on the top of the mountain, cost $50egp, they also have chocolate bars, not sure of the price. To use the outhouse you must pay $5egp (Bring your own toilet paper because they have none) They have bed rolls and blankets to rent for $100egp each. Beautiful sunrise. Completely exhausted by the time we made the walk back down to the monastery. Monastery doesn’t open until 9am, we got there at 8am. We sat inside the entrance which is breathtaking then decided we wanted shower, food and bed more so headed back to our driver. At one of the check points we were told not safe on the road, so we were held back at the police check point until a military escort could be arranged, this took until 10am. Then the long 3hour drive back to Sharm. Got back to our hotel in Sharm at 1pm.

If you desire to climb to the top of the mountain where Moses received the 10 Commandments, I highly recommend this tour if it is your 1st time. Ahmed was my guide. I would have never made it to the top without him. He never left my side, and continually provided support and encouragement each step of the way. He’s been a guide for 17 years and is highly respected. He explained so many questions that I had. He was extremely thorough on the tour while respecting my prayer, meditation, and queit time. I took the camel up to the stairs then walked all 750. I didn’t have on hiking shoes so I slid a few times. I also suggest going in the evening while it’s dark so you’re not looking down as much. There were many security check points that my driver and were stopped at to verify and check my passport so don’t forget to bring that along as well.

The tour was a great experience for us. Hiking up the mountain at night is fantastic, as well as the view in the morning. The pick up and transfer was very well organized - we got a call 1 day before with our exact pickup time. Our guide was waiting for us on the foot of moses moutain to guide us up. Well done and thank you