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An absolutely wonderful experience from beginning to end! Mr. Mahmoud Gebril was a delight to work with. We simply provided the length of time we wished for our vacation and the primary points of interest. Mr. Gebril took that information and designed an exceptional touring experience to Cairo and Luxor. We were met at the airport with roses and our handler took it from there. He took care of our Visas, luggage transport and getting through all necessary check points. We were provided with excellent service by our personal airport handlers, drivers and guides. The hotels selected for our stay were 5-star and lovely. My family and I have never been treated so well by a group of people that were dedicated to making our time in Egypt unforgettable. I highly recommend Zicasso for your next travel experience and I will use their services again! Thanks to all the guys!! (Ahmed, Cairo Sam, Ashe, Luxor Sam). I know that I left out some names. Please forgive you, you were all awesome!!!

I have dreamed of visiting Egypt for a long time. I found Osiris Tours through Zicasso and am so glad I chose them! First, Mahmoud asked to set up a call with my husband and I and he spent an hour getting to know us, how we have traveled and what we were looking for. He designed the perfect two week trip based on our call. It took all the stress off, and we literally showed up in Cairo with our daughter and were taken care of the whole trip. Our guides, Sam and Osama brought Egypt alive for us both historically and culturally. Both were personable and professional and we count then as friends. Mahmoud also suggested Sharm El Sheik as we wanted to Scuba dive and have some relax time at the end of our trip. What a great suggestion, we loved it! Our hotels were all first rate and we were treated so well by everyone we met. I have never felt so welcomed and safe as a tourist in any other country. If you are thinking of traveling to the Middle East, I highly recommend Osiris tours. You won't regret your decision. We are hoping to plan a trip to Turkey and Jordan in the future and will go through Osiris when we do.

I have had a significant interest in Egypt for 40 years. We wanted a trip that let us explore the things I wanted to see and give my wife a full immersion into Egyptian culture and history. We elected to do a private guided tour. The reality is that without the private driver and guide we would have had difficulty traveling from one end of the Nile to the other. The trip was wonderful. We managed to see all of the things I wanted to see, and my wife also got the full immersion into Egyptian history and culture. The trip was well done and exceeded our expectations. Our thanks to Osiris Tours for all that your team did on our behalf.

Osiris Tours provided us with an amazing honeymoon in November. From the initial inquiry, founder Mahmoud was extremely responsive. His response rate is impeccable, and I never had to wait more than half a day for a response! He was extremely patient with my constant questions [and trust me, I had a lot of questions]. I let him know what my initial budget was, and he was able to work out everything we wanted within that price. Adding things on or changing things later was no problem and he was very upfront about the costs; he made sure to tailor the trip to exactly what we wanted. Once we arrived in Egypt, we were met by our airport representative [also named Mahmoud]. He was extremely professional and friendly, getting us through Cairo airport effortlessly! [I would also like to note that our airport representatives in Aswan and Luxor were also extremely friendly and helpful]. Also would like to note that every driver was extremely professional as well and they are amazing to be able to navigate the Egyptian roads! Many things are very different from western countries, but we always felt safe and welcomed! Our Cairo guide, Sa'id, was extremely knowledgable. He always made sure we had water, even getting us some snacks and pomegranate juice sometimes. He knew all the best photo spots and poses, so we came back home with some amazing photos! I cannot imagine navigating some of the locations in Cairo without a qualified guide- it adds so much more to the experience to have someone there who knows the area and the history. Our guide in Aswan and Luxor, Hoteb, absolutely made the trip for us. His warm personality made it easy to relax and enjoy the energy of the locations and it felt like was a friend showing us around. He truly went above and beyond to make sure that we were getting everything we wanted out of our time, even making sure we were able to try the local foods we wanted! He took us to a great spot for lunch in Aswan and it was by far our best meal of the trip. He also knew we wanted to try koshari, so though our night was coming to an end, we stopped really quick on the way back to the hotel. He asked us about our family and showed genuine interest in our lives. On our last evening with him, we shared in some more conversation and shisha. We truly feel like we made a friend and we feel that he completely embodies the type of travel experience that Osiris Tours seeks to provide. He was so very helpful, down to every little detail, such as gently reminding us when is appropriate to tip some of the other people with whom we interact. As Americans, we are not accustomed to this particular element and even having done as much research as I possibly could have, I honestly appreciated the honesty, reminders and the help. All-in-all, all of the Osiris team was always punctual and kind. I would recommend Osiris Tours to everyone, including my family and friends. At the end of the trip, Mahmoud [founder] emailed me to touch base. He was extremely open to feedback and I sincerely appreciate his efforts and guidance. If I ever do return to Egypt, I would love to travel again with Osiris Tours!

Over the years we have travelled to many places, both domestically within the United States and internationally. Egypt is like no other place we have ever experienced. I highly recommend a visit to Egypt arranged through Osiris Tours. For more than three decades, my hobby has been researching and detail planning our family’s independent vacations. However, as my husband and I have grown older in recent years (we are both in our early 60’s now), we’ve discovered travelling independently in foreign countries is not our cup of tea, especially if we do not speak the local language. Although I still enjoy researching destinations and developing draft itineraries for our trips, we’ve turned to using tour companies to make all our in country travel arrangements. The problem is, how do I find a reliable, affordable private tour company for the country we are planning to visit? No matter how many reviews I read, I always have a bit of worry regarding whether or not everything will turn out ok. I’m happy to report that working with Osiris Tours resulted in a worry free trip. I first contacted Osiris Tours in late August 2018 for a planned November 2019 trip to Egypt. Mahmoud Gebril of Osiris Tours took my three week “pie in the sky” proposed Egypt private guided touring itinerary (which included Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, and Aswan) and turned it into a seamlessly smooth once in a lifetime adventure in an exotic land. Mahmoud made numerous recommendations for improvements to my proposed itinerary; I am so very grateful I trusted in his judgment based upon his real world in-country experience rather than insisting on an activity / accommodation I happened to have read about in a travel book or on a website. Mahmoud was even able to add an activity to our itinerary in mid October 2019 just a couple weeks prior to our November 2nd departure. During our travels in Egypt, Mahmoud and his colleagues not only met my very high expectations, but completely exceeded them! (You have no idea how rare of a thing it is for me to say something has “exceeded my expectations”. I NEVER use that phrase.) My mind has been blown. Our guide Khalaf was wonderful. He never lost his patience with me, regardless how many times I asked him to explain (one more time!) the difference between NeferTITI and NerferTARI, or how many times I needed to find a “rest area facility”. Our hotel accommodations went WAY above and beyond anything I would have arranged for us on my own. We were really spoiled by the hotels Mahmoud booked for us. Before traveling to Egypt, I thought climbing in the Great Pyramid and seeing the inside of King Tut’s tomb would be the highlights of our trip. But the reality of Egypt is so much more than just these two things. These two things were simply the starting point for an adventurous journey more overwhelmingly wondrously awesome than we ever could have imagined. I don’t understand how it was even possible that each successive day of our trip seemed better than the previous day! I almost cried when it was time to return home. We hope to return to Egypt again some day in the future after the Grand Egyptian Museum is fully completed and officially open for tourist visitors. Maybe for our 45th wedding anniversary in 2024 perhaps? Regarding safety, there was never a time when I felt unsafe, but then we never ventured out on our own without our guide (ok, maybe we were a bit nervous to be on our own in a foreign country where we didn’t speak the language). And I must admit that the chaotic Cairo traffic, the ubiquitous police/military presence, and the bag x-ray machines / metal detectors were all a bit disconcerting. But according to the Gun Violence Archive mass-shooting reports, there were 27 separate mass shootings across 15 different states in the United States during our 24 days away from home (November 2nd through 25th, 2019), so where should I feel safer? Shopping at my local Wal-Mart? or being driven through the streets of Cairo, past the numerous villages between Luxor and Aswan, or across the desert from Aswan to Abu Simbel? Sometimes I think travelling internationally with a private driver and guide is the safest thing I do. Don’t let fear stop you from visiting such a fascinating place as Egypt.

Every detail was taken care of from the moment we arrived in Cairo at 3:30 am and were greeted by a cheerful airport guide who had our visas ready for our passports. The hotels were lovely and our guide wonderful. Seeing the pyramids and the other ancient sites in Egypt was a lifelong dream and Osiris made the dream come true.

We had a fabulous trip to Egypt with Osiris Tours! Planning the trip with Mahmoud was simple and he was very responsive and helpful with our specific requests. We were taken care of at every turn, from the airport representatives who helped us at each leg of our journey, to our great drivers, to our wonderful guide Islam, who was knowledgeable and made our happiness his number one priority. Mahmoud booked us at beautiful hotels with excellent restaurants and attentive staff. We crammed a large amount of historical sites into 10 days and were stunned at every turn by the awe inspiring tombs and temples. It was a once in a lifetime vacation that was expertly planned and coordinated by Osiris Tours. We have 4,000 pictures to remind of us of what was an incredible experience in a fascinating and welcoming country.

We just returned from the most fabulous private-guided trip to Egypt! The staff from Osiris Tours was with us from the moment we landed until it was time to head home. Their dedicated staff saw to every detail as their experienced Egyptologist guides make ancient history come alive while making present day friendships (that’s you, Sayed and Mahmoud!). Owner Mahmoud Gebril saw to every detail in pre-planning our fantastic itinerary months in advance so we can see and do everything we wanted. Though we had our heart set on a cruise down the Nile, from his vast experience he convinced us to go by private car and driver so we can see so much more and he was so right! Osiris Tours’ planning was impeccable and by flexing our schedule a bit, we were almost the only ones at each historic site, since the large tour groups had not yet arrived or were leaving as we got there making for an awesome experience. Spend as much time at each site as you please, while other tour groups are hustled on through barely having enough time to take a photo, let alone absorb all of the fascinating history. Concerned about safety? We were, too, but as it turned out, there was no need. From the moment we arrived the Egyptians are so welcoming and we were thanked again and again for visiting their country. If you had been thinking about visiting Egypt, there is no better time to go than now. There is nothing more exotic than having a delicious dinner along the Nile at sunset after seeing the Pyramids! If you truly want to join spirits with the ancients, Osiris Tours is the best way to go and I highly recommend them!