It was unexpectedly that this trip was decided on, because this spring, we were thinking of destinations other than Egypt. We were planning to visit it maybe one day. But not immediately, and without any other idea than the classic cruise on the Nile of the big agencies.
When Brigitte, a friend of Hélène. Offered us to go with her and her husband Claude for a circuit in the desert and the oases with an independent guide. Plus, just for the four of us! We didn't think long. The formula, off the beaten track of mass tourism, seduced us from the start.
Brigitte and Claude had already made 3 trips to Egypt. So they wanted something different. It was through the internet that she discovered Terra Trips Oasis Egypt. We contacted Amro for a two-week variation of the “Northern Circuit”. That the site offers in 8 days. So it was almost an à la carte circuit, almost tailor-made.
Our first email contacts with Amro were very friendly. Also the impression was confirmed from the first moments after the arrival. Very quickly, Amro appeared to us, not as a service provider executing the paid service.
No more, but like a friend who wants us to discover and love his country and its inhabitants. Thanks to him we met other Egyptians than those mummified 2 to 4000 years ago!. Because Amro has the art of alternating historical visits and discovering present-day Egypt. From its craftsmen, traditional trades ranging from baking to shipbuilding and weaving.
He takes advantage of car trips to talk to us about institutions, habits and customs, everyday life. From the Pharaonic, Hellenistic or Ottoman era as well as today, and all this with humor!. In addition, it provides surprise stops.
Amro seeks above all the satisfaction of its customers and wants everything to be at its best: hotels, restaurants, cars, etc. With scrupulous honesty, he will insist on giving you back the smallest piastre he has borrowed from you if by any chance he runs out of loose change. Its all-expenses-paid-in-advance formula seemed to us to be the best there is: relieved of any material worries, since everything is reserved and it is the guide who pays for everything (hotels, meals, drinking water, tips, but also all access tickets to sites and museums). Like us, all you have to do is enjoy your holiday to the full and fill your eyes with unforgettable images.
We will long remember those of bustling cities, picturesque and bustling villages, peaceful oases and incredible desert landscapes, and long conversations with Amro around a fire, sipping tea the Bedouin way.
One thing is certain, this trip made us want to return to Egypt to discover other regions, with Amro Terra Trips Oasis Egypt of course!
