All One World Egypt Tours www.1worldtours.com

THE tour...Cairo to Abu Simbel, back to Cairo, then to Petra Jordan.2008. Tourmates: well-educated, enthusiastic, friendly. Tour Leader: well informed, gentle, kind, enthusiastic, well organized, friendly, supportive. Egyptologist Ehab:a gentleman, so kind, well educated, able to impart his knowledge to us in such a generous way, and soooo funny, and FUN.

The tour leader is so organized. What a tourmate needs to do is read the itinerary, study in your guide book, dress appropriately, eat a BIG breakfast, and show up at the bus on time and with a good attitude. They do the rest!!

Access to sites not seen on "standard " tours. Length of time at sites to allow lots of wandering to absorb the atmosphere of the site, LOTS of photo time. Saqqara complex, Sphinx enclosure, the list goes on and on. Restaurants chosen for lunches, hotels , buffet breakfasts , delicious food. Optional activities, free time. Plenty of shopping time.

Visits to two different families, one in Saqqara (viewing the Saqqara Pyramid from the farm fields...delicious lunch, visiting with the kids. The wonderful family in Luxor, so sweet and welcoming, delicious lunch.Kids so sweet, practicing their English, trying to teach US to count in Arabic, giggles continuous, such fun.

Time in Valley of the Kings, Queens, Workmen. Ramesseum in the morning, Hatshepsut's Temple....the list goes on and on, my favorites...Dendera, Luxor, and the sublime Karnak. Hours and hours at each place.

I have taken the tour again...2009. And I plan on October 2010.

I could go on and on and on. My co-workers know better than to ask me about my fabulous trips to Egypt...I can go on for hours.

My tour with All One World Tours was a dream come true. I have been interested in Egypt since my teens. This tour was the first organized overseas tour I have ever taken. They also arranged all the hotels and guides for me for an added week "on my own" in Egypt. If you want to see Egypt, this is the only tour to take. If you want to spend a week knocking back tall ones on a Nile cruiser, do not take this tour! We spent each day from early morning until dinner seeing the antiquities and museums, visiting Egyptian friends on farms and in their homes, and stopping to shop for traditional Middle Eastern items like alabaster, gold, and carpets. It was such a perfect experience that I can't think of any way to improve on their expertise, and I am going back for another slightly different tour next year. Besides the awe of seeing the ancient sites up close, and having more than the perfunctory 30-45 minutes that most busloads of tourists get at the main sites (we had the entire Giza plateau to ourselves for several hours, including a private tour of the Great Pyramid!) I was most touched by their connection to the people of Egypt and how this was shared with the people on the tour. A good example was the time our shuttle bus encountered a group of children selling small baskets in Middle Egypt. They explained that hardly any tourists come to the area, so anything we purchased would be greatly appreciated. I bought one small item for about $1 from a small girl, and it has become one of my most cherished memories of the trip. We were also encouraged to bring clothing, hats, and other items to donate to various families that they has gotten to know over the years. These experiences made the trip far more memorable than what a person would normally experience inside the "tourist bubble" that surrounds the larger, giant tour bus-load groups. Another important point on the tour - they take care of all the major tipping, and give clear instructions (and change money for smaller bills) for places like rest rooms where we had to tip individually. This reduced the hassle-factor to almost nothing while on our planned route. I found out what a huge load they had taken off us in this regard when I travelled on my own for a week and had to plan all the tipping and amounts myself. They also watched over us like a hawk and made sure the vendors at the various sites did not go overboard pushing their wares at us. I felt totally secure every minute I was in Egypt, thanks to the organized & watchful staff that. I was traveling on my own but they set me up with the perfect roommate, who by incredible coincidence also planned to scrapbook every day's memorabilia, so we spent our after -dinner hours sharing in this enjoyable pursuit.

All One World Tours to Egypt was the most enjoyable tour I have ever been on. The tour guide has been to Egypt with groups so many times, she has the tour down to an exact science. Every detail is looked after from when you sign on until even after returning home. She takes you to places where few groups have access to and arranges the itinerary so you arrive when there are the fewest people around. She looks after you like a mother and if something goes wrong she will correct it. The itinerary is extensive and educational and she makes sure that you have a good time not only in where you visit but having fun at the same time. The guide is highly knowledgeable and experienced and gives you insights into places you will not find in tour books. Highlights were private access to the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx,a great hot air balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings, dinner with Egyptian families,a ride on the Nile on a felluca, private lectures from Egyptian archaelogists to name a few. Her groups are small enough to be intimate and manageable and you get to know everyone and feel comfortable on the tour. Her Egyptian guide is very knowledgeable and enjoys showing off his country to you. Both of them work as a team to look after you like royalty. I highly recommend this tour group if you plan to go to Egypt

I have been on two tours. Both experiences were wonderful. I had been dreaming of going to Egypt my entire life, and the experiences surpassed my hopes. With All One World Tours, you get to the best of two worlds. In the first world, you are in a sheltered bubble. You travel to and from sites, are expertly guided, given opportunity to shop safely and tipping is done for you. The perfect tourist world. The second world is one where you get to experience the Egyptian people. You spend time with families in Egypt, and are encouraged to venture out on your own if you wish. When you do venture out, they make sure you have the cultural understanding to navigate this foreign land successfully and enjoyably. It is really a wonderful balance. This tour company eliminates all the usual worries about currency, language, etc. and allows you to relax and soak up the culture of Egypt. And Egypt has so much culture to soak up!

I looked at different tour groups for a year prior to booking. Everything they promised to see was done and more. We had special permission to tour the great pyramid, and sphinx enclosure. What a thrill!

We were treated as family, not just tourist.

The tour was hand selected to see sites not often visited. This gave up time to experience it more fully.

I would say that "All One World Egypt Tours" was the best run tour I've been on, and would be the only tour company to book with for anyone who is looking for a Egyptian lover's tour !!

I took the extended tour from All One World Egypt Tours, From Cairo all the way down to Abu Simbel then over to Jordan and Petra. What a fun tour! Besides hitting all the big sites, Giza, Saqqara Plateau, etc, we had exciting forays to smaller, out of the way historical sites. All One World Egypt Tours caters to small groups, hence the ability to gain special access to incredible places that BIG BUS companies just can't do!

While on the bus to different sites, guides talk about what is coming up and it's significance in the grand scheme of history.

I would go again with All One World Egypt Tours and actually hope to do so next year!

After extensive research, my new bride & I chose Ruth Shilling's All One World Egypt Egyptologist's Tour http://www.1worldtours.com/Egyptologists'_Tour.htm for our honeymoon in Egypt. Her package offers an in-depth experience of the archeological sites that no other tour make available. With only a 16 person limit, we had access to many spaces that are forbidden to the average tourist in the ancient ruins of the empire of Egypt. Ruth Shilling and Ehab Mahmoud do an amazing job of serving up the best experience possible for the diverse interests of each group member.