A great layover tour in Cairo - We booked the layover tour with Egypt Fun Tours and it couldn't have gone better. We had great communication with the company before hand, we confirmed the tour right before our flight on Egypt Air from JFK to Cairo, and we were met by our guide Arafa right outside the terminal as planned (and we were an hour early on our arrival)! Arafa was fantastic - we brought our two kids with us (Daughter, 17 and Son, 14) and he was great with them. He constantly was playing trivia with all of us, giving us "high fives" and making the day fun. We went to the pyramids and chose to purchase the additional ticket so that we could go into the Great Pyramid of Giza (which I do recommend). I did not know about that additional ticket before our trip which would have been nice - but it was only about $25 / pp and paid directly to the ticket office (no mark up or anything like that). We spent time around the Pyramids, the Sphinx, and the Solar Boat - we also did a camel ride which Arafa was great helping us do (and give us advice on when to tip and not to tip). We topped off the day with wonderful Falafel and chicken sandwiches. We spent so much time around Giza that we did not have time to do the Bazaar but that was OK. We were satisfied, exhausted, and ready to get back to the airport. Thank you Arafa for the wonderful day and memories and thank you Hani for the great communication and coordination leading up to our tour. I highly recommend this company and the people we dealt with.

Great tour! Hamada came through. - Our flight landed almost 2 hours late and it took a crazy amount of time to get through passport control. After a few crazy minutes we started out trip to Giza, meeting up with Hamad onsite. He gave a great tour, customized to what we wanted. He was able to adjust real time making it all the better. This wasn't a get on a bus with 30 strangers and follow the line, this tour was personalized and great.

Worth the layover! - We had a 9 hour layover in Cairo and found this tour through TripAdvisor. It was worth it. The guides were really responsive to our needs, the van had AC, and the food choices were great. They also took incredible pictures for us on a proper DSLR camera and shared them with us at the end of the day. If you want to do any trinket/small shopping, just let me know and they'll take you to shops with fixed prices to take the hassle out of negotiating. Bring cash for a tip - you'll want to by the end of the tour!