Enjoy Fayoum & Sandboarding with Egyptian Lunch at Tunis village.
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Enjoy Fayoum & Sandboarding with Egyptian Lunch at Tunis village.
By Explore Egypt tours
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It is time to experience sandboarding. Visiting the lake of Qaroon, the valley of Rayan and the waterfall. You will experience baking the local Egyptian bread for the first time. Then enjoy the vibe of the green fields there. You will have a unique and delicious real local Egyptian lunch cooked by local farmers at Tunis village.
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Ages 6-80
Duration: 12h
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Live guide: Arabic, German, English, Italian, French, Spanish
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- Professional guide
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Jeep 4*4 in desert
- Entry/Admission - Al Fayoum Oasis (if option is selected)
- Entry/Admission – Tunis village (if option is selected)
- Entry/Admission – The valley of Rayan (if option is selected)
- Entry/Admission – Modawara mountain (if option is selected)
- Sandboarding (if option is selected)
What's not included- Tipping
- Drinks
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.Pickup details
- We can pick you up from any location
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Wheelchair accessible
- Pushchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 102916P13- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travellers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 102916P13
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Itinerary
- 1Your expert tour guide will meet you at your Cairo hotel. Start our tour to Fayoum city by air-conditioned vehicle, you will touch and enjoy experiencing local Egyptian life. You will see their lifestyle of them and how they live and work. You will visit the lake of Qaroon, then you will go to the desert to explore the valley of Rayan and the waterfall and take amazing photos there. Now it is time to experience sandboarding. The Jeep will take you to Modawara mountain to enjoy sandboarding. You will experience baking the local Egyptian bread for the first time. Then enjoy the vibe of the green fields there. You will have a unique and delicious real local Egyptian lunch cooked by local farmers at Tunis village. Then enjoy the Bedouin tea. You can see farm animals like donkeys, sheep, and cows. Back to Cairo with unforgettable memories.
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- AnnikaHor0 contributionsGreat DayWe had a fantastic day. The Pryamids and the Sphinx are of course impressive and the new museum offers many highlights. Yoma took care of our special requests in advance, such as visiting the Great Pyramid from the inside. And our guide David was very knowledgeable about all the sites and answered lots of questions. He was also very relaxed and let us decide for ourselves how much time we wanted to spend at each stop. There were six of us and we had our own private tour in a comfortable vehicle with a very safe driver.Written 16 November 2024
- Odyssey138651205590 contributionsExplore Egypt Tours are amazingThe views were amazing. The service was professional, well organized and tailored to our needs. Good communication and attentiveness. Thank you so much Yoma and her team for taking such good care of us.Written 1 November 2024
- C2233FOjohnb0 contributionsGreat intro to CairoReal Cairo Food Experience was a great introduction to Egypt. We started with the best ever falafel and other dishes followed later with Koshery and rice pudding, which could be called Egyptian comfort food. We also sampled cane juice. Throughout the tour Mahmoud filled us in on everyday life in Cairo. With his help and that of the driver, Ehab, we were able to find some lovely souvenirs from shops featuring papyrus, spices, and cotton. We highly recommend this tour and especially Mahmoud and Ehab.Written 24 October 2024
- David L0 contributionsAs above.Samaa (Sky) showed great; knowledge, understanding, patience and organisation. I sincerely enjoyed my time with Samaa and would readily recommend her to any individual or group, to show Egypt at its best! Thank you Samaa!Written 21 October 2024
- vernons5400 contributionsExperience Cairo like a local!I had a day to spare in Cairo on a business trip and decided to try the real Cairo food tour. I am verry happy that I decided to do so. Mahmoud was an excellent tour guide. We tried various tasty local cuisines at locations that only locals would know about. Mahmoud was also very knowledgeable about his country and its history. After some amazing food we continued to tour the Grand Market and ended with a walk through the old city. I would highly recommend this tour to fellow travelers.Written 18 October 2024
- Romezzano240 contributionsOne Upon a time Egipt...Amazing experience, very professionali guide and driver, which take care of us every single day , for each detail and even in free time !!all Places that we stayed were very confortable and enjoeble!! I recomende this staff! Thanks a lot so much again.Written 18 August 2024
- yomac20240 contributionsThe best experience to try the Egyptian breakfast like a localWe combined two tours to make for a complete day. Thanks to the team of Explore Egypt Tours. Our driver and tour guide Esmail was waiting for us at 11:00 am. Esmail was kind and willing to share not only about food in Egypt but about life in general and what Egypt is like. The food is authentic and often from tiny places that we would have never found ourselves, I promise you will not be hungry when you are finished. After this tour, we went to an amazing bazaar (Local Market) and enjoyed as much as we wanted, I highly recommend this tour to anyone who's looking to have a local food experience with the best possible guide. thanks to Yoma for organizing this so quickly,We felt safe and in great hands so we could relax and enjoy our time there. I had to thank her for making so many arrangements for everything on my wish list! Which included trying the Egyptian breakfast, and feeling like a local, which tasted amazing. I will order it every time I come to Egypt.😍Written 26 June 2024
- rajahs20240 contributionsGreat TourAn unbelievable experience.Everything was very safe. It was well organised such as driver's photo being sent beforehand,great driver to Bahariya and back. Activities being planned to make the most out of the day and especially the desert guide being exceptionally good. The meals cooked on the spot are amazing. Thanks for everything. I would highly recommended this to anyone.Written 30 May 2024
- 704dedeem0 contributionsWondrous place!My guide Samaa Atef met me at my hotel on time with a driver and took us to the Great Egyptian Museum in Giza. She explained each of the monuments including the hanging obelisk and giant Ramses. The building itself is amazing to regard. There was no book or video about this award winning amazing museum structure. She encouraged me to try some unique local dishes in the Egyptian cafe.Written 27 April 2024
- Maxwell S0 contributionsExcellent introduction to the GEMThe tour organizer Mariem was very pleasant and responsive handling all details very efficiently. Our Egyptologist David was very knowledgeable and gave us much valuable information not only about the GEM but life in modern Egypt. We enjoyed the tour very much and would highly recommend it to anyone interested in the GEM prior to its full opening. Additional kudos to our driver who was absolutely fearless in the chaotic Cairo traffic but drove very safely.Written 26 March 2024
- 347saifn0 contributionsOutstanding experience highly recommend!I booked the tour last minute , Mahmoud was very friendly and make sure that everything is good before traveling to Alxandaria. Our guide Hamda was very professional and made sure we are comfortable during the trip. Finally we met our guide Wessam she is do kind , knowledgeable and friendly. We booked the tour with option the food tour. Our operator Yoma asked us if we prefer sea food or local Alxandarian food , we chose the local one and we didn't regret anymore. We tried the falafel , Shawarma and Koshary and for desert rice with milk was very testy Infront of Cournih. If you didn't visit Alxandaria with this company you definitely missed alot of fun! I definitely will come again with my mom next year.Written 13 March 2024
- baxterv20150 contributionsGEM is still in opening phase but worth the visit!Super time visiting the GEM. My wife and I booked last minute but Explore Egypt Tours put it together. Sama was great, very personable and very informative!Written 14 February 2024
- lisakL7721KS0 contributionsDon't hesitate! BOOK THIS TOUR!An exceptional tour! From the start 5 ⭐s. Mariem contacted us. Gave us all of the details. She also communicated through to the end of the tour. David was our guide. He was full of knowledge about, not only the churches we visited, but also about the history that involved them. Our driver, Haney (I'm not sure if that is how you spell his name) navigated us through the streets of Cairo expertly. If this is an example of the tours Explore Egypt Tours provide them I will be booking with them again!!!Written 21 January 2024
- thomashN9238UB0 contributionsExcellent Tour with Nasser!!First of all we have to thank Marianne, from Explore Egypt Tours, for getting us tickets less than 24 hours before visiting the Grand Egyptian Museum! Then we were lucky enough to have the legendary tour guide named Nasser as a private guide for this experience. He was extremely knowledgeable about everything in the museum and well beyond that in general. And, he helped us get tickets to the sold out Tutankhamun visual experience less than 45 minutes before it started...which is nuts!!Written 6 January 2024
- andrewcQ3322VG0 contributionsBreathtaking view, most memorable experienceThis is the most memorable experience we had in Egypt, and I've been to Egypt 3 times already! The view was breathtaking, the experience surreal. You would be able to see the entire milky way, enjoy the serenity, breathe the pure crisp air and savor super delicious Bedouin foods, and look at the out-of-this-world breathtaking view of the Black and White deserts. Our guide Muhammad Ali showed us all the hidden beauty that this area has to offer. This is a truly hidden gem in the desert of Egypt, and I would recommend this trip to any friends. One more reason for my recommendation: you're supporting the impoverished local Bedouin tribes, and hell them cope with the harsh living conditions. Experience it before this becomes famous and gets flocked with tourists like Cairo and Luxor.Written 6 January 2024
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2 contributions
Jun 2021
My wife and I had an amazing time with our guide Mahmoud and his driver Bakr. The guide was very knowledgeable, the car was air-conditioned and comfortable, and Mahmoud arranged a camel ride for us into the desert as well. We learnt a lot, and our memories of the entire experience are very fond.
Egypt Vacation Tours came recommended by a friend who'd used them two years prior. I spoke to a nice gentleman named Azmy who arranged everything. He also communicated with me for the next week and a half after the tour to help me with random things around Egypt, unrelated to the tour which I appreciated.
Egypt Vacation Tours came recommended by a friend who'd used them two years prior. I spoke to a nice gentleman named Azmy who arranged everything. He also communicated with me for the next week and a half after the tour to help me with random things around Egypt, unrelated to the tour which I appreciated.
Written 8 July 2021
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Jére I
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Jul 2021 • Friends
Thank you very much for the privat tour guide Kareem Eid, ofered by Egypt Vacation Tour.
Kareem waited for us at the airport in the morning and took us to numerous atractions in Cairo
He also took us back to the airport in the afternoon.
We felt safe, it was fun ... the best hungarian speaking guide
Kareem waited for us at the airport in the morning and took us to numerous atractions in Cairo
He also took us back to the airport in the afternoon.
We felt safe, it was fun ... the best hungarian speaking guide
Written 26 July 2021
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Alyssa A
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Apr 2023 • Friends
Hazeem is just one of the kindest people we have met. He was so funny and he really made sure we had a great time. He took us all over El Wadi Rayan and it was so much fun. Breathtaking views and so many memories created. If you like pictures, he’s your guy. He made sure to take as many pictures of us as possible and he jumped in many of them. He is just such a happy person and really cares about your experience. The drivers with us were just as incredible and so kind.this tour is highly recommended! We did so many different things and it was nice to get away from the busy city of Cairo for the day and see a more rural area of Egypt. Tunis village is definitely a must see!
Written 9 April 2023
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Nathalie O
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Jul 2022 • Friends
Aref and Selma were are your guides today! If you have an additional day I highly recommend this activity. If you are older or in not so good health this is not for you. Aref took us to experience village life. We purchased beautiful pottery. It was hot! Aref purchased us water and made sure we were hydrated the entire time.
Written 9 July 2022
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Pamela E
11 contributions
Jul 2022 • Friends
Unforgettable experience! A must do if you like outdoor activities. We drove through the dessert and made multiple stops to enjoy the view. We went sandboarding and then had a delicious traditional Egyptian meal. Afterwards, we took a horse and donkey ride through the village. Aref and Selma made sure that we were all taken care of the entire time! Would highly recommend!
Written 25 July 2022
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rich l
San Antonio, TX16 contributions
Azmi is a fun tour guide. He’s very knowledgeable on Egyptian history and it was an awesome experience touring with him. We highly recommend him if you want to see Egypt close up and personal.
Written 11 July 2021
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Diane C
Melbourne, Australia18 contributions
Jun 2023 • Couples
We had an amazing day thanks to our wonderful guide Hazem. He looked after us very well and his knowledge of everywhere we visited was very good. Thank you Hazem for a fantastic day in Fayoum.
Written 3 June 2023
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Marisol O
6 contributions
Jul 2022 • Friends
Aref is one of a kind! Thank you for making our Egypt experience unforgettable. Getting to play in the sand was epic! Sand boarding is a must try!
Written 9 July 2022
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Behdad Chehrenegar
1 contribution
Mar 2021
A knowledgeable tour guide with perfect planning. I cannot forgot my wonderful memories. When I saw the Pyramids, it was beyond my imagination.
Written 7 November 2021
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