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Dahab with Egypt Uncovered

Having just returned from a trip to Dahab, I really must thank Ben Whitehead, for his fantastic organisational skills, his intuition at knowing exactly what sort of travellers we are, and for using the best guide in Dahab, Hany who accommodated our needs and requirements with flair, talent and wonderful humour. Initially the trip started badly, due to no fault of Egypt uncovered I might add, We made the mistake of flying with Thomson from DSA, the sea of football shirts holding back enormous be… Continue

Added by Graham Isaacs on August 19, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Egypt - A trip of lifetime....

We were very impressed with our trip to Egypt and Egypt Uncovered made sure that we had no difficulties during our tour. They also took care of the small things such as provision of water etc, which showed that the tour was well thought through. All coaches were air-conditioned and in very good condition which was a relief as we spent significant amount of time touring visitor attractions in the coach. The other thing that impressed us was the size of our group. We were only 15 of us which made… Continue

Added by K on June 17, 2009 at 12:28pm — 1 Comment

Nile Explorer 23rd May

Hi Guys I’ve just got back from Egypt, and I wanted to tell you a little bit about my tour. Although I have travelled to Egypt several times before, this was my first time since I started working for Egypt Uncovered. I joined the Nile Explorer tour on the 23rd May and what a great time I had!! I arrived in Cairo a few days early to do a few Hotel inspections and meet the rest of our team, inspecting the Hotels was very useful as… Continue

Added by Anthony Horrobin on June 8, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Blog of a crocodile - Egypt, April 4-11

Just a quick report back on a wonderful holiday. We are a mixed bunch - one Irish and one Scot plus their two kids and another Irish pal, living in Doha and spending Easter in Egypt. Arrived into Cairo and transferred to our hotel the Pyramid Park. Despite the sign in the lobby, if this is a 5* property then I'm the goddess Isis (about whom more later!). Pretty disappointing start to the visit - five of us wedged into a twin room with three pull-out beds and no availability for an extra room. Me… Continue

Added by Maria Laing on May 24, 2009 at 9:24am — 1 Comment

Learning more about Egyptian History

For those of you who love Egyptian history and like me, love learning more about it, here are two suggestions that I've come across recently. It's not always the case that the documentary channels run fresh new programmes about a subject but the Nat Geo TV channel is currently running a special series on the Secrets of Egypt. The shows are at 9pm (UK) on Tuesday evenings with the first one last night being a spe… Continue

Added by Ben Whitehead on May 20, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

An Indian Summer..

With the build up to the monsoon well under way in India resulting in 40 degree plus temperatures throughout the plains of India, a lot of people tend to dismiss tours to the sub-continent at this time of year due to the temperature and impending rains. Although the build up is pretty tough… Continue

Added by Ben Whitehead on May 7, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Nepalese strikes in the Southern Terai Region

A general strike called by the local Tharu organisation in the Terai, in the South of Nepal, is now over a week old, and vehicular travel is still bloc… Continue

Added by Ben Whitehead on May 1, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Our Birthday Present To Dennis: 10 Days In Egypt: October 2009

Us three guys will be traveling to Egypt in October 2009. Need suggestions and a forth room share. We love to travel by train, have a good time and meet interesting people who love to travel and sometimes rough it. If interested, let me know. Continue

Added by Jerry Lee Cassidy on April 28, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Splendours of the Nile - April 2009

Having just returned from the Splendours of the Nile (the Superior tour), we thought we’d share our experiences. We had a hugely enjoyable holiday and are very glad that we had the experience of Egypt Uncovered to help us. OUR GROUP: The 24 superior tourists were divided into 2 separate groups of 12, each with their own guide... Ehab took the all grown-up group A (Listen for Ehab's whistle, you'll know where they are!). Our family of four with son (12) and daughter (15) were part… Continue

Added by The Garratt Family on April 14, 2009 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

Travel Complaints and Misunderstandings

At Uncover the World, we take any complaints that we may get very seriously, and always encourage our travellers to give us feedback after their trips as this helps us to continually improve our itineraries and service. However, sometimes there's nothing we can do, as in some of these lighthearted examples below, taken from the… Continue

Added by Ben Whitehead on April 9, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Swinging with the Gibbons!

The Gibbon Experience is a truly unique eco-sensitive project situated in Northern Laos which gives travellers the chance to get up close and personal to the wonderful black gibbons (Hylobates concolor) located in the area. The project is determined to combat the local idea of slash and… Continue

Added by Ben Whitehead on March 27, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

India Tours

Here at Uncover the World, we often get requests for trips to India so I'm very pleased to announce that our updated India section is now up and running on our main website - http://www.uncovertheworld.travel/tours/india/ This is something that I have personally been working on recently and I'm very happy that we now offer a wider range of tailor made Indian itineraries for those of you with an urge to explore t… Continue

Added by Ben Whitehead on March 6, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Winter Break

Hi Everyone, I thought I would just write a short blog explaining where I have been the last few days. I decided to leave my colleagues at one of our busiest times and head off to the French Alps expecting lots of snow only to discover that it all came down here in the UK instead! Thankfully, there was plenty of snow already there and it was great to get some exercise in the high alps and out of the office for a few days. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do any snowboarding but had to keep to sk… Continue

Added by Ben Whitehead on February 17, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Updates now available on Twitter

Updates of new activity in this community are now available via Twitter: http://twitter.com/utworld Continue

Added by Uncover the World team on February 6, 2009 at 10:56am — No Comments

Everest Base Camp - part 1

At this point it really did feel like the high mountains were closing in around us, as the snow-capped giants blotted out the sky… This is part one of a blog about a recent trip to Nepal to do the Everest Base Camp trek with my brother Andy and friend Bully. Click here to read part two. Day 1 After arriving in Kathmandu on… Continue

Added by Martin Hosie on February 2, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Everest Base Camp - part 2

This is part two of my May 2008 Everest Base Camp trek. Click here to read part one Day 9 Leaving Bully in Gorak Shep, nursing a headache and other mild symptoms of altitude sickness, Narayan, Andy and I went for the short hike up to the view point called Kalla Patthar (5,550m). Taking only light day packs we bombed it in just ove… Continue

Added by Martin Hosie on February 2, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Egypt Fishing Safari

For anyone tired of the hectic day to day life that so many of us seem to consider the norm, I can easily see how this type of holiday would be ideal. Stunning desert scenery, peace and solitude, wonderful winter sun, who could ask for more? This is a blog about a December 08 trip to Lake Nassar, Egypt, to sample our fishing tours (with a group of 9 anglers) and sample a desert cruise trek. Day 1 Our flight from Gatwick arri… Continue

Added by Martin Hosie on January 22, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Hi Everyone

Hi Guys I'm the latest member of the ''Uncover the World'' team, and I just wanted to take a few minutes to introduce myself and tell you a little about me and my background. I've worked in the travel industry for the past 6 years and have travelled quite a bit through-out those years, to places such as Thailand, Israel, USA and to Egypt to name but a few. My favourite of these countries being Egypt. Whilst in Egypt I have visited Taba, Hurghada, Cairo, Luxor and travelled down the Nile twice… Continue

Added by Anthony Horrobin on January 19, 2009 at 5:14pm — No Comments

New Moderator

Hi Everyone! It's a New Year and a new role for me as I will be running our community site from now on. It's great to see that the site has really started to take off over the past few weeks with our travellers (past, present and future) and great to see so many of you adding blog posts about your tour and adding some really wonderful photos of your trips. We really appreciate everyone taking the time to do this and hope that people find this a useful place to share experiences and memories wi… Continue

Added by Ben Whitehead on January 7, 2009 at 5:14pm — No Comments

Egypt Christmas 2008

We have just returned from a 9 day trip to Egypt - Cairo,Aswan,Luxor and Alexandria. We had a fantastic holiday and have no complaints at all about the experience.Everything ran smoothly and the staff on the ground were fantastic.They really could not do enough for us. In particular our guide for the tour - Ahmed Aboudy - was great.Not only was he knowledgeable and highly professional but he also stuck up a fantastic relationship with our two children. Delete Comment Continue

Added by Nigel Jenkins on December 30, 2008 at 8:46am — No Comments