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Egyptian Family Adventure in Oct Half Term?

Anyone else booked on the Egyptian Family Adventure in October half term? We are having a special holiday for my hubbie's 40th - he has always wanted to go to Egypt. We have 2 kids, Jack (10) and Beth (7).

Added by Julia Reeve on August 24, 2011 at 14:17 — 2 Comments

Facebook Competition

We recently launched a competition on our Facebook page to give away a £500 holiday voucher to one lucky person... all you have to do to enter is 'LIKE' our page... it couldn't be easier!!

Visit www.facebook.com/UncoverTheWorld and 'LIKE' us to be in with a chance!!!

Good Luck!!!!

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Added by Uncover the World team on August 23, 2011 at 10:30 — No Comments

Martins tour of Africa

One of our company Directors, Martin has just returned from a rather enviable tour of Africa, which featured Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - View his photos on our Facebook Page and don't forget to 'Like us' too!!!

More information about the types of trips we can arrange for you in Africa can be found on our Uncover the World…

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Added by Uncover the World team on August 12, 2011 at 13:30 — No Comments

New website & Special Offers

After lots of hard work, we launched our newly designed Egypt Uncovered website this week, and to coincide with the launch we are offering a 10% discount off any of our Egypt group tours booked on-line before the end of July 2011.

Please see our …

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Added by Uncover the World team on June 29, 2011 at 14:30 — No Comments

Follow us on Facebook

Uncover the World recently joined Facebook, and it would be great if you could join us. As always, we'll continue to keep our website and community site updated of our latest offers and news, however as Facebook continues to become more and more popular, we thought it was time for us to join too!

Facebook is a great platform for you to interact with your fellow travellers, share your travel experiences, photo's and meet new friends. 'Like' us at…

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Added by Uncover the World team on May 26, 2011 at 10:00 — No Comments

Travel in the New Egypt.

Following the political unrest in Egypt earlier in 2011 we are regularly being asked ‘Is now a good time to visit Egypt?’, ‘Will I be safe?’, ‘Will all the tourist sites be open?’.

We wanted to answer these questions and provide you with some feedback from clients who’ve travelled with us over the past few weeks to hopefully ease any concerns which you may have when considering a trip to Egypt.

Is now a good time to visit Egypt?

In a word…Yes!…

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Added by Uncover the World team on April 27, 2011 at 15:30 — No Comments

National Orphan's Day 2011

The 1st April was National Orphan’s day in Egypt where people across Egypt came together to honour the many thousands of orphans throughout the country. Celebrations took place all over Egypt including the Orphanage which we support in Cairo.

Dar al Rahman is a small…

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Added by Uncover the World team on April 19, 2011 at 15:30 — No Comments

Wadi Rum - Overnight with the family!

Before I started work with Uncover the World, I took my family (3 girls between 5 & 9) on an adventure to Jordan. Here's my account of our Wadi Rum adventure.

The Wadi Rum (also referred to as ‘The Valley of the Moon’) conjures up images of a strange, beautiful and forbidding landscape. I’d seen Lawrence of Arabia and read snippets, so obviously, in my opinion I was somewhat of an expert.…

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Added by Sharon Bentley on February 18, 2011 at 8:30 — 1 Comment

Pyramids and Petra depart 4 December who's on the tour?

Has anyone climbed mount sinai early December? any hints to help us on our way?

Added by Brenda Lisney on November 20, 2010 at 21:13 — 3 Comments

Nile Explorer Tour 24th July

Wow what an awesome experience, we were met at Cairo airport by our tour leader Abdo, what a fantastic person. he made sure everything was organised for us to the last detail.

First we were checked in to the oasis hotel (very nice) next morning he introduced us to our Egyptologist guide Amro who was so experienced & explained in great detail about every site he took us to see. We saw the pyramids at Giza & the Sphinx, then the pyramids at Sakkara. In the evening we went to see…

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Added by debra jones on August 3, 2010 at 18:00 — No Comments

The Grand Egyptian Adventure exceeded my expectations!

Travelling with Egypt Uncovered (EU) on the Grand Egyptian Adventure (GEA) tour exceeded my expectations.…

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Added by Kristy on May 19, 2010 at 13:29 — No Comments

Egyptian Family Adventure - March 2010 - Wow! What an Amazing Trip!!

Our family (my husband and I and our 10 year old twins) recently returned from the Egyptian Family Adventure Tour. For those of you out there wondering whether you should book a trip with Egypt Uncovered - DO IT!! Anthony, our Egypt Uncovered contact in the UK was absolutely…

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Added by Wendy Griffin on April 7, 2010 at 21:30 — 1 Comment

Splendours of the Nile - 13th March 2010...it's finally here!

Finally leave for Egypt on Saturday. I think i have everything sorted out and i can't wait to get it underway. Cases almost packed, arranged with parents to pop in and feed the guinea pigs daily and now just waiting to finish my last couple of days at work.

I've been on plenty holidays in the past but this is going to be quite different to what i'm used to.

I just hope i haven't underestimated the amount of money i'll need as i'm not bringing much...

Added by Mark & Louise on March 10, 2010 at 13:07 — No Comments

Banjul or Bust! December 2009

Every year an organised/unorganised charity event called the Plymouth to Banjul Rally takes place. The challenge consists of finding a cheap, left-hand drive car and, with minimal modification, driving it across the Sahara Desert from the UK to Banjul in The Gambia. Once there the cars are auctioned off and the money donated to local charities. Sounds simple right? Well actually it was.

The idea had appealed to me for many years but… Continue

Added by Martin Hosie on February 4, 2010 at 13:00 — No Comments

Annapurna Sanctuary

Just returned from a trek to Annapurna Base Camp which was amazing. It was a wonderful experience to be in such a remote and serene place surrounded by some of the world's highest mountains. Trekking up towards ABC you invariably had sight of the majestic peak of Machhhapuchhere which was a wonderful experience in itself. Add to this the culture and the people and the opportunity to see Kathmandu and Pohkara the trip was really several rolled into one. My guide and porter were great. Madan my… Continue

Added by Cliff Robson on December 17, 2009 at 20:16 — No Comments

Egypt Experience Tour Oct 10 to 23rd 2009

This was certainly an experience. My Wife and I are not historians but have an interest in the different cultures around the World and the nearest we had come to this sort of experience was in the Yucatan Peninsular of Mexico, rich in Mayan culture. We knew a little about the Pyramids and the Sphinx plus the Valley of the Kings but the number of Temples and the size of them took our breath away

Our group comprised 2 couples from the UK and 1 couple from California. We were named the Lovely… Continue

Added by David Burr on November 10, 2009 at 20:55 — 1 Comment

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… Continue

Added by Graham Isaacs on August 19, 2009 at 8:00 — 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 12:28 — 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… Continue

Added by Anthony Horrobin on June 8, 2009 at 13:30 — 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… Continue

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