Published on Feb, 2022
We went as a family with 4 kids with tour guide Sayed Mahmoud for a tour of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC). Sayed is very professional and patient with kids. He picked us up from the place where we stayed in a van with our drinks already in place inside. He assisted us well in our tour of the museum and provided informative discussion. What we enjoyed the most was the Royal Mummy exhibition in NMEC, which was truly educational and eye-opening. Our kids developed keen interest on the mummies on display like Ramses, Seti and Thutmoses among others - historical figures whom one can only read from history books but their remains were perfectly intact. Our tour guide took some nice photos too. The tour ended with a sumptuous lunch (buffet) at a nearby restaurant arranged by Emo. Sayed was also assisted us to buy some small souvenirs and helped us get a good price too. It was a good half day well spent. The only minor problem we had was the delay of about 15 or so minutes for the pick up by the van from the museum to the restaurant. Other than that, it was a good tour to take as a recommendation for those with 2-3 hours free to see the mummies.