If you want a quality tour group it is, unquestionably, Abercrombie & Kent.
This trip was simply - amazing! It was curated to perfection but still giving the tour director/guides room to wriggle if circumstances needed a quick change. From the first day of the tour, a ten day tour, the tour director Inas Hassan was extraordinary in terms of her encyclopedic knowledge of all things, Egyptian. No question went unanswered even if it was outside of the speciality - ancient Egypt. Inas was a font of knowledge and rarely, if ever, was unable to give us an answer. Be it modern or ancient. A delightful woman with a rare ability to see past any traveller's idiosyncrasies in short, she treated all as equal. The tour co-ordinator, Ahmed El Housseiny was an exemplar with management. From the time he picked us up, from our long flight originating in Australia, he was a model organiser. We never picked up a bag, lifted a bag, bought something outside of our knowledge of 'how to do it properly', and when we needed a new suitcase (to bring home all our egyptian goodies) he arranged its purchase and had it hand delivered to our room. Service personified. He was personable, charming and a credit to his country. Inas was his equal in every facet of her role, she fretted/worried about our well-being at every point of the tour. Inas had two sayings - "listen to your body" (referencing not overdoing what the body did not want you to do) and, "watch where your feets (sic) are going" - always concious of her tour group and their safety.