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Our family-team has many years of experience in working with guests from all over the world, hosting many of them in our own apartments at the family home. Our detailed knowledge about the history and geography of the Upper Egyptian and Western Desert area, a profound understanding of the people and their life in the villages and a great love for this, our own country, are your guarantee for a memorable journey to Egypt.
Our goal is an honest tourism coming from the heart. Together with you we want to travel this country and enjoy the people and places we visit. We are not all about temples and tombs but the countryside and the people who live and work in it. Our aim is to stay away from the tourist traps and offer you a taste of the real life in Egypt.
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 Hamdi Mohamed Musa
Hamdi was born in the spring of 1956 in the village of Geziraat el Bairaat on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor.
At the age of 7 Hamdi started working with the neighbour’s donkeys bringing tourists to the valleys and tombs in Thebes after school. At 17 he started working as a tour operator transferring guests to and from the Luxor airport. Once he had acquired his own drivers licence he worked as a taxi driver. Until in 1977 when he met a well known Egyptologist who was working on one of the many excavation sites in Thebes. Hamdi became his personal assistant and driver. During his work with the Egyptologist he came into contact with a BBC filming crew who were on location for a documentary. They quickly realised that Hamdi knew all the good places in the area and the best times of the day for perfect light. Hamdi also knew how to accommodate even the most demanding requests and so they asked him to support their crews as ‘their man’ in Egypt. For many years until today, Hamdi has continued to do so for not only BBC but ZDF, ARD, Discovery Channel and many more. He has also assisted a number of authors of books on the history of ancient Egypt during their assignment as a driver, guide and organiser for all kinds of permissions needed to enter sights generally undisclosed to the public. Hamdi’s contacts are numerous and his knowledge about the old Egypt as well as the new Egypt is immense.
It took until 1983 and a Frenchman to lead Hamdi into the desert west of Luxor for the first time in his life and he fell in love with it at first sight. The two followed the trails of the old camel-treks from Sudan. With the same Frenchman one year later he ventured into the western desert of Egypt up to the Oasis of Dakhla. There were no paved roads then and only a handful of people knew how to get there.
To this day Hamdi has shared his love for and vast knowledge about the Western Desert and his country with many people from all over the world. His friendship with the Bedouins, his calm and charming personality, his good sense of humour and his philosophy in dealing with his guests, make an Adventure with Hamdi an unforgettable one.
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 Zeinab Kynawi Mohamed Sayed
Zeinab was born in 1961 in the village of El Gourna. She is the wife of Hamdi, mother of their 6 children and Head of all domestic affairs. She runs the household like a professional housekeeper and nothing is too much trouble for her. Between them, Hamdi and Zeinab are the perfect example of Egyptian hospitality. The apartments they are renting out at the family home are comfortable, the plentiful food is typical local Egyptian cuisine and everyone is encouraged to make themselves at home in this friendly household.
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 Emad Hamdi Mohamed Musa
First born son to the Musa family he specialises in city-trips. No one knows Cairo like he does; you name it, he gets it done or brings you there. His ability to find the good places at the best prices is legendary. You will never enjoy night-life like you do with Emad and when he organises a felucca-trip, you can be sure its the best money can buy.
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