点评:This was the fifth trip in three years that I booked with Dabuka. As a group of three friends in the advanced-age category, we had accumulated a list of yet-to-visit destinations in Egypt: Siwa Oasis, the White Desert, Maydum, Lisht, Alexandria, and—first and foremost—the GEM just after its spectacular opening. We asked Dabuka to organize everything for us except the flights, covering all these destinations in a 10-day trip.
After the first day in Cairo, visiting the GEM and the Coptic Quarter, we spent five days with our trusted driver Mohammed in a comfortable air-conditioned van, traveling to Siwa and back with an overnight stop in Alexandria. After another night in Cairo, we continued to Bahariya, where we switched into one of Dabuka’s J76 Land Cruisers to explore the Black and White Desert, Wadi Hitan, and the ancient Egyptian necropoleis of Maydum and Lisht, with three nights of camping in the desert.
Literally the only thing we had to take care of ourselves were the flights. From arrival at Cairo Airport to departure, everything was planned and organized reliably by our friends at Dabuka: airport transfers, drivers and cars, hotels, desert camping, all tickets and fees, local guides, and some surprise events—like a wonderful chill-out evening at Fatnas Peninsula and dune-riding fun south of Siwa. As always, the Dabuka team was incredibly flexible in adapting to our last-minute change requests. During the remote parts of the journey, the Dabuka headquarters checked in twice a day by phone to make sure everything was running smoothly.
I am already planning the next trips and am especially looking forward to the planned Solar Eclipse Tour with Dabuka in 2027.
翻译:这是我三年内第五次通过 Dabuka 预订旅行。我们三个年纪不小的朋友,列了一份埃及旅行清单,上面都是我们想去但还没去过的地方:锡瓦绿洲、白沙漠、迈杜姆、利什特、亚历山大,以及——最重要的是——刚刚盛大开幕的埃及巨无霸博物馆(GEM)。我们请 Dabuka 帮我们安排除机票以外的所有行程,用十天的时间游览所有这些地方。
第一天在开罗,我们参观了巨无霸博物馆和科普特区。之后,我们和我们信赖的司机穆罕默德一起,乘坐舒适的空调面包车,花了五天时间往返锡瓦绿洲,并在亚历山大过夜。在开罗又住了一晚后,我们继续前往巴哈利亚,在那里换乘 Dabuka 的 J76 陆地巡洋舰,探索黑白沙漠、鲸鱼谷以及古埃及墓地迈杜姆和利什特,并在沙漠中露营三晚。
我们唯一需要自己操心的就是航班。从抵达开罗机场到离开,所有行程都由我们的朋友们——达布卡(Dabuka)——安排妥当,无微不至:机场接送、司机和车辆、酒店、沙漠露营、所有门票和费用、当地导游,以及一些惊喜活动——比如在法特纳斯半岛度过一个美好的夜晚,以及在锡瓦沙漠南部体验刺激的沙丘骑行。一如既往,达布卡团队非常灵活,能够满足我们临时提出的变更要求。在旅途中较为偏远的路段,达布卡总部每天两次致电我们,确保一切顺利进行。
我已经开始计划下一次的旅行了,尤其期待2027年与达布卡一起的日食之旅。