Travel Sudan Tours - Your Local Tour Guide to Sudan

  Osman helped facilitate a once-in-a-lifetime experience for my wife and me on our honeymoon. He opened up Sudan to us in a way that would not have been possible... read more if we had tried to travel alone. The Pyramids of Meroe and Khartoum, 2 day tour was wonderful and we could not recommend it more highly.

  What an incredible experience in Sudan! Sudan is a beautiful and welcoming country, and Osman currates an unforgettable experience. My friend and I (Canadian and American) came for... read more a weekend trip from Nairobi. Osman helped to orchestrate our visas (a nightmare trying to do it on our own), then showed us one of the most incredible historical sites I've seen. Camping in the desert outside the pyramids was one of the highlights of my time in Africa. I cannot recommend visiting this amazing country enough, and you should go with Travel Sudan Tours! We did an overnight trip from Khartoum to the pyramids. If we had more time, I would have added visits to a few more temples. Definitely ask Osman for advice - he is an expert guide and friendly, welcoming host.

  I’ll put the disclaimer that Sudan’s tourist industry isn’t the most developed but Osman is definitely a trail blazer in the field, and I felt safe/secure and well taken care... read more of.

Prior to arrival Osman helped secure things for me to get a visa on arrival as a US citizen (for a fee), which made getting into the country a breeze (just remember to bring $150 USD along with the travel permit he gives you).

I had a 14 day tour with Osman through Port Sudan, Kerma (to see the Defufa), way up North to see the Soleb Temple, Karima (to see Jebel Barkal/Nuri Pyramids/El-Kuru), Meroe Pyramids (not to be confused with the City of Meroe), and the ruins near Mussawarat and Naqa, as well as Khartoum. There was a night of desert camping too. There were some others but those were my personal highlights.

Osman was quick at responding, and when I compared the price to other tour groups his was more competitive as the standard of lodging was a bit higher (he had hotels as opposed to guest houses). He also had the best turnaround for communication time (tip: WhatsApp works way faster than email in Sudan so if you want quicker replies utilize WhatsApp).

A couple special things- he arranges all in Sudan travel documentation for you so you don’t have to spend additional time getting your travel outside of Khartoum permit. He is a great photographer which benefited me as a solo traveller in documenting my journey. He tried to make accommodation as comfortable as possible (note- it’s not always possible to get hot water for showers or reliable Wi-Fi even at hotels- Sudan’s infrastructure is still developing). I’m a bit of a picky eater which he worked with. He allowed me to make a hotel change from a hotel in Karima to the famed Italian-run Nubian resthouse in Karima (I obviously paid the difference in cost- it was nice to have that standard of hotel after 7 days on the road). He definitely knows people to help you get the best experience at sites and is decently versed in the history of the place (but would reccomend that you do your own reading /documentary watching ahead of time to get the most out of the experience as the history of the region is complex). I appreciated that he helped coordinate laundry service for me as well to ease the packing.

Overall, within the local standards for a budding tourism sector, this was the best deal, and I highly recommend it to friends/would use them again.