On the majority of our Egypt tours, we include one or two journeys by overnight sleeper train, from Cairo to Aswan and Luxor to Cairo. There are several reasons for doing this. Namely, using the Egypt sleeper train keeps costs down when compared to flying. We can pass these...
Our Adventures
We love travel at On The Go Tours, with our team taking journeys across all four corners of the globe. We also love talking about our trips, giving recommendations and sharing ideas on that next holiday. Read on for an insight into the adventures of our experts.
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Tips For Visiting the Pyramids of Giza: How to get the Most From Your Trip (10 minute read)
I visited the Pyramids of Giza for myself in December 2021 as part of our King Tutankhamun group tour. The following are some tips shared with me by my guide and picked up by myself during the experience. I hope they are useful if you are visiting the pyramids...
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Inside the Valley of the Kings: My Visit to Egypt (7 minute read)
Ben is our Marketing Executive, and in December 2021 he travelled to Egypt on our King Tutankhamun 10-day group tour. Of all the multiple highlights, including the Pyramids and a Nile-felucca cruise, it was the tomb-strewn Valley of the Kings that really took his breath away. Read on as...
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10 Interesting Facts About Istanbul (4 minute read)
No trip to Turkey is complete without a visit to the cosmopolitan city of Istanbul. Straddling either side of the Bosphorus Strait, the city is a warren of busy markets, magnificent mosques, and other historic buildings. All of this is interspersed with famous landmarks including the Blue Mosque and...
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Catching up with Our Guides: How Our Tour Guides Have Been Spending the Last Year (7 minute read)
The last year has been challenging for us all, but especially for those working in the travel industry. And none more so than our tour guides, who have been unable to show foreign travellers around their countries for more than year. From London to Lima and Brisbane to Beijing, everybody...
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Where to go in Vietnam (6 minute read)
Renee Cassar is one of our Business Development Managers in Australia and has been on several Vietnam tours. Here she talks about her experience of her favourite travel destination. When people say they want to visit a country steeped in history and culture, they are usually talking about somewhere...
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To Felucca or Not to Felucca, That is the Question (8 minute read)
Kate Rosenthal is one of our Business Development Managers in Australia, and in 2019 she embarked on our 13-day King Ramses Egypt tour, which includes a two night felucca cruise on the Nile. Here she shares her experiences for those planning a trip to Egypt and wondering if the...
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Food For Thought: Eating My Way Across Sri Lanka (6 minute read)
Johnny McCarten is our Business Development Manager in South Australia and in 2019 he embarked on our 8-day Colombo, Caves & Kandy tour, taking in all the highlights that Sri Lanka has to offer. Here is his account of the incredible food that he came across on his travels. ...
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1 day in Aswan – 3 things not to miss! (6 minute read)
With the mighty Pyramids, ancient Luxor and the white sands of the Red Sea coast, it is sometimes easy to forget the ancient southern city of Aswan when travelling to Egypt. Yet for many travellers to the country, this unassuming city turns out to be one of the highlights...
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5 reasons why On The Go Tours made my trip to Vietnam even more memorable (7 minute read)
Our very own Digital Marketing Manager, Nadège, shares her favourite travel memories from Vietnam. 1. Our guide Our On The Go Tours guide, Kien, made the trip truly memorable. He loves his job, likes talking and sharing with people, and I could feel his passion from day one. He...
