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Nací y crecí en la “Ciudad de la Basura” en El Cairo y soy fotógrafo profesional. Trabajo dentro del Monasterio de San Simón el Curtidor (también conocido como la Iglesia de la Cueva) como fotógrafo y editor (video y fotos) para los visitantes del Mario High Ropes Center. Además, organizo recorridos dentro de la Ciudad de la Basura cerca del monasterio, ofreciendo experiencias únicas como visitar una torre de palomas, un centro de reciclaje, una fábrica de plástico y compartir la historia única de sus habitantes, la mayoría de los cuales son cristianos del Alto Egipto como yo. Tenga en cuenta que el recorrido no es gratuito y el precio se acuerda a través de WhatsApp. Reserve su lugar (al menos un día antes de la fecha deseada) en WhatsApp: +201001752498
This is, probably, the most surprising tour you can do in Cairo. I'm my opinion it's a must.
Esperienza interessante, al di fuori dei circuiti turistici, la raccomando!
This is not a must do tour and it is NOT free or pay as you wish. The guide sent us specific rates for the tour. We still decided to go because it looked interesting based on the instagram and photos we had seen. Overall, our guide didn’t really tell us too much about the history of the place and as we were going to the church we didn’t get much of a tour from him. A random guy came up to us and told us the history. You MUST wear pants and tennis shoes. Our guide did not tell us this. You will walk through lots of trash and mud on the streets. If you want an off the road tour and see something not everyone gets to see, this is for you. It was something that not everyone goes to see so was cool in that sense. But don’t expect to learn much history about the place. The pigeon tower was cool ( took about 10min) and the church as well (45min) but the journey in between that (1.5hr+) walking through the back streets was rough. We were walking without understanding where we were going or what we were seeing. Our guide was unfortunately hard to understand and not super fluent so did not feel like we walked away with much insight or knowledge about this area. He barely talked unless prompted by us. The tour is very heavy and tough to see as people are literally working in heaps of trash. Most of the tour was spent walking through the streets. We did not spend much time seeing the factory and machines nor did we really see the upcycled products made with recyclable materials. At times it felt uncomfortable walking as women also just because of the various men saying things from the street side. (Would NOT recommend for solo female travelers or groups of only women). We would have left had it been a tour of just us. Sad to say it was one of the worst tours I’ve been on. And not worth $25.
Originally just me so guruwalk ask for very small actual payment and I was very happy with this. Tour was absolutely fabulous. Very different with very unusual experiences. I don't want to give the game away but this was just an excellent way to see another side to Cairo. Don't hesitate....book with Abanoup now.
Extremely interesting, moving and inspiring tour. Abanoup is very professional and knows everyone in the neighborhood! highly recommended.
