"I customize my tours to suit the guest rather than offer predetermined itineraries that the customer must accept," says Debbie Senters, owner and operator of Casual Cairo detours, which was established in 2000. Debbie, an American, visited Cairo for the first time in the mid-1990s and fell in love with "a different world." Neither an Egyptologist nor a historian, Debbie has a love for this exotic country she wants to share with others.

Drivers can be hired by the trip, the day, or for several days. Casual Cairo detours recommends drivers on request.

Casual Cairo detours does not book hotel rooms, but is happy to provide recommendations in all price categories.

Debbie serves as a volunteer expert on Egypt for two Q&A websites on the Internet, Allexperts.com and worldsurface.com, a site dedicated to sustainable tourism for backpackers and independent travelers. She contributes to the Weissmann Travel Reports, used by American and Canadian travel agencies and writes a monthly column on the hidden pleasures of Egypt for the British Community Association magazine.

Casual Cairo detours will provide an Egyptologist to accompany you to the Egyptian Museum or to pharaonic sites at your request.

• ACADAMIC GUIDES – Casual Cairo detours has licensed Egyptologists available in Cairo, Alexandria, and Upper Egypt for your more academic needs and tours. All of our guides have earned their degrees in Egyptian History and Tourism from local universities that specialize in these courses. Each guide has been handpicked for his/her skill in English (and a few other languages), personality, and knowledge of Pharaonic, Islamic, and early Christian Egypt. We are proud to offer the best of the best. Whether you are traveling alone, with friends, or with your family, we have the right guide to work with you. Tour #2 must be given by an Egyptologist.
  
  
• CASUAL GUIDES – Casual Cairo detours was founded on the idea that tourists might enjoy seeing and doing things that foreigners living in Egypt enjoy in our free time. Sometimes we need to travel ‘Off the Beaten Path’ to find the best there is to offer. For tours that are beyond the common ground traveled by all tourists, Casual Cairo detours can provide tours with either Debbie, Colin or Melanie into the paths less traveled. Tours #5, #6, #8, #9, and #12 are accompanied by a Casual Guide.
  
  Tours #1, #3, #4, and #7 may be given by a Casual Guide or an Egyptologist. Ask about our rates for each.