HLO Tours is not a package tour operator with preset routes and dates. Every trip is carefully planned for your specific tastes, wishes, and expectations. You select from a variety of options, often including activities not found on standard trip itineraries. For instance, most tours to Egypt allow you to view farm life only from your drifting Nile cruise boat but with an HLO optional tour, you can have tea with the farmer's family.

HLO Tours is owned and operated by Hamdy Nossair, an Egyptian-born U.S. citizen. Mr. Nossair is an expert on Egyptian history and a graduate of Cairo University Faculty of Arts, Archaeology Department. Prior to opening HLO Tours in 1987, he was curator of the Manial Palace Museum in Cairo and then a manager with MISR Travel, North Africa's largest and most respected tour company.