Welcome to Red Sea Coast
The ‘Red Sea Riviera’ is a place of many different attractions. On the one hand, it is famous (or infamous, depending on your view) for cheap package holidays – overdevelopment has pockmarked the coastline deeply, leaving a trail of megaresorts and half-finished hotels in its wake. Alongside these are some exceptional exclusive resorts secluded from the hustle of the packages. Dig deeper and you will find other, more surprising sides to the region.
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Red Sea Snorkeling
You will be collected from your hotel and transferred to the port to board your boat for the day. Once everyone is onboard your crew will give you information about the sites you will be visiting and answer any questions about the day you may have.There will be three stops of approximately one hour throughout the day, the locations will depend on local conditions at the time. There is snorkeling equipment onboard for your use if required, and lunch is included. Hotel pickup and drop off is available from most Hurghada hotels.
Day Trip to Cairo by Bus
A tour guide will pick you up at 01:30 from your Hurghada hotel for a 5 hour coach transfer to Cairo. Upon arrival your tour guide will take you into central Cairo to wander Egyptian Museum and Inside this huge, world-famous museum you will find some of the most important treasures from Ancient Egypt. Built in neo-classical style, designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon the museum exceed 120,000 masterpieces. You will have free time to have your own tour and visit the Mummy room if you are interested.Your tour will continue to Giza to have lunch in a local restaurant before take you to the stunning Pyramids of Giza. The oldest of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World you see the great Pyramid of Cheops which one of the world wonders, the Pyramid of Chephren (you have the chance to visit it from inside), and the smallest one of Mecarinus, the valley temple of Chephren. You will also see the great Sphinx and a panoramic view of the three Pyramids together. After you have viewed the ancient Pyramids, you will visit the perfume museum for a rest before you start your journey back to Hurghada.
Hurghada Airport Private Departure Transfer
When making a booking, you will need to advise your flight details and your Hurghada, El-Gouna, Makadi, Soma Bay or Safaga hotel details. Your transfer will be confirmed instantaneously and you will be provided with a travel voucher to present to the driver. 24 - 48 hours prior to your transfer, you will be required to call the supplier directly (the contact number will be provided on your travel voucher) to reconfirm exact pickup times and places.Price is per person, based on 8 adults per car/vehicle.
Hurghada Airport Private Arrival Transfer
When making a booking, you will need to advise your flight details and your Hurghada, El-Gouna, Makadi, Soma Bay or Safaga hotel details. Your transfer will be confirmed instantaneously and you will be provided with a travel voucher to present to the driver.Price is per person, based on 8 adults per car/vehicle.
Day Trip to Luxor from Hurghada with Hotel Pickup and Lunch
You will be picked up from your hotel in Hurghada. Your driver will be holding a sign with your name in his hand. During your trip to Luxor, you will drive by the River Nile and pass by various Upper-Egyptian towns and villages. You will be able to gain some impressions about the Egyptian landscape and way of life. Reaching Luxor, you will first of all make a short stop en route to have a look at the 3,400 years old Colossi of Memnon, the gigantic statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III who were once standing guard in front of his no longer existing memorial temple complex that had been even larger than the Temple of Karnak. After this stop , you will visit the Valley of the Kings where during a period of 500 years the ancient Egyptians buried their kings and powerful nobles and where the mummies of some of the most famous and glamorous persons of the Pharaonic time were found. You can descend to the tombs of great Egyptian rulers and discover the well preserved colorful paintings and hieroglyphic stories on the walls. Next, you will visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. She was one of the most fascinating rulers of ancient Egypt and a female Pharaoh who proved her ability to successfully reign over an empire and finally created for herself an architectonically extraordinary mortuary temple with colonnaded terraces, a hypostyle hall and lots of statues, paintings and reliefs. After enjoying lunch in a local restaurant, you will visit the Temple of Karnak, one of the most extraordinary temples all over the world with its impressive sacral monument. You will have a lot of time to stroll around, explore the entrance area where you get an impression of how the immense pylon was built. You will walk through the avenue of ram-headed criosphinges, discover the hypostyle hall with its more than one hundred huge well preserved pillars, admire the hieroglyphs and paintings, see the holy lake and have a look at the various chapels, temples and statues.
5-Hour Quad Bike Safari in Hurghada
The afternoon begins around 1pm when you're collected from your hotel for the air-conditioned journey to the quad bike station. Here, don your helmet, wrap a scarf around your face to shield yourself from sand, and enjoy a quick orientation on the vehicle and a test drive. From here, it's off into the desert. Zip through valleys and over low dunes as you travel 28 miles (45 kilometres) to a traditional Bedouin village. Here, relax on Arabian carpets as you sip sweet Bedouin tea, made from a mix of tea and desert herbs, choose to enjoy a shisha water pipe, or perhaps shop for traditional Bedouin crafts. Next, hop aboard a trusty camel and ride through the village Bedouin style, high above the sands. During autumn and winter, you'll be able to catch the sunset the while you have your dinner, enjoy the view from a sand dune before driving back to the base station: you'll return to your hotel around 6:30pm - 7pm.