Desert, Hurghada

If you are going on a desert safari from Hurghada and expect to be able to watch the sun set over the desert in peace you are wrong. A large number of other tourists will climb the same hill as you to have a nice view. If you are lucky everybody wants it to be quiet around.

The first time I was in Hurghada I went on a desert safari. I was picked up outside the hotel in the afternoon and as I was the first passenger I got the front seat. We drove through the desert and stopped a few times for photos. It turned out that two of my fellow passengers didn’t bring anything to drink, but luckily I had enough for all three of us.
Later we arrived as the first car to a Bedouin village (for tourists) and had some tea before walking around and riding camels. By this time a lot of people had arrived. After the sunset we had barbeque before returning to Hurghada.
I organised the tour from the hotel where I was staying (Three Corners Hotel).

'desert safari'-very cool experience if you have not been to a desert before, jumping on sandy
dinas (some even rolling down! LOL) and snooping around the beduines' village (although, those b.who collaborate with turistagencies are a bit modernised, justa bit).

again, if youdo not want to pay too much for the jeep safary (more van thana jeep) check out in hotel for local agencies
motor desert safary seemed more fun, as people said, and they spent much more time in that wonder of nature...

do not be with your group all the time
move aside a bit, sit or lie down on sand and watch, then close your eyes...all you will hear will be s i l e n c e and w i n d....i will go back to desert for that experience if nothing else;)

bread, sorta like pancakes, that beduine women make is nice, mint tea they will offer you is fine:) you will most probaby want to bring some water with you over there, as before they serve you one you may get very thirsty...no matter it will get warmed up in your bag, take a friendly advice

peaceful
full of life
colors change so incredibly from late afternoon to sunset
jumping on dinas
beduine village
I LIKED IT!

The desert here is redish and wide, with high plateaus with accumulations of rubble from eroded sandstone and limestone. Near the coast, a high mountain range of ancient volcanic rock runs the length of the Red Sea.
Completely different picture from the golden and fine sandy desert from Aswan and west side of the Nile.

Is there a better way to end a day in the desert than watch the sunset? That's what we did from the top of a hill a few minutes from the Bedouin village.
The picture's showing the Bedouin village and a pigeon house.

Here's the proof that there aren't just sandy deserts in Egypt but rocky, too. Look at that spectacular landscape with colourful mountains and canyons!
This is where we visited a relatively new well, a present from the state, and watered a palmtree nearby.

Exploring the desert on a safari is a fun way to spend the afternoon. These can either be taken in a jeep or quads. Most companies offer this in conjunction with a lunch or dinner with a bedouin tribe.

Desert Safaris can be booked through numerous agencies in Hurghada.

This was amazing trip to the desert. Although our tourist agency organized this kind of trip, we wanted to sign with local agency, one of many in Hurghada. And we had spent great time there!
First, they picked us up with van in front of our hotel, it was 4 in the afternoon. Then, when we reached desert, about 20 minutes ride from hurghada downtown, we were transferred in jeep, which drove us about 30 kms into the desert, right to the first settlement of bedouins.
There, we got us little 4-wheel motorcycles, for one or two persons. There was about 15 tourists in our group, among which there were about 10 egyptian young people living abroad, who also came to hurghada on vacation. We made wonderful friends with them, as they were very friendly.
Then, we experianced a wild ride through the sands and stones of the desert, racing with each other, about hour or so, until we came to the another bedouine settlement in the bottom of the desert mountain. We climbed up the mount, watched sunset, took photos, and then went down to ride camels, and see how bedouins live.
On our way back, it was getting really dark, and the only light was the one from our motorcycles, and the silence was amazing, just with creepy sounds of some desert animals.
When we came back to the starting bedouin village, we had great barbecue dinner there, with more stories of their life, enjoying music they played, and being learnt they local dances by our new arabian friends.
After coming back to hotel, we were full of sand, dirty and tired, but with most beautiful memories from Hurghada.