Cairo Sports & Outdoors

If once in Cairo, never miss horse back riding around the pyramids by a full moon light or at sunset.

Camel riding is better in Sinai than it is in Cairo, you can go on safari riding a camel there much better than in Cairo.

The stables to rent horses is around the pyramids, better go in a group, or with an Egyptian.
Avoid getting cheated the price is between 15 and 20 Egyptian pounds not more, and normally there is a guide that go with you.

Equipment: No equipments are necessary, make sure that you get a horse suitable for your horse riding skills (strong horse for the good riders and the opposite goes)

This club opened in june 2003,I must say it indeed the finest club in Cairo area.I have seen the site,and it`s very interesting and promising.

"We can inspire people and make them play sports" quote by the club`s Vice-President and Director of Business Development. "We want to provide our youth with professional educational and training sports facilities to ensure we have the champions for tomorrow "
he continued adding.

Equipment: It will provide swimming pools,squah courts,volley ball,hand ball and basket balls courts,tennis courts as well as food courts,restaurants and cafes.Cycling tracks are also avaiable and horse back riding.
It`s really a huge club!!!!

visit the link listed below.

Arsenal Football Club took the FA Cup to Cairo last week.

In a short promotional tour, the famous old trophy was based at the Wadi Degla Sporting Club in the Egyptian capital before being taken around to schools and other establishments in the area.

Arsenal.com were there to film the event and this free video is a snapshot of what happened during the three-day tour.

Many Egyptian movies were filmed at this sporting club in year 2005.

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The FA Cup in Cairo "

There are two long-established sporting clubs in Cairo: The Gezira Club in Zamalek; and the Shooting Club [nadi Said] in Dokki.
Membership is expensive $1000 a year for a family. Guests can be signed in by members for 10 Egypt P, or 25 Ep at weekends.
At the Shooting Club, for example, there are a number of facilities- football, tennis, softball, martial arts, walking track, swimming pool, clay pigeon shooting among others.
Restaurants and cafes are scattered throughout the spacious grounds; there is a mosque, a children's playground with cages full of peacocks, guineafowl and a few other birds.
The grounds are well landscaped and there are waterfeatures like fountains, artificial streams and waterfalls. lamps and arches are nicely decorated wrought iron. It is a pleasant place to spend time and the food is very cheap.

Equipment: if participating in any of the sports it is best to have your own equipment.
For those using the walking track which is just over 900 metres long, you must wear suitable shoes [trainers]' Running on the track is not allowed.

If you love being outside, love fresh air, love horses or simply love having fun with friends, there are some REALLY NICE PLACES TO RIDE near Cairo.
I've seen a few posts here saying that the horses are suffering, you shouldn't ride, it's not safe, etc. etc. but that is only true if the customer themself doesn't care. There are some really good quality stables and horses around and a lot of fun to be had. You just have to differentiate between the hawker who will try anything to get money and the professional horseman. OK, you will have to pay a bit more than the 30LE bag of bones which lives on the street but it's definitely worth it and in foreigner terms, still dead cheap compared to at home (about LE60 an hour and a tip for the guide).

Equipment: For the casual rider, jeans and trainers are fine for a ride.

Try Prestige Equestrian near Saqqara. The horses are well-cared for and riders have access to desert with amazing views (for those with experience only). Inexperienced riders have assistance and closed-in riding area, with a lovely sitting area for those that choose not to ride at all.

Equipment: Everything that you need, but for long-term residents there are also stables, etc.

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I spent my night in my hotel going to the gym. Although the Pharaoh Egypt Hotels' Health Club is not that big, they have have considerable number of equiptment enough for any health-conscious individual to maintain their physique.

Aside from all the exercising equipment, you can also book for a massage by abled-bodied local Egyptian guys. For an hour of massage you will pay approximately 150-200 Egyptian Pounds.

I totally agree with Cindy, who warned of the riding stables at the Pyramids. However, I found this is mainly true for the stables directly at the entrance to the Sphynx and nearby. The further south from the pyramids you go, the better the stables get (Stand with your back to the Sphynx and walk to the right for at least 10-20 minutes). Thinking of AA, MG and Eurostables. Those are mainly livery stables, where the rich and expats keep their horses. If you still don't know if you are doing the right ethic thing, ask to have a look into the stables at the horses. If you don't like what you see, leave, until you find a better place. If you are being addressed by a tourist catcher for horseriding, go with them to see their stables. Sometimes they don't want you to follow or they already have a beautiful stallion saddled right in front of you, but sometimes it is their only 'good' horse and the rest that you also pay for, suffer. So please do go and have a look at the inside. Don't expect Western standards though, but you'll see the difference to the worse stables.
For the tip to go with an Egyptian: some of them know the good stables, some of them don't. That counts for taxi drivers as well.
Do not pay more than 20 EGP for the hour, guide will always be included at the good stables. And please wear proper shoes, no sandals.

Oh, I always preferred the early morning hours; in summer I got their by 8am and rode for 2 hours. Sometimes it's foggy and you can't see the pyramids even though you know they are there. With every step that your horse takes the pyramids will appear slowly out of the fog, first hazily and then clearer and clearer. It is absolutely breathtaking. There is not a nicer way to start an Egyptian day.

Equipment: You certainly don't need riding gear. But for your own safety and comfort, wear jeans and at least trainers, no sandals. Absolutely do not forget sunscreen lotion and a hat if you are going in the morning. If you go for more than one hour, take water with you, you can always ask your guide to keep it for you. Do yourself and the horses a favour, don't go out during midday in summer, from about 11am to 3pm. It is just too hot.