From Hurghada to the Nile: How to Join a Luxor-Aswan Cruise

Desert Adventures: Quad Biking, Hiking & Camping Under the Stars

Hurghada is one of the best places in Egypt we should recommend it for any traveler who is searching to have fun and adventure and to enjoy a memorable vacation on the red sea. This amazing city offers a lot of exciting activities like skydiving, where you can jump from high up and see the blue sea and desert below. For those who love go out for camping in the desert under the stars is a real special experience. Another adrenaline experience is hiking via red sea mountain trail, it is a 170 km trekking route through the Red Sea Mountains near Hurghada. It designed to give you great exercise and amazing sunsets and different way to experience the beauty of Hurghada. Travelers can also make their trip easier by booking Hurghada day tours from airport, which will make exploring these adventures easier with no stress right from arrival.

But in fact, the Red Sea is world famous for diving with clear warm water and many colorful coral reefs that look like gardens under the water. Snorkeling is a good start for beginners who want to swim near to the surface and watch the fish below. But if you want to explore more by going down under the red sea so we recommend to go with scuba diving in hurghada or there are many different things to do in Sharm El Sheikh day tours, and many travel packages to Sharm El Sheikh.  Like Colored Canyon excursion safari Tour or to discover the saint catherine monastery. Also,  You can easily book Sharm El Sheikh day tours from airport if you want quick sightseeing experience instead of waiting at the airport.

Must Do Experience in Egypt

The top experiences in Egypt include three amazing activities that you cannot miss. Safari by Quad Bike in Hurghada takes you into the desert on a four-wheel bike where you can drive through sand dunes and visit small villages to see how local people live. The VIP Snorkeling sea with Dolphins trip including the Lunch in Hurghada is a special boat trip where you swim with wild dolphins in their natural home, plus enjoy fresh lunch and drinks all day on the boat.

Can you do a Nile cruise from Hurghada?

Yes, for sure you can do but first, Hurghada is by the Red Sea, while the nile river flows from cities like luxor and aswan. To join a Nile cruise from hurghada, you first need to travel from Hurghada to Luxor. The drive takes about 4 to 5 hours by bus or by a private air conditioned car. ETB Tours Egypt will arrange all the details of transfer and accommodation for you.

Luxor usually the starting point for nile cruise. Once you arrive you will embark to your cruise ship and begin sailing along the Nile. Cruises usually go from Luxor to Aswan or the other way around. Depending on your time, you have many options on Lake Nasser Cruises ships if you want to discover aswan attractions and to sail on lake nasser.

One of the best nile crusies we recommend it for our travelers is Steinberger Omar El Khayam lake Nasser cruise. We have two itineraries for this crusie ship. the fist option is every Monday from aswan for 4 night / 5 days and the second one is every Friday from abu simbel for 3 nights / 4 days. During this wonderful nile crusie in lake Nasser, you will have the chance to disocver these attractions:   Kalabsha Temple, Beit El Wali, Kiosk of Qertassi Temple, Wadi El Sebou Temple, Dakka Temple, Mehrakka Temple, Amada Temple, Derr & Tomb of Pennut, Kasr Ibrim (view from sundeck), and for sure the world-famous Abu Simbel Temple.