Tour Overview
This is a quad bike safari into the desert behind Hurghada that ends with sunset and a BBQ dinner at a Bedouin village. An air-conditioned vehicle takes you from your hotel to the quad station, and you ride with your tour guide on a 45 km out-and-back route across the sand. At the village you meet your Bedouin hosts, tour the village, watch the sun go down and eat dinner before returning to your hotel.
Tour Highlights
- Drive your quad across the open sand of the Eastern Desert on a 45 km out-and-back route, with your tour guide leading the way.
- Reach a Bedouin village in the desert and take a tour with your hosts, who introduce you to the way their families live out here.
- Ride a camel on the sand near the village, a slower way to see the desert after the speed of the quads.
- Watch the sun set over the desert from the village, when the light turns the sand and the hills gold and then deep red.
- Sit down to a BBQ dinner with your Bedouin hosts in the evening, then return to your hotel in Hurghada by vehicle.
Tour Route
Is the Hurghada quad bike safari worth it?
Yes, if you want a break from the beach and a look at the desert that starts just behind the hotels. In one outing you get a long quad ride, a camel ride, time in a Bedouin village, a desert sunset and dinner. It works well as a contrast to the sea days on the same trip.
It is an active day rather than a relaxing one. You spend a good part of the afternoon driving over sand, so expect dust, noise and some bumps. If you want a calmer evening, the village, the sunset and the dinner give you that at the end.
What is the desert near Hurghada like?
Hurghada sits on the edge of the Eastern Desert, the dry land that stretches from the Red Sea coast west toward the Nile Valley. It is not only soft dunes: much of it is gravel plains, dry valleys and bare, rocky mountains that glow orange and red in the late light.
Bedouin families have lived in this desert for generations, moving with their animals and knowing the land's few water sources. Visiting a village gives you a small window onto that way of life, even if today's villages also welcome visitors like you.
What should you wear for a desert quad safari?
Dress for dust, sun and a cooler evening. You start around midday in strong sun and finish after dark, when the desert can feel much colder than the coast, so plan layers and cover up against the sand.
- Shoes: closed shoes or trainers, not sandals.
- Clothing: long, light trousers and a top you do not mind getting dusty.
- Face: sunglasses and a scarf or buff to keep sand out of your mouth and nose.
- Evening: a light jacket or sweater for dinner after sunset.
- Sun: sunscreen and water for the afternoon ride.
What else can you do in Hurghada?
After a day in the desert, most visitors balance it with the sea, or with a long day out to the temples of the Nile Valley.
For the reefs, book the private snorkeling trip in Hurghada or try discover scuba diving with a one-to-one instructor. For history, the Luxor day trip from Hurghada takes you to Karnak and the Valley of the Kings.
Tour Itinerary
An afternoon and evening outing: a midday start, a long quad ride into the desert, and sunset and dinner at a Bedouin village.
Around midday, a private air-conditioned vehicle collects you from your hotel in Hurghada and drives you to the quad bike station at the edge of the desert. Wear closed shoes and clothes you do not mind getting dusty, and bring sunglasses and a scarf to cover your face from the sand.
At the station you board your quad and meet the tour guide who rides with you. Take a minute to get used to the throttle and brakes before you set off, and ask anything you are unsure about. The group then heads out together into the desert behind your guide.
The route covers 45 km of desert driving there and back, across sand and rocky ground in the Eastern Desert, the dry land between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea. Away from the hotels the coast disappears quickly, and you are left with open sand and bare mountains in every direction.
At the Bedouin village the program includes an hour-long camel ride on the desert sand. After the quads it is a very different pace: slow, quiet and high above the ground, with time to look around and take photographs of the desert from the saddle.
Your Bedouin hosts welcome you and show you around the village, introducing their way of life in the desert. It is a chance to see how families live far from the town and to ask questions. Afterward, settle in for the evening with your hosts and the other guests.
As the day ends you watch the sun go down over the desert from the village, then sit down to a BBQ dinner with your Bedouin hosts, with the last of the sunset as your backdrop. The evening stays lively, with your hosts and the group gathered together before it is time to leave.
After dinner you head back to the station and then return to your hotel in Hurghada. The transfers, quad ride, village tour and dinner are already paid, so you only need cash for tips and anything outside the program.
What's Included
What the tour price covers, and what to plan for separately.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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A private air-conditioned vehicle collects you from your hotel in Hurghada around midday and drives you to the quad station. After dinner at the Bedouin village you are brought back to your hotel. Send us your hotel name when you book, and we will confirm the pickup details.
Hotel pickup to the quad station, the 45 km quad drive there and back, the visit and tour of the Bedouin village, the desert sunset, a BBQ dinner at the village and your return to the hotel. Tips and any extras outside the program are not included, so bring a little cash.
Your transfer is by private vehicle, and you ride in the desert with your tour guide. The per-person price is set by your group size and the season: it falls as your group grows and changes between the summer, autumn, holiday and winter periods. Prices start from {price} per person.
Yes. Watching the sunset in the desert is part of the program. The safari starts around midday, so you reach the Bedouin village in time to see the sun go down over the sand before your BBQ dinner, and you return to Hurghada after dark.
Yes. Avicon Travel is a Class "A" travel agency licensed by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism under License No. 1962 and registered since 2010. Our office and team are in Karnak, Luxor, so the guides, drivers and cars on this tour are our own local team, not a booking desk abroad.
