Hurghada Desert Safari: Star-Gazing Experience with Jeep Adventure and Dinner
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409 Ratings
Hurghada
Enjoy a 5 Hours trip for star watching, enjoy the sunset in amazing views, and adventure of jeep safari in the Egyptian desert, have a camel ride, take a tasty traditional tea and a romantic dinner in the desert. Enjoy stargazing experience with an educated guide with professional knowledge of the space world.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Hurghada - Sunset on the desert:
Move from the hotel by jeep drive to the starting point, enter the picturesque desert of Hurghada for 26 km.
Marvel the amazing sunset in the desert from the observation area and take memorial shoots.
Embark on a journey to the bedouin camp and take adrenaline by riding the desert hills in a jeep.
- Hurghada - Visit Bedouin village:
Start your program with camel riding and feel the strength and power of the “Ships of the desert” , then you will have a welcome cold refreshing drink and try special Bedouin tea with herbs to taste the desert life.
- Hurghada - Romantic dinner with candles:
Enjoy the delicious Bedouin buffet dinner with a romantic candles light. Have a pleasant time in the desert and watch millions of stars in a calm atmosphere and enter a natural world.
- Hurghada - Star gazing:
Our guide will take you to a trip to the edge of the universe and you will enjoy the vision of the distant universe from the earth. We give you an up close view of planets, galaxies, star clusters and nebula through one of our large powerful telescopes. You will have then the opportunity to see some planets in our galaxy, you will learn a several of exciting information about space and star science, in addition to ancient and modern space science. After the explanation turn to the estate of the telescopes to observe the planets and the stars. After you had a glimpse of the stars, drive back to the hotel by a jeep.
What's Included
- Jeep safari adventure
- Professional astronomy guide
- Enjoy Sunset on the Redsea chain hill
- Traditional Tea
- Camel Ride
- Visit the Bedouin Village
- BBC Candles Dinner
- Telescope
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel or accommodation
What's Not Included
- Pick up from Soma Bay, Makadi Bay, Safaga, Sahl Hasheesh, El Gouna (available with extra fee)
- Tourist Taxes 1 $ per person mandated by the government
Location
Hurghada
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(409 Ratings)
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Anwar_q
Apr 22, 2024
Great experience. - I actually really enjoyed the experience. Moussa was very knowledgeable and added to the experience as a whole. Definitely one to do while you’re visiting. Also, yes the car which transports you does have two benches in the back with no seatbelts as other reviews have mentioned but it’s still safe and reliable.
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Sophie5858
Apr 17, 2024
Super Accommodating can’t say a single bad word, Best experience of our lives literally! - Absolutely AMAZING!! The jeep ride was fun we were with 6 other people that were strangers and got on soo well! I booked this for my husbands birthday and honestly it was amazing it was sooo relaxing and just left speechless . They let us pray and was optional if we wanted to go on camel or not. They were sooo insightful with their knowledge on stars. A lot of humour and you can also choose to do it private as there was another couple with a newborn the woman was breastfeeding and they were sooo supportive and inclusive but they also had a private area for them it was amazing honestly and their camera man was sooo good gave us like 100 pictures for 20 quid! Really good pictures I highly recommend this. We had shisha, watched the sunset had a camel ride, saw the village and had such an amazing time, Alhamdulilah I couldn’t recommend this enough.
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Chris
Apr 17, 2024
Recommended! - Super cool experience! Beautiful sunset behind the mountains. Very informative and interesting. Super nice guides and drivers. Not super touristy so intimate atmosphere.
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Noah555
Apr 7, 2024
Overall we had an amazing time and there was a good atmosphere - It started off wildly with an off-road trip in a jeep through the desert. Those who wanted could ride a camel at the first stop, then we continued with oriental sounds and cheerful drivers to a Bedouin family who greeted us with tea. Nassir, our translator, told us lots of interesting things about the customs and life of the Bedouins. We climbed up a hill and were able to admire the sunset over the mountains. A young, talented photographer took pictures on request, which you can have sent to you via a link for 10 euros. The Bedouins had meanwhile prepared a varied dinner, which we enjoyed by candlelight. Afterwards, Nassir explained the stars in the night sky to us. My teenager and I really enjoyed it, definitely recommend it!
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Vilena_f
Apr 6, 2024
Worth the money!! - This is a review for April 5th. From start to beginning! Our tour guide was very nice and a people person. He explained everything with details to the point you wanted to listen to him. I’m glad we had him.
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Nonie_l
Apr 6, 2024
Decent experience - A great afternoon/evening where the staff were very friendly and helpful. The knowledge of the man who did the guide to stargazing was excellent.
The drive to the Bedouin settlement was a bit nervy, we were on a very old jeep with benches against the inside of the vehicle with no seatbelts. The driver also did not wear his seatbelt and driving through the sand he went very fast, taking little care over corners or bumps so we had to grip the roll cage to stop from flying all over the van.
The food provided was nice and a glass of pepsi was provided, but they charged extra if you wanted any fresh juices.
We were bitten to pieces by the biting flies - take insect repellent spray with you.
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Sarah_b
Apr 6, 2024
All taking charged of. Try it - Good experience overall. They maximized the time you spend with them. The driver who took us to the activity had some anger issue though. He yelled at other tourists because he was waiting for them at the wrong place. 😬😬😬 .. need to be worked on.
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431kirstyy
Apr 13, 2024
Wouldn't do it again - Was disappointing. We were told we would be picked up at 2 from our hotel. They were about 15 minutes late. Eventually we had 8 of us in the back of the jeep which was just two benches either side. The space was so minimal that you had to sit with legs weaved in between each other to get any comfort. We were driving for over 2 hours so it was a horribly uncomfortable ride.
The desert was gorgeous and there is a photographer who will happily give you a photoshoot for €10. The sunset was cool, but the mountains it set behind were too high to get the cool colours before you come back down.
Dinner was nice, not a fan of the crockery, seems un environmentally friendly.
I did not like the English guide at all. He spoke like he had no respect for the village people, it made me feel uncomfortable, we were in their home. Also, when we were having the talk about the stars, he talked really fast and without much interest in what he was saying. The people who did not speak English as a first language had asked him to slow down as they couldn't understand and he did for about 10 seconds then resumed talking way too quickly.
There were too many people in a line to look through the telescope so that took a really long time. Looking through the telescope was underwhelming, it was just a bright shiny dot slightly bigger than the one I could see with my own eyes.
The German speaking guide was awesome though. I really liked him and the guy who was in control of the telescope.
We arrived back at our hotel at around 9:30pm. Knowing how long the journey there and back would be, I would not have thought this worth it and would not have booked it.
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Lorealjo
Apr 13, 2024
“Basic” tourism activity. So average, but exceptional sunset and beautiful starry sky. - Magnificent sunset and full beautiful night view with helpful commentary.
The farm tour and “safari” are ok; nothing special, but nice for children,
Typical activity calibrated for the average tourist to which we willingly comply if we have children.
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148angeliquet
Apr 11, 2024
Scary ride not for faint hearted!! - The drive to the desert in the land cruiser was super scary and horrendous! Nowhere to hold on in the back of car and no seatbelts. The 7 of us were thrown around during the crazy up and down off road trip through desert dunes. Amazingly we didn’t crash or get hurt.
Once at the stargazing Bedouin site we watched the sun set had some food and then watched the stars. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the night sky.
But the whole desert time was very rushed.
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