Hurghada: Horse Ride Along the Sea & Desert with Transfers

Overview

You didn't come to Hurghada to watch it from a balcony. Some part of you wants the version of the Red Sea coast that has no sunbeds and no crowd — just open sand, a horse that knows the way, and the sound of hooves finding their rhythm. This ride gives you exactly that, with an air-conditioned car to your hotel at each end.

A trainer fits your helmet and rides beside you, and within minutes the resort noise is behind you. The desert opens wide on one side, the sea flashes on the other, and your attention narrows to the animal beneath you — the roll of its walk, the shift into a trot, the way it leans into the breeze off the water. Whether you've ridden for years or never sat in a saddle, you settle into it faster than you'd expect.

This is a stretch of coast most visitors never reach: the empty ground between desert and shallows where the Red Sea meets the sand with no hotel in the frame. Arriving here at a horse's pace is a different thing from being driven somewhere and told to look. For an hour, or two, you're not a tourist being shown around — you're simply out in it, moving the oldest way there is.

Choose the one-hour ride for an unhurried loop of sea and desert, or the two-hour version, which goes further and ends with the moment people only ever see in photographs — your horse wading into the shallows and swimming with you on its back. When you turn back toward the stable with sun on your shoulders and salt in the air, you'll be quieter than you were on the way out — and that's the part no photo carries home.

Highlights

• ✦Ride a desert-bred horse along the open shoreline and into the quiet desert behind Hurghada's resorts
• ✦Choose a relaxed 1-hour loop or the fuller 2-hour ride
• ✦Complete beginners welcome — a helmet and a trainer stay with you the whole way
• ✦Reach empty stretches of coast where the Red Sea meets the sand with no hotels in sight
• ✦End the 2-hour ride with a swim beside your horse in the Red Sea
• ✦Air-conditioned hotel pickup and drop-off included, both ways

Included

• ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off from Hurghada (central zones)
• ✓Air-conditioned round-trip transfers
• ✓Guided horse ride — 1 or 2 hours, per your chosen option
• ✓Experienced trainer and guide throughout
• ✓Safety helmet and pre-ride instructions

Not included

• −Gratuities (optional)
• −Food and drinks
• −Sea swim on the 1-hour ride (optional add-on; included on the 2-hour ride)
• −Extra-zone transfers — Makadi Bay, Sahl Hasheesh, El Gouna, Soma Bay, Safaga (available as an add-on)
• −Personal expenses

Good to know

• iChild price: ages 4-11 · Infants under 4
• iMinimum riding age is 4; children 4-11 book at the child rate
• iWear closed shoes and long trousers for comfort in the saddle
• iBring sunglasses, sun cream and a hat — there's little shade on the coast
• iAll levels are welcome; tell your trainer if it's your first ride
• iShare your hotel and area when booking so we can confirm pickup
• iTowel
• iCamera
• iCash (for tips or the optional sea-swim add-on)