Hurghada: Orange Island Speedboat, Snorkeling & Parasailing
Your own speedboat to Orange Island for up to nine people: two snorkelling stops on Giftun's reefs, two hours on the sandbar, and the option to fly over the Red Sea by parasail. Hotel pickup, national park and island entry, and all snorkelling gear included.
Overview
Most boats to Orange Bay run on someone else's timetable, with someone else's crowd. Yours does not. A speedboat is waiting at the marina for your group alone, and for the next five hours the only schedule that matters is the one you set on board.
Twenty minutes out, the engine drops and the water goes clear enough to see the shadow of the hull on the sand below. You go in. The reef starts shallow — a wall of it, fish moving through the coral in numbers that stop feeling countable — and the boat, the wind and everyone else simply switch off. You come up when you are ready, not when somebody blows a whistle.
Then comes the part you did not plan for. Strapped in behind the boat, you lift off the water, and Orange Bay rearranges itself beneath you: the sandbar thinning to a bright line, the reefs showing as dark shapes you had swum over without ever seeing their shape. You spend most of your life at ground level, inside your own scale. Ten minutes above the Red Sea is a quiet correction to that.
By mid-afternoon the island is shrinking behind you and nobody is hurrying you off the deck. Salt dries on your skin, the cool box is still open, and the boat stays yours until the marina. You booked a speedboat and a beach. What you take home is a day that belonged entirely to your own group — and a slightly rearranged sense of how big the Red Sea really is.
Highlights
- A speedboat for your group alone — up to nine people, no shared deck, no fixed headcount
- Two snorkelling stops on the Giftun reefs, with gear and life jackets on board
- Two hours on the Orange Bay sandbar, island entry already paid
- A ten-minute parasailing flight over the Red Sea, if you want it
- Twenty minutes marina to island — a speedboat crossing, not a slow ferry
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from Hurghada in air-conditioned transport
Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from Hurghada in air-conditioned transport
- Private speedboat for your group, with captain and crew
- Giftun Island National Park admission
- Orange Bay island entry fee
- Two snorkelling stops in the Red Sea
- Snorkelling equipment (mask, snorkel, fins) and life jackets
- Shaded seating on board
- Drinking water on board
Not included
- Pick-up and drop-off from Makadi Bay, Sahl Hasheesh or El Gouna — available as a paid add-on
- Pick-up and drop-off from Soma Bay or Safaga — available as a paid add-on
- Lunch and soft drinks on the island
- Parasailing flight — available as a paid add-on
- Photos and video
- Gratuities
Good to know
- Child price: ages 2-11 · Infants under 2
- What to bring
- Swimwear, a towel, sunglasses, a sun hat and high-factor sunscreen. A waterproof camera if you have one.
- Know before you go
- Parasailing can be cancelled at short notice in high wind. That is the operator's safety call, and you are not charged for a flight that does not take place.
- The speedboat has shaded seating but no cabin — sun protection matters on a five-hour trip.
- National park admission and the island entry fee are already included in your price.
- Parasailing has a minimum age and weight limit set by the operator on the day. Younger children are welcome on the boat, the snorkelling and the island.
- Free cancellation up to 12 hours before departure.