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Day tours from Red Sea resorts
Red Sea day tours
Four resort towns, four kinds of day: reefs by boat, the desert at sunset, Mount Sinai at night, and the pyramids or Luxor in a day. Pick where you're staying.
- Towns
- 4
- Day tours
- 21
- Kinds of day
- Sea, desert, Sinai, Cairo or Luxor by plane
Where are you staying?
Pick your town
Hurghada
Giftun Island, the desert by jeep, a submarine, Cairo by plane.
6 day tours
Sharm El Sheikh
Tiran Island, quad and camel safari, Mount Sinai, Cairo and Luxor by plane.
7 day tours
Marsa Alam
Port Ghalib reefs, a sunset quad safari, Luxor by road, Cairo by plane.
5 day tours
Dahab
The Blue Hole, St Catherine's Monastery, Cairo by plane.
3 day toursPlaces to visit
The sites on these tours
Red Sea, off HurghadaGiftun IslandThe reef island off Hurghada inside the Red Sea protectorates: snorkeling, the beach and the rules.On our tour: Full day at sea
Strait of Tiran, Gulf of AqabaTiran IslandThe island and coral reefs at the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba, northeast of Sharm El Sheikh.On our tour: Day at sea, lunch on board
Abu Galum protectorate, DahabBlue HoleDahab's reef-ringed dive site inside the Abu Galum protectorate, on the Gulf of Aqaba.On our tour: Snorkeling, then quad and camel
St Catherine, South Sinai mountainsSt Catherine's MonasteryThe 6th-century monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai: history, hours and the sunrise climb.Monastery open: 9:00 am to 11:30 am · closed Fri & Sun
Red Sea coast, Marsa AlamPort Ghalib and Marsa MubarakThe Marsa Alam marina where snorkeling boats leave for Marsa Shona and the Marsa Mubarak lagoon.On our tour: Day at sea, lunch on board
South Sinai coast, Sharm El SheikhRas Mohammed and White IslandEgypt's first protectorate, a national park of coral reefs, with White Island among its most visited sites.Our tours: By boat from Sharm El Sheikh
Plan your day
Red Sea guides
Cairo in a day from Hurghada: how the day runsFly in, see Giza, the Grand Egyptian Museum and the bazaar, fly back: the day in order.
Giftun, Tiran or Port Ghalib: which sea day?Three boat days from three resorts, compared by boat, stops, lunch, gear and instructor.- Hurghada day trips compared: sea, desert or Cairo?Snorkeling, a submarine, the desert at sunset, Cairo by plane or Luxor by road: Hurghada day trips compared.
- Sharm El Sheikh day trips: Tiran, the desert or Mount Sinai?A boat day, a desert ride, an evening in Old Sharm, a night climb or a flight: Sharm day tours compared.
Mount Sinai at night: how the sunrise climb runsThe night drive, the climb for sunrise, the monastery and the road back, from Sharm El Sheikh or Dahab.
Marsa Alam day trips: the sea, the desert or Luxor?A boat day from Port Ghalib or Samadai, a sunset quad ride, or a long road day to Luxor: what each tour lists.- Dahab day trips: the Blue Hole, Mount Sinai or Cairo?Snorkeling and a desert ride near town, a night climb, or a flight to Cairo: three days from Dahab.
Cairo or Luxor as a day trip from the Red SeaWhich resort reaches Cairo or Luxor in a day, by plane or road, and what each day covers.