Choosing a longer Hurghada camel ride
A Hurghada camel ride deserves its own place in your plans if time in the saddle matters more than a quick photograph during a motorised safari. The choices here include guided riding through the desert, with a beach section on specified routes. Begin by choosing the animal and the riding duration. Then compare the hotel transfer and any other activities, keeping the ride itself separate from the time between leaving and returning to your accommodation.
The Eastern Desert provides the wider setting, with plains and mountains inland from the Red Sea. A ride whose route includes the shore still needs to match your main aim: a substantial outing on a camel, a combined camel-and-horse experience, or another kind of riding trip. For outings centred on horses, use our desert horse riding guide to compare the alternatives.
Camel rides
For a guided desert and beach route, compare the small-group ride with the selectable ride lengths. Another experience lets you choose a camel or horse.
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Camel ride through desert and along the beach
- Experienced guide
- Bottled water
A small-group experience with photo assistance using your phone. Pickup outside Hurghada costs extra.
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Guided camel ride on beach and desert route
- Air-conditioned hotel transfer
- Bottled water
- Guided beach and desert route
Choose a one- or two-hour camel ride or the three-hour camel and horse option. Transfers from the listed outlying areas require an add-on.
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Choose a camel or horse ride
- Professional guide with helmets
- Bottled mineral water
- Welcome drink
Select your animal and riding duration from the offered options. Hotel transfers are by air-conditioned vehicle.
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Choose a guided camel outing or a specified camel-and-horse variant, with riding duration and hotel transfer matched to your plans.
A longer camel ride or a short safari stop?
A short camel activity at a safari station is a different use of your day from a dedicated ride. One local safari example describes just 2 to 3 minutes for its camel photo outing. That can suit someone who wants a brief introduction alongside other activities, while a longer ride belongs at the centre of your selection if riding is your main reason for going into the desert.
Read the named riding option before using the length of the complete excursion to make your decision. Collection, preparation and return transport take their own place in the programme. A long overall excursion can still contain a short animal stop. Our jeep safari guide explains the role of a brief camel ride in a mixed day with a village visit and other activities.
Desert route and beach section
The desert-and-beach camel outing includes a guide, bottled water and help taking photographs with your own phone. Its route combines riding in the desert with a section along the Red Sea shore. Choose it for that combined riding route rather than treating the shore section as a separate beach excursion. Keep your attention on the booked activity and the guide's directions throughout the ride.
The ride with selectable camel and horse variants also uses a guided beach-and-desert route and includes bottled water. Here the route theme is shared across choices, while the animal and riding duration change with the option. Make those selections together so that the description of the landscape does not distract from what you actually want to ride.
Camel or horse options and riding duration
The selectable riding programme offers a one-hour or two-hour camel ride, or a three-hour camel-and-horse option. Choose the combined version if you want both animals as part of that specified experience. The shorter camel choices offer a more focused way to plan your time. Those alternatives are separate booking variants, rather than activities to add together within a single basic ticket.
The other animal-choice outing lets you select a riding duration of one, two or three hours and choose between the offered horses and camels. It includes a professional guide, helmets, a safety briefing, water, a welcome drink and hotel pickup and drop-off by air-conditioned vehicle. Decide which animal you want when selecting the ride; a programme offering both does not by itself mean you will ride both on every option.
Clothing and personal requirements
Long trousers are recommended for riding because of friction at the saddle. Use the briefing to discuss mounting, dismounting and the instructions for your selected animal. Ask about personal requirements when choosing the programme, especially when arranging places for children or anyone with specific needs. Choose based on those individual conditions rather than a broad statement about experience levels. Consult your country's current official travel advice as part of your preparations.
Bring sun protection and plan clothing for the timing of the excursion. Water belongs to the listed riding programmes, while the rest of your preparations should also account for collection and return travel. If comparing a daytime ride with an evening outing, our guide to season and time of day provides the wider planning context.
Hotel pickup and outer coastal bases
The desert-and-beach camel outing includes collection from Hurghada. Its listed outer-area supplement is 10 EUR per person for Makadi Bay or Sahl Hasheesh, and 15 EUR per person for El Gouna, Safaga or Soma Bay. These are the transfer charges of that particular product. Include them in your comparison when the accommodation lies outside the base pickup area.
The selectable camel-and-horse programme also has transfer additions for El Gouna, Makadi Bay, Sahl Hasheesh and Soma Bay. Select the addition matching your accommodation. Our pickup planning page helps distinguish this safari collection from your journey to the coastal base. Keep the chosen riding duration and confirmed pickup arrangements together when organising the rest of your day.
Camel riding questions
Can I choose a longer camel ride?
The selectable programme offers one-hour and two-hour camel variants, plus a three-hour camel-and-horse option.
Does a riding excursion include both animals?
Choose the specified combined option for camel and horse riding. Other variants offer an animal choice for your booked ride.
Is pickup from Sahl Hasheesh included?
The desert-and-beach camel outing lists an extra transfer charge of 10 EUR per person for Sahl Hasheesh.