The 15 Sailing Trips in Egypt That Earn Their Price

1.3 Islands, Dolphins & Snorkel Yacht Trip w/ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 4,609 reviews · 8 hours · from $47Our pick

Review of Hurghada’s 8-hour yacht trip to Orange Bay, Giftun, and Magawish, with dolphin watching, snorkeling, breakfast, and seafood lunch.

“Every thing was amazing, go shalabi 27 was the best group, Said did a great job, he and the whole team was very helpful. The weather was windy, but that doesn’t stopped us to have fun. Jimmy was the best photographer. Soooo Ninja Turtles forever 1000/10”

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2.Ras Mohamed & White Island luxury Yacht Trip Sharm el Sheikh

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 997 reviews · from $25

Review of Sharm el Sheikh’s Ras Mohamed and White Island yacht trip, with snorkeling, lunch, pricing, safety advice, and practical booking tips.

“The boat was large and not to crowded, as a boat trip it was very nice and lunch was good. As a snorkeling trip it was terrible. The stops was at very small reefs that you could swim around in less than 5 minutes, the reef was shared with several other boats, each carrying 40-50 tourists. The groups was divided by language and a guide was assigned, we were told we must stay with the guide and could not leave the group. Some of the persons in the group could not swim and had to hang on to the guide. If you are average or experienced snorkeler you should definitely…”

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3.Snorkeling trip to Ras Mohamed & The White Island aboard Luxury Yacht

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 479 reviews · from $70Top rated

Sail to Ras Mohamed and White Island from Sharm el Sheikh for coral reefs, seafood, water games, and hotel transfers.

“It took 3 overseas calls to book the trip due to website errors. We were clearly paying much more than others on the boat. Wet suits were not included in the $120 vip price, nor were basic drinks such as coffee. Beware the $17 fruit plate scam -- where they make it seem Read more”

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4.Nile River Dinner Cruise on a Yacht with Open Buffet

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 292 reviews · from $15

Cairo Nile dinner cruise with buffet, Tanoura and belly dance shows, hotel transfers, and a low $15 price, with practical cautions.

“Misrepresentation of a private yacht. It was a large vessel with approximately 50 other visitors. The music was nice. But it was too loud. So loud that we had trouble taking to one another. The staff took pictures and pressed hard to sell them. The driver, Hassan was very good and efficient”

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5.Amazing Sunset sailing by Felucca in Luxor -2 Hours (Private)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 255 reviews · from $17

Sail Luxor’s Nile at sunset on a private felucca with hotel pickup, tea, temple views, and a peaceful two-hour ride for $17.57 per person.

“great experiance lovely people felt safe and looked after guide was good and helpfull will do this again.”

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6.Mahmya Island: Red Sea Sailing Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 169 reviews · 7h 30m · from $95

Spend 7.5 hours at Mahmya Island with a Red Sea cruise, snorkeling, beach time, lunch buffet, soft drinks, and water sports.

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7.Elegance Yacht Cruise To Orange bay Island W lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 144 reviews · from $33

Spend a Red Sea day sailing to Orange Bay from Hurghada with snorkeling, seafood lunch, dolphin sightings, and optional parasailing.

“an amazing experience. value for money,great food,beautiful island, stunning snorkeling spots”

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8.Felucca Sailing trip on the Nile in Cairo

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 142 reviews · from $10

Review of Cairo’s $10 felucca sail on the Nile, with hotel pickup, sunset views, guide quality, timing, boat limits, and practical booking tips.

“This was booked at 15.30. The pickup was 15m late. At 17.30 (the trip was booked for 2 hrs) we were still waiting for a boat. Nice views but no information was given on the sights. The lunch was a takeaway sandwich from a roadside cafe though tasty. No toilet on the boat contrary to what we were told. Boat just kept circling around a small area. The guide did take and share some lovely pictures.”

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9.Paradise Island Yacht Cruise, Lunch & Snorkeling

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 141 reviews · 4 - 8 hours · from $24

Review of Hurghada’s Paradise Island yacht cruise with snorkeling, buffet lunch, beach time, transfers, and speedboat options.

“We loved this trip. Everything went smoothly from pick up to drop off. Very well organised. Crew are fantastic. Beach restaurant is great with a large selection of food to choose from. A full day out at an amazing price. Definitely recommend this trip which we did twice”

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10.Sailing Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor for 2 Nights

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 139 reviews · from $328

Sail from Aswan to Luxor for two nights, with meals, temple visits at Kom Ombo and Edfu, guides, transfers, and Nile views.

“Very nice and playful crew. Rooms were nice size, beds comfortable. Big negative is the horrible Egyptian air pollution and diesel exhaust of all river boats making it impossible to leave windows open while cruising. And This is not a 5-star cruise. Read more”

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11.Private Yacht Cruise to Dolphin House with Lunch : Hurghada

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 120 reviews · from $150

Review of Hurghada’s private yacht trip to Dolphin House, with snorkeling, lunch, hotel transfers, costs, timing, and key booking tips.

“This was advertised as a two hour dive, “the only quick dive in Hurghada”, but the trip took 9 hours. The diving was great and the guides were friendly and knowledgeable but I was expecting a short trip without any extras so I could still have the rest of my day to do something else. So just be aware you will not be on a two hour dive like the listing advertised.”

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12.Hurghada Pirates sailing boat to Orange bay & Buffet Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 78 reviews · from $78

Review of Hurghada’s pirate sailing trip to Orange Bay, with two guided snorkels, buffet lunch, family activities, transfers, and practical booking advice.

“Sailing boat was beautiful! Staff amazing. Nothing go wrong and snorkeling area was magic! Everything perfect!”

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13.Elegance Yacht Cruise To Orange & Magawish island

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 70 reviews · from $53

Review of Hurghada’s Orange Bay and Magawish yacht cruise, with snorkeling, seafood lunch, parasailing, transport, costs, and practical tips.

“Die Guides waren sehr professionell. Wir haben viel gesehen, beispielsweise Delfine und Inseln. Auch das Schnorcheln war ein einmaliges Erlebnis.”

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14.Luxury Yacht Trip with Personal Crew and Chef

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 61 reviews · 5 hours · from $135

Review of Hurghada’s five-hour private yacht trip with snorkeling, chef-prepared lunch, sunset views, crew service, and practical booking tips.

“Amazing day out, 3 snorkelling stops with fun and energetic guides! Meal included was a good selection of different foods would recommend to anyone who comes to Hurghada to book on.”

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15.Coptic Cairo, Mosques , sailing on Nile and Bazaar Private Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 58 reviews · from $39

Explore Cairo’s mosques, Coptic churches, Khan El Khalili, koshary at Abu Tarek, and a felucca ride on the Nile in one private day.

“Super visite avec un excellent guide, Loaai, très avenant. On était ravie. Le guide ne parlait pas français (pas de guide français disponible pour cette visite) donc on a dû se débrouiller avec l'anglais. Il a parlé lentement et calmement avec un Read more”

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