Hurghada: Orange Island Speedboat & Sunset Quad with Lunch
Snorkel the Giftun Islands National Park by private speedboat, then ride a quad into the desert for Bedouin tea, a camel ride and sunset over the mountains. One day, both halves of the Red Sea coast - buffet lunch, park entry fees and Hurghada hotel transfers included.
Overview
You booked a beach holiday, but the map keeps nagging at you: a national park of islands on one side, three hundred kilometres of open desert on the other. This is the day you stop choosing. Pickup is at 08:30, and by the time the sun is properly up you are watching the marina shrink behind a speedboat that is yours alone.
The boat drops you at Orange Island and the day narrows to what is in front of you. You put your face in the water over the reef and the surface world - the boat, the beach, the hour - simply stops reporting in. Two hours on white sand and the clock loses its grip entirely; buffet lunch arrives on board and you eat it with salt still drying on your arms.
Then the boat turns for the marina and you swap one silence for another. Most visitors here pick a side - reef or dune - and go home with half the picture. Doing both in a single day shows you how narrow the living strip of this coast really is: a few hundred metres of water where everything happens, and behind it, mountains that have never bothered with any of it.
The quad is yours for two hours, out through the Bedouin village where the tea is poured strong and sweet and a camel takes you the slow way round. You will be back at your hotel after dark, sunburnt and dust-lined and quieter than you left. The last thing you see is the sun going down between the mountains, and it will be the part you describe first when someone asks about Egypt.
Highlights
- Cross to Orange Island by private speedboat, not a shared ferry
- Snorkel inside Giftun Islands National Park - entry fees included
- Two hours of free time on the white sand, with buffet lunch served on board
- Ride a quad bike for two hours through the desert dunes
- Drink sweet Bedouin tea in the village and take a camel the slow way round
- Watch the sun drop between the Red Sea mountains before the drive back
Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Hurghada
- Private speedboat transfer to Orange Island
- Giftun Islands National Park entry fees
- Orange Bay island entry fee
- Guided snorkelling stop with equipment
- Professional guide and snorkelling instructor
- 2 hours of free time on the island
- Buffet lunch on board
- Soft drinks, hot drinks and mineral water
- Breakfast sandwiches (on request)
- WiFi on board (on request)
- 2-hour ATV quad ride with a professional instructor
- Bedouin village visit with Bedouin tea
- Camel ride
Not included
- Government tourist tax - $1 per person, paid on the day
- Head scarf for the desert ride
- Hotel pickup from Makadi Bay, Sahl Hasheesh, El Gouna, Safaga and Soma Bay (available as add-ons at checkout)
- Gratuities
- Personal expenses and souvenirs
- Optional water sports at Orange Island
Good to know
- Child price: ages 2-11 · Infants under 2
- Total duration is approximately 10-12 hours from pickup to drop-off
- Pickup starts at 08:30 from Hurghada hotels
- A government tourist tax of $1 per person is collected locally
- Bring swimwear, a towel and sunscreen for the boat
- Bring a change of clothes and a light layer - the desert cools quickly after sunset
- Closed shoes are recommended for the quad ride