Quad Biking in Egypt: Giza, Hurghada or Sharm El Sheikh?

Quad biking is one of the most booked activities in Egypt, and it is offered in three very different places. In Giza you ride with the pyramids in view. In Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh you head into the mountains behind the beach hotels and finish at a Bedouin camp. We run quad tours in all three, so here is an honest comparison.

The three rides at a glance

	Giza Pyramids	Hurghada	Sharm El Sheikh
Landscape	Open sand with the pyramids on the horizon	Eastern Desert, sandy tracks towards rocky mountains	Sinai mountains, granite hills and wadis
Ride length	From 30 minutes up to 3 hours	Half day, about 4 hours with stops	Half day, about 4 hours with stops
Extras	Photo stops at the panoramic viewpoints	Bedouin village, tea, bread from the fire, short camel ride	Bedouin camp, sweet tea and a short camel ride
From	$20 per person	$40 per person	$40 per person
Best for	Pyramid photos and a short, flexible ride	A full desert afternoon on a beach holiday	Mountain scenery on a Sinai beach holiday

Giza: the ride with the view

The Giza rides start on the desert edge next to the plateau, a short drive from central Cairo. You can choose 30 minutes, one, two or three hours, or swap the quad for a dune buggy. The short rides are perfect if you only have a spare hour after visiting the pyramids. The longer rides go deeper into the open desert and spend more time at the viewpoints where you get the classic photo of all the pyramids in a row.

Our base is in Al Haram, at the foot of the plateau, so we can fit a ride around your sightseeing, at sunrise, in the afternoon or at sunset.

Hurghada: a desert afternoon from the beach

The Eastern Desert begins right behind the hotels of Hurghada. After a safety briefing you ride along sandy tracks towards the mountains, stop at a Bedouin village for tea and bread baked on the fire, and finish with a short camel ride as the sun goes down. It is a half-day outing, usually in the afternoon, with pick-up from your hotel.

Sharm El Sheikh: into the Sinai mountains

In Sharm the mountains are close and the scenery is rockier and more dramatic: you ride through wadis between granite hills before stopping at a Bedouin camp for sweet tea and a short camel ride. The light in the late afternoon turns the mountains red and orange.

Which one should you choose?

Staying in Cairo or Giza: the Giza ride, no question. Nothing else gives you pyramids and desert in one hour.
On a Red Sea holiday in Hurghada, El Gouna or Makadi: the Hurghada safari, for a relaxed afternoon with the Bedouin stop included.
On holiday in Sharm or Naama Bay: the Sharm safari, for the mountain scenery.
Travelling around Egypt: do the Giza ride in Cairo, and if you also stay on the coast, try the coast ride as well. They feel completely different.