Hurghada: Star watching Desert Adventure by Jeep with Dinner

Great food, fun ride, awesome experience watching the stars and the guide is very knowledgeable, highly recommended it

For a start you are not in a jeep and it's not a safari. You go through the dessert in a 4x4, squashed in with at least 6-8 people. The driver likes to speed and at times it felt like we were on a roller coaster. Extremely uncomfortable and left us both with a really sore back and backside. To see the sunset you must climb lots of uneven steps which are steep. The sunset is beautiful though. The time and food with the Beduoin people was amazing and the guide really knowledgeable. Star gazing... you see 2 stars and the moon.

It’s a nice experience. Mohamed, our guide was very nice. He revealed us a lot of stars . The sunset wasn’t as expected , I don’t know if it’s a normal thing in the desert but there was a haze that prevented us from seeing the sunset. Also I really liked that it wasn’t crowded.

Well organised tour. The keep safari was fun, we enjoyed the camel ride and loved seeing the sun set over the hills. The meal and the Bedouin village was excellent. The star gazing guide was great and made a big effort to explain all the constellation. We got a fantastic view of the moon. There was a lot of waiting around for the camel at the beginning

A brilliant experience from start to finish from the off Road experience to the camel riding, bedouin experience with bbq and star gazing. Muhammed was a brilliant guide and very knowledgeable, highly recommended

Excellent Value for Money Mohammed was a wonderful guide Who clearly has a passion for the Bedouin way of life.

What a fantastic trip, driver, guide, hosts were amazing. The keep ride was crazy and fun. Watching the sunset was truly beautiful and a moment to treasure. The stars, moon and knowledge of the stars was great, fabulous memories, pictures galore. And the food was authentic and delicious. Go on this trip so worth it

This had all the makings of a great experience yet was actually the worst trip I’ve experienced anywhere in the world. The trip was advertised as a small group and included pick up from our hotel, so we looked forward to it being personal and fun. The first sign of unscrupulous behaviour was a request to pay an extra 100.le per person for collection from our hotel, I wanted to cancel at that point but the request was made after the cancellation window. I questioned the payment and took it up with ViaTour. The jeep arrived and began picking up passengers from local hotels, 7 people were collected and we expected that was that as the jeep seemed full. From there we were taken to a Mobil gas station and left for 90 minutes whilst Mr Mohamed organised for a couple paying for a private tour to join our jeep. We also met up with another 2 jeeps full of people. From here we were taken to what is basically a quarry! The jeep ride was ok but it soon became miserable again. We arrived at what was supposed to be a Bedouin Camp, and we’re basically left to our own devices for another hour. We also met other Jeeps and now there were around 50 people. Mohamed’s focus was on xan Egyptian party 90% of the time. During this period Mohamed was taking people on the one Camel for a 20 metre walk. This was the ‘Ride a Camel in the desert’ part of the trip! Then we were taken over to a Bedouin lady making traditional bread, at last we thought, some introduction into the Bedouin life but alas not. Mohamed explained the three ingredients of the bread whilst it was cooked. He then held the bread out and allowed people to hold it whilst tearing a section off. Basically you were expected to eat the but the person before you held? We declined! We were then given tea and left again, after an hour we were told to “follow me” and marched up a primitive set of steps, with no safety in mind, to the top of a windswept hill. The dust was atrocious, and similar to that from building MOT. Every time someone’s foot moved you sucked in a lung full of super fine abrasive dust. Mohamed then left everyone to there own devices again. That was the ‘Watch the Sunset’ part. People came down and discussion began about how bad the trip was, at this point we were about 5 hours in. The BBQ was only just being lit and again we were left. As darkness fell a telescope appeared that was more like a toy. He asked everyone to look at …… The Moon! The magnification could be outdone by photographing it with your phone and zooming in. The amount of people present meant this went on for some time. Next was the star Sirius, again nothing to see but it took ages. After this was more sitting around, people were actually asking if the could leave now without eating. Mohamed actually said that the Bedouin people are offended when this happens (take from that it’s a regular occurrence). Eventually the food arrived, by all accounts it was good, we had sore throats and didn’t fancy eating. People ate a small plate then made there way to the driver to demand being taken home. Mohamed popped up and demanded his 100.le or no ride home. Reluctantly and under duress everyone payed. The trip started at 13:40 and we got back at 21:00. Most of that time we were left alone. This trip had all the ingredients and I feel sorry for the Bedouin people for not being properly represented and showcased by Mohamed. People were desperate to learn about their life and culture yet received hardly anything. It was all about ticking boxes rather than a great experience. I emailed Viator regarding the extra 100le and they said they would email Egyptra Travel. Guess what, nothing back!! This trip gets readvertised using different product codes so it makes it hard to track feedback. I would certainly recommend avoiding it, and Egyptra Travel, there are better tours out there from people who care about your experience

We had a really fun afternoon with my family. Unfortunately we barely saw any stars because of the clouds, but naturally that's something no-one can control. The camel ride, the super fun jeep ride, the walk in the desert and seeing the Bedouin tradition and having a nice dinner made it worthwhile even though it was a cloudy day. And our guide did his best to look for the stars when there was a few seconds/minutes opening through the clouds and he promised to compensate us with some self-made footage about the Moon and other celestial bodies.

Great experience with the jeep safari. Mohammed was very friendly as a tour guide. Amazing experience with the star gazing, Mohammed was knowledgeable. Food was nice too. We went up the hill to see the sunset. Highly recommended.