Payment Terms:
Our cancellation policy is available here.
We strongly recommend comprehensive travel insurance.
Hurghada
Hotel ↔️ Airport: £30
Luxor
Airport ↔️ Hotel: £30
Cairo
Airport ↔️ Hotel: £40
Meet & Greet (Cairo Airport)
Inside airport assistance & transfer: £80 per person.
Additional Transfers
Cairo → Bahariya
Sharm El Sheikh → Dahab
Transfers apply if arriving outside scheduled group timings.
Egypt’s climate varies depending on location and season, but we will always guide you before travel.
🏜️ White & Black Desert
Cooler months (December – February) can become very cold at night, especially during camping experiences, with temperatures dropping as low as 6°C. Layers are essential, particularly for evenings and overnight desert stays.
🌴 Main Trips (Cairo, Luxor & Red Sea)
Warm days throughout most of the year. Winter months bring cooler mornings and evenings, so we recommend bringing a warm jacket or extra layer.
Useful Extras
Important: Sanitary products are not widely available in Egypt, so we recommend bringing your own supplies.
One of the biggest misconceptions about Egypt is that, because it’s a Muslim country, alcohol isn’t available. The good news is that throughout much of your Ride Egypt adventure, enjoying a drink is easy. Our hotels and venues in Luxor, Dahab, and along the Red Sea all have fully stocked bars where beer, wine, and spirits can be purchased and paid for locally.
The only areas that require a little forward planning are Cairo and the White Desert, where alcohol is either unavailable or more difficult to source. If you enjoy a glass of wine, a cold beer, or your favourite spirit, we highly recommend purchasing supplies from duty-free when you arrive in Egypt.
Trust us on this one: it pays to be organised! Hotels are always happy to provide ice, mixers, and glassware for your duty-free treasures. If you’d prefer us to arrange alcohol for you, we can source it locally. However, due to the logistics involved, prices are considerably higher than duty-free purchases, with wine approximately $35 per bottle and beer approximately $10 per can.
Pre-orders must be placed with us at least 48 hours in advance. If you’re joining one of our White Desert adventures, remember that you’ll be away for three days. Whilst one bottle of wine may sound plenty when you’re packing, many guests find themselves wishing they had brought a little extra for those evenings around the campfire and under the desert stars.
Should you wish Ride Egypt to arrange alcohol on your behalf, simply place payment in a sealed envelope and hand it to your host on the first evening.
To save you the hassle of carrying small notes, calculating percentages, and wondering who should be tipped and when, we operate a simple tip kitty system. The tip kitty is $150 per person and covers gratuities throughout your holiday. It helps us ensure that everyone who contributes to your experience is looked after fairly, from hotel staff and cleaners through to drivers, horse handlers, support teams, and your guides.
Tip kitties are collected at the welcome dinner. Please place your contribution in a sealed envelope with your name and the amount enclosed clearly written on the front. Once that’s done, you can simply relax and enjoy your holiday without having to think about tipping again.
A common misconception is that Egypt is a Muslim country and therefore has strict dress codes. Swimwear, swimsuits, bikinis, shorts, sundresses, and all the usual holiday clothing are very welcome throughout your trip.
Modest dress is only required inside mosques or places of worship, which are not included within our itineraries.
Before you travel, Ride Egypt will create a WhatsApp group and add all guests on your departure. This group becomes our little travel hub for the week. We’ll use it to confirm the following day’s programme, share pickup times, send reminders, answer questions, and keep everyone updated throughout the trip. It’s also where many of our guests share photos and videos as the adventure unfolds.
As a general rule, Wi-Fi in Egypt isn’t always as reliable as guests may be used to at home. Most hotels offer shared Wi-Fi access, but we strongly recommend purchasing a local SIM card when you arrive at Cairo International Airport. You’ll find several kiosks in the arrivals hall, including Orange and Vodafone, both of which offer excellent coverage and very affordable data packages.
Our recommendation? Buy the biggest data package available. The Ride Egypt WhatsApp groups have a habit of filling up with sunset canters, pyramid selfies, White Desert campfires, dolphin encounters, and hundreds of horse photos. You’ll almost certainly want to share your favourite moments with friends and family before you’ve even taken your riding boots off.
Orange is particularly popular as it offers an eSIM service, making it very easy for iPhone users to manage and top up their data during the trip.
Once you have booked your holiday we will provide you with a rider confirmation form to complete and send back, plus a comprehensive welcome guide. PLEASE READ IT. It will INCLUDE information such as where your driver will pick you up depending on your arrival airport, clothing suggestions, weather, electricity etc.
Our rider information forms require standard information for flights, diet and riding history, for example:
Please provide information on your travel insurance. We require that you take out a comprehensive travel insurance policy, including health cover, before you start your trip. Please ensure that your insurance covers unexpected losses or expenses e.g. lost luggage, stolen cash and credit cards or cancelled/missed flights.
You should check any exclusions and that your policy covers you for horse riding and all the activities you want to undertake – you may not be allowed to ride without adequate travel insurance so please do send us your insurance information before you depart.
Please note that some insurance policies specify that you must be wearing appropriate clothing and a riding helmet in order to be covered for horse riding activities. We strongly recommend that you wear a riding hat during the rides (and when handling the horses) but if you intend not to, please make sure that you are still insured and can claim for medical expenses in the event of an accident.
NB. We recommend that you book your insurance as soon as you book your holiday (or as soon after as possible!) and include cancellation cover, as you will need to claim on your insurance should you have to cancel your holiday due to illness, injury or other.
Trip Cancellation Insurance is recommended, in order to protect yourself against unforeseen circumstances interfering with your holiday.
These can be downloaded from our Dropbox here.
