ATV Riding in Sharm el Sheikh: Drive Your Own Buggy

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Duration3h

GroupUp to 10

LanguagesEN · DE +3

PickupAt your hotel

Take the wheel across open desert and trade the ordinary for speed and sand.

Drive your own sand buggy through the open Sinai desert near Sharm el Sheikh, with hotel pickup, a guided route, safety briefing and a stop at a Bedouin tent included. No experience is required — the activity is built for couples and groups of friends who want to operate the buggy themselves rather than watch from a passenger seat. A guide leads the route, helmets are provided, and the whole experience runs about three hours.

Step-by-step itinerary

Buggy safari and desert experience

Hotel pickup
Drive sand dune buggies
Relax at Bedouin tent
Enjoy Egyptian tea
Hotel drop off

The Experience

You get picked up from your hotel and driven to the starting point, where the guide gives a safety briefing and shows you how to handle the buggy. Then you drive it yourself across the open desert — not following a track someone else laid out, but steering your own line through the golden sands. The buggy is built for two, so you and a partner sit side by side, which is why couples book this one. Speed, control, and the desert around you are all yours to manage for the next stretch of the ride.

After the driving portion, the group stops at a Bedouin tent where you sit down with Egyptian tea and watch the desert light change. It's a break from the adrenaline, and a moment to talk through what just happened. The whole outing — pickup, drive, tea stop, and return to your hotel — takes about three hours. A guide is with the group the entire time and speaks English, Spanish, Italian, German or one additional language, so instructions and safety details come through clearly.

The helmet is provided, and you ride in an air-conditioned vehicle to and from the starting point, so the heat of the desert is something you choose when you're behind the wheel, not something you endure getting there. Limited spots per group keep the experience from feeling crowded, and the setup means you're not waiting for other riders to finish — you drive when it's your turn.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off.
sand buggy drive from the starting point through the desert and back.
helmet.
guided route with safety briefing.
tea at a Bedouin tent.
air-conditioned vehicle transport to and from the activity.

Good to know

Easy physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Tourex Egypt

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to operate the buggy yourself rather than ride as a passenger — the whole point is that you're steering, accelerating and braking across the open desert, not watching someone else do it. The two-seat setup works best for couples or pairs of friends who want to share the moment together.