Skip to content
Deluxe Trips Egypt
Plan your trip

Experiences · Sea & water

Under the Red Sea, on it, and on the wind.

Diving, snorkelling, freediving, kitesurfing and sailing ask very different things of you. Filter by what you want to do and where you are staying, then put up to three side by side: the skill each needs, the time you actually spend in the water, and what you will see.

A truck in a cargo hold of the Thistlegorm wreck, its cab covered in marine growth.

What do you want to do, and where are you staying?

What to do
EverythingScuba divingFreedivingKite & windSailingBoats & water sports
Starting from
AnywhereHurghadaEl GounaSoma BaySharm El SheikhDahabRas SudrAswan

Showing 0 of 6 · Clear filters · 2 in your comparison

Side by side

Comparing 2 of 3

Starting prices are the lowest to expect; times are our planning estimates. Every detail is confirmed before anything is arranged.

Clear the comparison
Comparison of Your first kite, One breath in Dahab
Your first kite RemoveOne breath in Dahab Remove
Starting price
Starting priceUSD 418Per person for a beginner course with equipment.Your written quote confirms the price for your party, dates and choices.
Starting priceUSD 232Per person for the beginner course.Your written quote confirms the price for your party, dates and choices.
Where it startsEl Gouna, Soma Bay, Dahab or Ras SudrDahab
ActivityKite & windFreediving
Skill or certificationNone; balance and core strength helpNone; you must swim 200 m non-stop
Minimum ageSet by the schoolSet by the school and the course standard
Time actually doing itLessons as the wind allowsTheory, shallow-water sessions, then line dives
Total timeSeveral days2–3 days
Best seasonDepends on the beach; our kitesurfing guide compares themYear-round; the sea is coolest in winter
What you seeA shallow lagoon, with the wind doing the workThe reef wall and blue water down a line
What it asksBalance, strength in the core and legs, and days: wind decides how quickly you progress.Water confidence more than fitness, and a medical statement. Hardest of all is learning to relax.
What we confirm first
  • A licensed school at the exact beach you choose
  • Lesson length, instructor ratio and the rescue arrangements
  • Enough days for the wind to give you lessons
  • A school teaching an internationally recognised course, with its instructor ratio
  • Your medical statement, and what the school requires
  • Course days that fit your route
Next stepAsk about it Add to my trip Ask about it Add to my trip

Nothing matches all of those choices yet.

Widen one filter, or tell us what you have in mind and we will look.

Show every sea & water experience

Tours

Red Sea day trips by boat

Guided days with transport and the arrangements taken care of, each on request.

Photography credits (3)

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0; Sovernigo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Alexander Vasenin, CC BY-SA 3.0

Ask us

Not sure which sea & water experience fits?

Tell us where you are staying, when, and who is coming. We reply with what fits, the price for your party and what we confirm first. Nothing is booked until you accept.

Ask us Plan the whole trip
2 of 3 chosenCompare them
Photography credits (6)

Igorgalli, CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikicomman, CC BY-SA 4.0; cattan2011, CC BY 2.0; Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0; Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0; Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz, CC BY-SA 2.0