Experiences · thrills and crafts
Egypt by fire, stone, water and sand
Go down inside a pyramid, dive to a wartime wreck and walk a Bedouin trail. Blow glass, carve stone and sit at a loom. Choose an element, then how much nerve you bring. Every experience is arranged around your route, and nothing is promised until it is confirmed.
1 Choose an element
- All four13 experiences
- Fire2 experiencesFurnaces and solder: glass gathered hot, and a lantern made for Ramadan.
- Stone3 experiencesDown inside a pyramid, into a tomb's evidence, and a chisel in calcite.
- Water3 experiencesA war wreck on the seabed, one breath in Dahab, and a first kite.
- Sand and thread5 experiencesDunes and mountain trails, and the looms and needles of the people who live there.
2 How much nerve do you bring?
Physically demanding or unnerving: steep, tight, deep, hot or remote.
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A war wreck on the seabed, one breath in Dahab, and a first kite.
One breath in Dahab
A beginner freediving course in one of the world's freediving towns, down a line on a single breath.12 m the least depth of the beginner course's dive, on one breath
Nerve: Bold2–3 days
Open the layerswhat happens · what it asks · what we confirm
What happens
- Learn to breathe up, relax and equalise in theory and shallow water.
- Hold a two-minute static breath-hold with an instructor beside you.
- Dive down a line in open water, turn, and come back up on the same breath.
- Practise rescuing a buddy, because freedivers never dive alone.
What it asks of you
Water confidence more than fitness, and a medical statement. Hardest of all is learning to relax.
Before you go, we confirm
- 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
Your first kite
A kitesurfing course chosen beach by beach: the depth, the wind and the rescue boat.5 places compared in our kitesurfing guide, from the official sources
Nerve: BoldSeveral days
Open the layerswhat happens · what it asks · what we confirm
What happens
- Choose the beach before the course, using our guide.
- Learn kite control on the beach, then body-drag in the water.
- Work towards the water start, at the pace the wind allows.
- Finish with a record of the level you reached.
What it asks of you
Balance, strength in the core and legs, and days: wind decides how quickly you progress.
Before you go, we confirm
- 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
How an experience earns a place here
- A story, a skill or accessIf a marketplace already sells it as a ticket and there is nothing more to it, it is not here.
- Licensed people, checked before you goDivers, drivers and guides are confirmed for your date. Every page lists what we confirm first.
- Makers named when they agreeNo host appears here until they have agreed to be named. Every experience is a concept until then, and the page says so.
Ask about an experience
Tell us which ones and where you will be. Concept · on request means we still confirm the host, the date and the terms with you before anything is booked.
Your Egypt, your pace
Request a quote
Tell us your dates and party size. A quote will confirm the itinerary, total price, inclusions and cancellation terms before you decide.
Sending a request does not make a booking or reserve availability.
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FischerFotos, CC BY-SA 4.0; Alaazzpov, CC BY-SA 4.0; Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0; Zezinho68, CC BY-SA 4.0; David Dennis from Scotts Valley, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Wikicomman, CC BY-SA 4.0; Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0; Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0; Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0; Mohamed kamal 1984, CC BY-SA 4.0; Ahmed Emad H, CC BY-SA 4.0; PMATAS, CC BY-SA 4.0; Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 4.0
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