Stargazing Safari Adventure by Jeep with Bedouin Dinner-Hurghada

Eine Tolle Tour, das Quad fahren in der Wüste mit den Guides war toll. Der Besuch bei den Beduinen war sehr informativ. Auch die Jeep Safari hat Spaß gemacht, aber für Menschen mit Rückenproblemen oder wie in meinem Fall Jemand der Größer ist als 185Cm ist echt unangenehm. Das Sitzen in den Jeeps auf den Bänken hinten im, während man durch die Wüste Fährt Offroad war kein Zuckerschlecken. Das Abendessen war mit auch sehr sehr gut und die Abendliche Folklore Show konnte sich auch sehen lassen

We were told (and paid) to get the VIP tour ????. Nobody there is very interested in you, only in your money. You have to rent a goggle to protect your eyes for 2€. The goggle is of bad quality. Then, if you don’t have a scarf, 4€ while you can buy them everywhere for 1€. They are very pushy to pay in € or $ and they can’t change! During the whole excursion someone is going along to take pictures and make a film for (in the beginning 25€, then 20€. They forbid you to use your smartphone during the rides. The photographer is very annoying. Quad ride 45 min: after 100 m there is a stop to convince you to buy a group photo. 10 min later there make a ‘break’ for 10 min. with a view on electricity pylons. The photographer uses this moments… as well as during the ride while he frequently takes a lot of attention instead of letting you enjoy the (short) ride. Then a 15 min ride back to the Scorpion Safari premises and the quad ride is finished. They leave you there for half an hour ‘to rest’. During that time, their bartenders trie to sell drinks. The drinks at the bar are very expensive even for Egyptian standards. Buggy ride for 25 min: after a slow ride for 5 min the make another ‘break’ . This time with a prison a a nice sight… The ‘accompanists’ take another smoke during 10 min. Then a slow drive back to the premises were you receive a bottle of water like promised. The material (quad’s but certainly the buggy’s) are totally worn out. If you book, they tell you that’s its all new. The brakes of our buggy didn’t work. It wasn’t a problem because wen we were driving, it was very slow. The gasoline injection seemed to be tampered with to certainty avoid to much use of gas (and possible speed). Visit to the Bedouin village: After 30 min break in the premises they drive you by jeep to an authentic Bedouin village. There you receive an explication about the real authenticity, which obviously isn’t true. The village is in really a huge tourism center to sell herbs, spices, strange crème’s they make themselves of plants you can’t see in miles around… Prices are also - like the whole ‘excursion’ - to expensive! If you bought noting, the tour guide is shocked and show’s it very clear. The camel ride is one of about 100 m… could be 150 m… In the huge square, there you receive a small “homemade” tea. Then you could climb a hill. The promise to see the beautiful sunset from the hill wasn’t possible because they forced us back into the jeep for the ride back to the Scorpion premises to have the “authentic Bedouin meal’ and show. We thought that all of this would be in the Bedouin village, but that wasn’t the case. Once again arrived in the premises you are almost obliged to buy drinks in their expensive bar before dinner. They force you to pay in € or $. Dinner was good. Then is a fast follow up and two short performances the ‘show’ is over, like your day. The performers weren’t enthusiastic and only there to fast ‘do their thing’. During dinner they ask you to fill in an evaluation form. You may not fill it in at home, the QR code on the form doesn’t work… If you have negative comments, immediately the guide goes into discussion on it. They expect, during the whole day, that you give tipping to everyone. Seems to be not included in noting during the activities. Tipping the salesmen in the Bedouin village, the camel accompanists (for the 100 m ride), the jeep drivers, … so the trip will cost you finally almost twice the price to have a lot of break’s and people that work there who just are finishing off their (seemingly) boring jobs. In general: a very disappointing experience and excursion!

Pas mal d’activités réunies en une seule journée : Jeep, chameau, visite d’un vlillage un peu mis en scène, quad et buggy. Le soir buffet correct et petit spectacle. Une journée sympa en famille. Pensez au lunettes et au foulard pour vous protégez du soleil et du sable.