KITE CRUISE EGYPT

WHAT IS A KITE CRUISE IN EGYPT

Imagine spending a week exploring and kiting in the best lagoons and islands of the Red Sea, while sleeping and living not on land, but on the spot on a luxury motor yacht – that is a kitesurfing cruise in the Red Sea, Egypt, and that’s what we have been doing since 2015. We kite every day, from early morning, even before breakfast, till sunset. Of course when we get tired and we need food and chill, we go back to the boat to rest and recharge our batteries for the our next session.

We do many trips in a year, the 2024 Kite Safari season will be a long one, like 2023 was. This kite cruise is a good fit for advanced and intermediates, that want to improve their skills, and for beginners alike.  If you are a total beginner, we can arrange for you this week a full kitesurfing course included in the price. And if you can already kite, Kite Clinics will be arranged to make sure you progress where you want to progress.

This kite cruise will start, typically on Saturday, from the marina of Hurghada, Egypt. We will welcome you on board that day, and we will have our first night in the marina, exploring the town of Hurghada and having a good dinner to properly meet up. We will sleep on the boat in the marina, ready to departure on Sunday early morning! We arrive back to the marina on the late afternoon of the Friday, for a last night on board, and we will leave the boat the next Saturday.

If you need help for finding flights to come to Egypt let us know – we have good contact with travel agencies and local operators, and we can definitely help you out. The airport of arrival is Hurghada international airport.

OUR BOAT

For our kite cruises we will use different boats, depending on the size of the group. One of our favorite is New Regency. This luxury motor yacht can have up to 22 kiters and 2 extra kite guides, it has a restaurant area that provides 3 meals per day, a big lounge with TV, a solarium, an upper sun deck with a bar for chilling and partying and a main deck for preparing the gear for the day.

New Regency comes with its own crew – captain, chef, sailors, and of course kite experts from the team of Sick Dog that will organise every detail of the trip. We have a great deal of experience with kite cruises in Egypt, and the boat is big and comfortable and ready to pamper you for a week.  It comes equipped with two zodiacs, that will be needed to reach the lagoons and the islands of the Red Sea and eventually for rescuing kiters in trouble.

EXTRA ACTIVITIES

Yoga: we will have on board a yoga teacher, to take care of our bodies and souls before or after our kiting sessions, with morning yoga and sunset yoga, on the solarium of the boat or right on the beach.

Snorkeling: the Red Sea with its beautiful reef and warm waters is waiting for you! A great activity, especially during no wind days.

Wakeboarding: using our zodiacs, we will do some wakeboarding when and where the water is flat.

Diving: in some of our kiting weeks, we will have a dive master on board – perfect if you are interested in having some fun under the water and not only above the water.

THE KITESURFING DAY – MORNING TO EVENING

Here I will tell you a bit more about how a classic kitesurfing day during one of our kitesurf cruises looks like:

6:00  – Wake up

we wake up for a quick coffee and a snack and we head to the beach for our first early morning session. This session (like every other session on our kite safaris) it’s obviously optional – feel free to sleep a little longer and to join us after breakfast on the beach. We will kite till 8 and head back to the boat for a well deserved breakfast.

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8:00-9:00 – Breakfast

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9:30-12:30  – Morning session

Back to the beach for a longer morning session. While the kite session before breakfast is dedicated to riders, now also students will join on the beach. There will be lessons and a lot of kitesurfing. At any time, if you are tired, you can take one of our rescue boat and get back to the boat. We will head back for lunch at 12:30

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12:30-13:30 – Lunch

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14:30-17:30 – Afternoon session

Everyone will head back to the beach for our afternoon sessions.

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17:30-19:30 – Relax

A drink, some music and a moment of relax on our upper deck before dinner.

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19:30- 20:30 – Dinner

Of course, not every day or night works like this – this is a kitesurfing adventure, and you are a big part of it. We shape the days together, according to our moods, skills, wind and desires.

KITE CRUISE DAY BY DAY

DAY 1 – You will arrive in Hurghada international airport and you will meet at the airport one of our guys that will bring you with our bus to the boat – you will meet at the marina all the crew and get settled in your cozy room. We will have dinner on the boat and if we are not too tired from the flight, maybe get a drink somewhere in town. We sleep on the boat in the marina the first night.

DAY 2 – We leave the marina in the early early morning of Sunday, and during breakfast we move to our first spot, Abu Mungar. As soon as we arrive, we will have our first kitesurfing session and then a good lunch to recharge our batteries. After lunch we will head down to the beach for our afternoon session, if you prefer to stay on the boat and chill a little more waiting for the sunset session, no problem, the boat is always available and ready to help you relax if you need a break. After the kite session, we will have dinner, and have a few drinks on the boat. We will then sleep on the boat in Abu Mungar.

DAY 3 – For the braves, we have this morning a before breakfast session. We wake up at 6am and we head to the spot with our zodiacs, ready for action. We will kite in the early morning, enjoying sunrise and the quietness of the Red Sea. We will then head back for breakfast and move during breakfast to our second spot, Tawila, one of the most iconic kitesurfing places in the Red Sea.  We will arrive in time for a before lunch session and we will be staying in Tawila for two nights, as this is one of the best kitesurfing spots both for beginners and advanced. In the evening, we will have a chance after dinner to learn how to fish calamari! We also have some video analysis of our kite session, to get ready for tomorrow session.

DAY 4 – All day kiting in Tawila, and more video analysis and sunset drinks. We sleep in Tawila again.

DAY 5 – We move early with the boat to Geisum, a beautiful wild island with a nice kite spot and the perfect place for an evening party on the beach! We will sleep in Geisum.

DAY 6 – It’s downwinder day! We will move in the early morning to Ashrafi, and from there we will do a 2h downwinder back to Geisum – we will start before breakfast, so get ready to wake up early! Then we will spend the whole day in Geisum and sleep there, so plenty of time for everyone to kite, even for the ones that are not ready for the downwinder.

DAY 7 – Last kiting day, we will head to the beach as early as possible, cause after lunch it is time to head back to the marina. We will have a last dinner on the boat and head to town to explore a little and enjoy the night life that Hurghada and El Gouna have to offer!

DAY 8 – Time to say goodbye. After breakfast, we will have to leave the boat, and according to each one travel plans, we will organise the transfers to the airport.

IMPORTANT: this is our program, but of course it really depends on the wind and on the wind forecast – according to those we will decide our best route day by day.

In case of no wind, we have planned some extra activities, like wakeboarding and snorkeling, but we expect wind, and while it is not guaranteed, is very probable. Also do not forget that in the middle  of the Red Sea, the wind is generally stronger than at land, making the % of wind even higher.

HOW DO I BOOK?

When you are ready to join us, we will send you an invoice for a deposit of 300€ to reserve your spot on the boat. The rest can be paid cash on arrival or via bank transfer 2 weeks before departure.

DO I NEED TO BRING MY PUMP FROM HOME?

No, we use diving tanks to pump our kites. You will be surprised to see how practical it is.

DO WE HAVE WIFI ON BOARD

Yes and it works perfectly: the new Starlink system developed by SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk. Perfect connection in all Red Sea, reasonable costs, youtube videos, video calls: and don’t forget that we are more than 20 connected at the same time on the boat!

I ARRIVE LATE AT NIGHT WITH MY FLIGHT, IS THAT A PROBLEM?

No, our team will pick you up at any time. Actually late at night flights are very practical, and most of our kiters arrive on the boat after midnight.

DO WE LAUNCH KITES FROM THE BOAT?

No – we will prepare and launch our kites right from the beach.

IS THIS A TRIP SUITABLE FOR EVERY KITE LEVEL?

Yes – it is not uncommon to have on the boat full beginners and really advanced riders. The conditions are in fact great for both groups and flat water, shallow and deep waters when needed.

DO I NEED A VISA TO ENTRY EGYPT?

In most cases, you can simply have a visa on arrival at the airport in Egypt: it will cost 25$ or the equivalent in Euro. In the visa form it will be requested an address in Egypt: simply put the name of the boat and the address of the Marina in Hurghada.

WHICH KITES SHOULD I BRING?

It depends on the forecast. Egypt can have low windy days (10 knots) and very strong days (30 knots): we will check the forecast together a few days before departure to make sure you know what to expect in terms of wind.

CAN I BRING A NON KITER ON BOARD, OR IT WOULD BE BORING FOR HIM/HER?

It happens to have non kiters on board – they can swim in the beautiful water of the Red Sea, wakeboard, snorkel, stand up paddle, or join us on the beach. And after sunset, when the kites are packed, the boats get pretty fun and animated. It’s a fun trip also if your partner/friend is not kiting.