Yacht Kite Safari or Sail Kite Safari – Differences, Pros & Cons
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Yacht Kite Safari or Sail Kite Safari – Differences, Pros & Cons

A yacht Safari and a Kite Safari are two different concepts that have in common the same love for kitesurfing. There are some major differences, but if you love kitesurfing, both are great kiting experience that you need to try at least once if your life. A kite safari on a yacht is more comfortable and offers better facilities and food, a sail kite safari is more adventurous and add the element of sailing on top of kitesurfing. Let’s see the basic differences here, where I will highlight pros and cons of both.

Yacht Kite Safari vs Sail Kite Safari

A yacht kite safari is a week long kite cruise in the Red Sea, cruising with a 40m motor yacht to the best windy spots and going to kite on beaches and lagoons, while using our yacht as our home base, directly at the spot, where to sleep, chill, eat and party. The same applies to a Sail Kite Safari, but with a smaller sail boat that can fit 6 people and 2 crew member.

The pros of a Yacht Kite Safari are numerous, if compared to a sail kite safari. It is a more comfortable kitesurfing experience, all the cabins on our yacht have a private toiled and aircondition, there is a restaurant that will cook fresh foods 3 times per days, we have drinks, a coffee machine, and an ice machine. One of the feedback that I receive more often is: this yacht is much better than I expected. It is indeed comfortable. Movements to the spots are faster (because the yacht is faster than a sail boat) and it’s in general a better organized kite safari – there are two fast rescue boats and a full team on board. A yacht safari is the direction to go, if you don’t have much experience in kitesurfing.

In a yacht safari there are normally 20/24 kiters – it is a very social kite trip, where you will meet people from all around the world and spend a week together.

Sailing kite safaris boats are smaller and more romantic, perfect for smaller groups of friends and for couples for example. It is a true kitesurfing adventure, and it’s not a fancy trip: small cabins, shared toilets, no aircondition. You can sleep on deck, watch the stars, play your guitar, and enjoy the calmness of the Red Sea. The big pro of a Sail Kite Safari is that there is no generator – the boat is incredibly silent during the night. Another big plus is that sometimes people don’t have a week for a kite safari – a sail kite safari can be shorter, for example 2/3/4 days, depending on your needs.

What I prefer?

In my opinion a kite safari needs to be a week long to experience it in full. And I need my toilet and my comfort. So the winner for me is the Yacht. Said that, I do daily trips to tawila with the sail boat sometimes just for fun. But that’s it, just a day.