Hurghada Solo Travel: Shared Trips, Private Tours and the Single Supplement
Updated October 1, 2026 · 8 min read
Travelling solo in Hurghada doesn’t need a special set of excursions – it needs the usual ones. Almost everything here is sold per person and with hotel pick-up, exactly the format that suits a solo traveller best. The best compromise between a big shared trip and a private boat is the Orange Bay Yacht, Snorkel, Breakfast, Lunch & Drinks trip: five hours, from €29.75 per person, rated 4.7 across 769 reviews, with a small group stated directly in the description. Steer clear of private sea trips: the boat is sold as a whole. And ask exactly one question a couple doesn’t have to: is there a single supplement for accommodation – but only where there’s an overnight stay.
Solo travel has a reputation for being an expensive choice, and in Europe that reputation is deserved: there, a single supplement gets added almost everywhere. Hurghada works differently, and the reason is structural. There are two places where a solo trip still gets pricier, and you can’t see them from the descriptions. Both are below.
Why solo is easier here than it sounds
Hurghada’s most popular excursions are shared trips, and that’s not a drawback – it’s exactly what a solo traveller needs. You pay for a seat, get picked up from your hotel, and you’re not the only guest on board.
- Yacht to three islands with lunch, eight hours, from €44 per person, 8,267 reviews.
- Luxury Orange Bay cruise with lunch, 8 hours 30 minutes, from €45.65, 6,664 reviews.
- Royal Seascope semi-submarine, two hours, from €18.57, 5,424 reviews.
- Speedboat to two islands with a dolphin search, four hours, from €33.25, 4,085 reviews.
- Six islands by speedboat, eight hours, from €40, 2,477 reviews.
The number of reviews here isn’t a quality indicator, but a sign of how busy the trip is: plenty of people go on these outings. For a solo traveller, that’s more of an advantage than a drawback.
Five formats that suit solo travellers best
| Trip | Duration | from | Rating | Suits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Tour & Bazaar with Optional Sand Museum Visit | 4 hours | €15 | 4.8 across 188 reviews | those who want a day that doesn’t depend on the wind |
| Royal Seascope Submarine Cruise with Snorkel Stop | 2 hours | €18.57 | 4.4 across 5,424 reviews | those with a small budget and a first trip out to sea |
| Orange Bay Yacht, Snorkel, Breakfast, Lunch & Drinks | 5 hours | €29.75 | 4.7 across 769 reviews | those who don’t want a crowd but pay for a seat, not the whole boat |
| 3 Islands, Dolphins & Snorkel Yacht Trip w/ Lunch | 8 hours | €44 | 4.7 across 8,267 reviews | those who find it easier on board among people than in a small group |
| Intro Diving Beginner and Discover Red Sea Underwater | 8 hours | €44.70 | 4.8 across 1,419 reviews | those who want something to do, not small talk to keep up |
Check availability and prices for the OrangeBay yacht
There’s also a second small-group option: the luxury yacht with snorkelling or a trial dive, 7 hours 30 minutes from €39 per person rated 4.9. Its description states a personal one-on-one instructor. Fewer people for a comparable price.
Where a solo trip still gets pricier
Private trips. Anything sold as a whole – boat, car, guide – costs the full amount when you’re alone. A private speedboat to Orange Bay and White Island is listed at four hours from €180 for a group of up to two, a private speedboat to Dolphin House from €190 for a group of up to two. For two, that’s already debatable; alone, it’s almost never worth it: the price doesn’t split. How to work out prices like these, and what to ask, is covered in our article on the private speedboat and group prices.
The exception is land-based private formats, where the price is per person: a private city tour with transfer from €12.25, a private limousine tour with a personal guide – three hours from €19.18. Here, the difference between the shared and private option is measured in single euros, not hundreds.
Overnight trips. Trips with an overnight stay – for example, the two-day Luxor tour with a hotel, a hot-air balloon flight and a boat ride, from €232.09 per person with 1,197 reviews – are exactly the format where a single supplement for accommodation usually turns up worldwide. It isn’t stated anywhere in the descriptions of Hurghada’s offers. That doesn’t mean there isn’t one – it means you need to find out at checkout for your date, or by messaging the operator. The one-day version of the same trip, without an overnight stay, costs from €80.03 rated 4.9 with 1,825 reviews; for a solo traveller, it removes the question entirely.
Land-based days that don’t depend on the wind
The city and bazaar tour lasts four hours, costs from €15 per person and holds a rating of 4.8. The Sand Museum is included as an option. It’s the day that saves the week if the port closes because of waves: you don’t lose anything and don’t have to reschedule.
Check dates for the city and bazaar tour
Another format that doesn’t depend on the wind is Mini Egypt Park with transfer: three hours, from €25.44, rated 4.5 across 1,007 reviews. And Hurghada’s most talked-about desert excursion – the quad bike through the desert and to the Red Sea, three hours from €12.87 with 3,358 reviews – holds only 4.3 stars; price alone says little here. The longer trips are land-based too: Cairo by bus – fifteen hours from €65.33 with 7,133 reviews, Luxor with the Valley of the Kings – a full day from €80.03. In both cases you travel with a large group, which makes the day easier rather than harder when you’re on your own.
Training – the most underrated solo format
The intro diving course in the Red Sea lasts eight hours, costs from €44.70 per person and holds a rating of 4.8 across 1,419 reviews. Training is inherently individual: you work with an instructor, not a group. Discuss medical questions with a doctor, not the instructor. More in our article on the first dive.
Check the intro diving course in the Red Sea
What to ask before you pay
- How the transfer works. A shared bus does the rounds of several hotels; ask what time you’ll actually be picked up and how long the rounds take. On getting around the city – separately.
- Whether a single supplement is stated – for any trip with an overnight stay. Ask for a figure, not “usually not”.
- How lunch is counted. On shared trips, food is usually included for everyone, but the trip descriptions don’t confirm this.
- Cancellation terms. For a solo traveller, this matters more than for a couple: you’d have to cancel the whole booking, not just part of it.
- What happens in strong wind. Sea-based programmes get postponed more often than land-based ones.
What we won’t promise
We won’t write that somewhere is “safe”, or that some excursion is “suitable for a woman travelling alone”: the trip descriptions don’t contain that kind of information, and we haven’t checked it ourselves. For an assessment of the current situation, use the official sources of your own country – not reviews, and not sites like ours.
And one more honest point. Hurghada is a resort that grew up around hotels, not a town with pedestrian evening life: it stretches almost forty kilometres along the coast, and you get between districts by taxi. Travelling alone, it’s worth factoring that into your choice of hotel just as much as your choice of excursion. We covered what’s in the town itself, and what isn’t, in our article on Hurghada’s sights.
Our recommendation
For most people travelling solo, the Orange Bay Yacht, Snorkel, Breakfast, Lunch & Drinks trip is the right call: five hours, from €29.75 per person, rated 4.7 across 769 reviews. A small group is stated in the description, the price is for a seat rather than the whole boat, and half the day stays free. Who it doesn’t suit: anyone who wants a full day with lunch on board and doesn’t mind a bigger crowd.
That’s exactly what the yacht to three islands suits – eight hours, from €44 per person, rated 4.7 across 8,267 reviews. It’s Hurghada’s most talked-about excursion, and there are plenty of people on board; for a solo traveller, that usually helps rather than hinders.
Check dates and prices for the 3 Islands yacht trip
A small budget is suited by two short formats: the Royal Seascope cruise at two hours from €18.57, and the city and bazaar tour at four hours from €15. Anyone who wants something from the holiday besides photos takes the intro diving course – from €44.70 rated 4.8.
What we actively advise a solo traveller against: private sea trips. €180 and €190 per group of up to two split onto one person without a remainder, and that’s more than four times the price of a shared day on the yacht at €44. The full range of formats is gathered in the things to do in Hurghada section, sea trips in the island trips section, land trips in the desert safari section.
