Where to Ride: the 4 Best Private Horse Riding Tours in Egypt

1.Private Full-Day Customized Tour With Carriage Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 105 reviews · from $58Our pick

Build a 7 to 8-hour Luxor tour around your priorities, from Karnak and Luxor Temple to the Valley of the Kings. A private car, Egyptologist guide, local lunch, bottled water, and traditional carriage ride are included. Guides such as Omran, Aziz, Dua, and Laila have earned strong praise.

“Amazing ! A Great day ! Valley of the Kings is a wonderful place such fantastic condition for 4000 years old. We also visited Karnak & Luxor temple along with a few others, spectacular buildings. All managed by a great tour guide (Omran) and friendly driver Hamdy !! we booked flights and tour seperately with no hassle and cheaper than the trips advertised on the usual places.”

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2.Private Horse Riding Tour in Luxor West Bank

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 91 reviews · from $12Best value

Ride privately with Luxor Stables through villages, sugarcane and banana fields, desert tracks, and sites near Memnon and Hatshepsut. Choose one to four hours, sunrise or sunset, or an all-day trip. Guides such as Mahmoud and Mando work with beginners, while helmets, water, and chaps are provided.

“Luxor Stables was one of my best memory in Luxor. Nobi was really great during my booking and Mahmoud an amazing guide during the trip. I RECOMMAND !”

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3.Luxor East Bank: Private Half-Day Tour W/Free Carriage Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $48

See Luxor’s East Bank with a private vehicle and licensed Egyptologist. Visit Karnak and Luxor Temples, stop for local Egyptian lunch, then enjoy a traditional horse carriage ride and free camel ride. Choose the booking option carefully, since temple entry fees are not always included.

“Great. The guide was very nice and showed us around the plantations and told us a lot about Egypt, customs, traditions, and everyday life. Please note that there are animals living in captivity there, which can be difficult to look at and may be disturbing to some. It is best not to go beyond the fruit trees.”

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4.Cairo: Private Arabian Horse Ride at the Giza Pyramids

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 8 reviews · from $75

Ride an Arabian horse in the desert outside the Giza Pyramids enclosure, with views of all three pyramids and hotel pickup in an air-conditioned vehicle. Your tour assistance includes bottled water, snacks, and basic history. Expect about one hour in the saddle, not a full pyramid-site visit.

“Best suited for tourist purposes, riders will not enjoy it! The time specified (3-hour tour) refers to the entire time from pickup to return to the hotel (I was back after 2 1/2 hours!!). Riding time is 1 hour (in my case from arrival to dismounting, but the horse is not yet saddled at that point! However, I was allowed to choose. A lot of time is wasted taking photos. Why is it necessary to have a driver and a guide who doesn't explain anything along the way and doesn't even know where the "ride" is going? The guide couldn't explain the difference between this and a 2-hour tour, which…”

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