El Gouna Excursions

El-Gouna offers many exciting tourist activities, including cultural excursions to Luxor, Cairo, and Aswan and opportunities for diving, snorkelling, and desert safaris. At El Gouna Excursions, you can enjoy unique experiences during your stay at the resort. Meanwhile, Landious Travel provides a variety of activities departing from El-Gouna to Egypt’s most captivating destinations, such as Abu Simbel and Nile Cruises.

For thrill-seekers, El-Gouna is perfect, with plenty of action-packed adventures. You can explore the desert with local guides during safari tours, discover the underwater world, and swim alongside stunning dolphins at Dolphin House while snorkelling or diving.

Our team of travel experts provides fantastic Egypt tour packages which cater to all preferences. Our packages offer a unique blend of classic tours throughout ancient Egypt, Nile cruises, city tours, diving experiences, and desert adventures. Most Egypt travel packages have a private tour guide to ensure a personalized experience.

El Gouna

El Gouna (الجونة) is a self-sufficient, fully integrated resort town of 24,000 on the Egyptian Red Sea Coast just north of Hurghada. The city offers many activities and entertainment and is a popular destination yearly.

History of El-Gouna

Egypt resorts on the Mediterranean and the Red Sea usually have many hotels on previously uninhabited coastlines. El Gouna was built with a different mindset: a real town with inhabitants and “free-standing” restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and shops, as well as a marina for yachts. The same concept was used for Marina el-Alamein in the Mediterranean, Taba Heights in the Sinai East Coast, and Port Ghalib.

The construction of El Gouna (the name translates to “the bay” or “the lagoon”) on the site of the village of Kafr el-Gūna began in 1989 with work on the Tamr Henna Palace. The town stretches about 5 km along the coast and 2 km inland. It’s set up like a Mediterranean lagoon landscape with several islands connected by bridges. The buildings are a mix of modern and traditional architecture, and in addition to hotels, there are also holiday homes and housing for the resort’s around 10,000 employees. Italian, French, and American architects and engineers were also involved in the project.

Today, El Gouna’s facilities include a landing strip, three international standard marinas, universities and schools, an 18-hole championship golf course, 17 hotels, two spas, and a state-of-the-art gym. The town has over a hundred restaurants and bars, scuba diving, yachting, fishing, fully-equipped water sports centres, tennis, squash, padel and horseback riding.

El Gouna Plan

There are three main areas with shops, bars and restaurants:

• Downtown, including El Balad and Kafr el-Gouna;
• Tamr Henna, just north of the former, across a bridge
• Abu Tig Marina is much further north. Mangroovy Beach, Marina Beach, Buzzha Beach and Zeytouna Beach are the most extensive public beaches.

El Gouna Sights

Even though most of the town’s offerings fall in the Do category, El Gouna has a few things to see.

Church of Holy Mary and Archangel Michael

Coptic-Orthodox church in El-Bustan, just southwest of town, was designed by Italian architect Alfredo Freda and opened in 2004. The church has three naves and two bell towers. The paintings in the church are primarily by artist Mina El Comos Temesaus.

El Gouna mosque

Aquarium

Aquarium (Downtown) Here, you can see the underwater life of the Red Sea.

Mangrove island

An island about 500 m in length, in front of the Sheraton Miramar Resort.

Desert Breath

A landscape artwork was created west of the resort between 1995 and 1997 after a design by Greek artist Danae Stratou. It comprises 89 giant cone-formed pits and heaps arranged like a spiral. In the middle, a pond that was 30 m in diameter had long evaporated. The artwork has intentionally been left to deteriorate through erosion.

Deir Umm Duheis (Abū Schaʿr)

In the southeastern corner of the resort are the ruins of a Roman fort, which once housed about 200 soldiers of the Ala Nova Maximiana camel cavalry unit. There were bastions at all four wall corners and entrances on the northern and western sides. The last entry has an inscription revealing it was established in 309-311 during the rule of Aurelius Maximianus. The walls contained barracks, warehouses, stables, and the commander’s house. During the 7th century, the fort was a church for Coptic Christians, and later, it was possibly a destination for pilgrimage.

Culturama, Embassy of Knowledge, in the library

El Gouna Tours

If you seek adventure and a unique experience during your stay in El-Gouna, look no further than El Gouna Tours. They offer a variety of activities, including cultural tours to Luxor, Cairo, and Aswan, as well as diving, snorkelling, and desert safari. El Gouna Tours also provides the option of El Gouna excursions to Abu Simbel from El-Gouna and Nile Cruises from El-Gouna. El-Gouna excursions and tours offer much to those seeking thrill and excitement. You can explore the desert with locals during safari tours in El-Gouna or observe rare fish while snorkelling and diving with beautiful dolphins at Dolphin House during your vacation in El-Gouna.

If you are interested in Egypt travel packages, our travel experts are available to assist you in planning a memorable trip. We offer a variety of Egypt tour packages suitable for all tastes, including classic tours through ancient Egypt with Nile cruises, city tours, diving holidays, and adventures in the desert. Most of our Egypt travel packages are conducted by private tour guides, ensuring a personalized and enjoyable experience.

El Gouna Tours

Experience the wonders of Egypt’s rich history and culture with El Gouna Sightseeing Tours. Get ready to embark on a journey of discovery as we explore the secrets of the past through various trips, excursions, and travels. From El Gouna, we will take you to some of the most iconic sites and monuments built during the Ancient and Roman periods. You won’t want to miss the opportunity to witness the majestic pyramids in Cairo or the numerous temples in Luxor!

As we look towards the future, we are excited to offer you a chance to explore the wonders of Egypt’s past through our upcoming sightseeing excursions. With Landious Travel, we will take you on a lifetime journey to some of the country’s widely spread tombs, temples, and pyramids. Our history-related tours will take you to different historical destinations throughout Egypt, reaching all the Egyptian governorates in the south and three central governorates in the north.

Luxor Tours from El Gouna

Luxor, the legendary city where Egyptian civilization flourished, awaits you. Our excursion program includes visiting ancient Egyptian monuments, a descent along the Nile, e.g. Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings, and the opportunity to taste local food. We are also excited to offer tours to Qena, Sohag, Luxor, and Aswan in the south, all easily accessible from El Gouna’s unique location.

Cairo Tours from El Gouna

Cairo, the second most popular location, is also on our list of upcoming tours. Our journey to the state’s capital may not be short, but every minute on the way is worth it. Cairo, the “City of a Thousand Minarets,” is home to some of the most beautiful and outstanding mosques and the Egyptian Museum, which contains unique artefacts belonging to one of the world’s most developed and mysterious civilizations. Our tour also includes visiting Giza, where the world-famous Pyramids of Giza have stood for hundreds of years.

With El Gouna Sightseeing Tours, the possibilities are endless. Please choose from our long list of upcoming sightseeing tours and get ready to experience the magic of Egypt’s past. We can’t wait to take you on a journey of discovery!