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Sharm-el-Sheikh Cruise Port

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Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.

In port at Sharm-el-Sheikh, the bucket-list move is Ras Mohammed: Elite VIP Private Cruise & BBQ Lunch. Below: 5 bucket-list things to do on a Sharm-el-Sheikh port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Ras Mohammed: Elite VIP Private Cruise & BBQ Lunch
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Ras Mohammed: Elite VIP Private Cruise & BBQ Lunch

Sail in private luxury to Egypt's most celebrated marine sanctuary — Ras Mohammed National Park — anchoring at the legendary Shark & Yolanda reefs for world-class snorkeling, then a BBQ feast on deck. The Red Sea's finest underwater landscape, experienced with absolute exclusivity.

Book it Sharm el-Sheikh: Ras Mohammed Elite VIP Cruise and BBQ Lunch $80 per person
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Also bookable: Viator $28 per person
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Tiran Island: Private Dive & Snorkel Cruise with Gourmet Lunch
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Tiran Island: Private Dive & Snorkel Cruise with Gourmet Lunch

Cruise to Tiran Island's four legendary reef systems — Jackson, Woodhouse, Thomas, and Gordon — rated among the world's top ten dive sites. Crystal visibility, wall-to-wall corals, and pelagic marine life make this the Red Sea's ultimate underwater bucket-list day.

Book it Sharm El-Sheikh: Tiran Island Cruise Snorkel & Dive w/Lunch $49 per person
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Also bookable: Viator $28 per person
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Ras Mohammed & White Island: Luxury Snorkel Catamaran Cruise
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Ras Mohammed & White Island: Luxury Snorkel Catamaran Cruise

Sail a premium catamaran to both Ras Mohammed National Park AND the blinding-white sandbar of White Island — two of Sinai's most iconic seascapes in a single unforgettable day. Drift over coral gardens, then step onto a deserted white sand island rising from vivid turquoise shallows.

Book it Ras Mohammed & White Island: Snorkel, Optional Dive & Lunch $28 per person
Run by Ras Mohamed Nature Reserve · 4.80 from 3,900 reviews
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Sinai Desert Sunset Safari: ATV, Camel Ride & Bedouin Stargazing Dinner
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Sinai Desert Sunset Safari: ATV, Camel Ride & Bedouin Stargazing Dinner

Tear across the rust-red Sinai moonscape on a private ATV at sunset, then trade horsepower for a camel to ride into a Bedouin desert camp for an authentic fire-cooked dinner under a sky ablaze with stars. This is the raw, ancient Sinai that most visitors never reach.

Book it Sharm 5-in-1 Desert Safari: Quad, Camel Ride, Dinner & Stargazing $26 per person
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Cairo & the Pyramids of Giza: Private Luxury Fly-Day from Sharm
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Cairo & the Pyramids of Giza: Private Luxury Fly-Day from Sharm

When your ship docks, you have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to fly to Cairo, stand before the last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, and be back on board the same evening. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the Sphinx, and the Egyptian Museum — in a single extraordinary day.

Book it Private Day from Sharm to Cairo by plane, all entrance fees, Camel, Lunch, Guide $429 per person
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Castle Zaman: Clifftop Medieval Lunch & Gulf of Aqaba Views
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Castle Zaman: Clifftop Medieval Lunch & Gulf of Aqaba Views

Perched on a dramatic cliff above the Gulf of Aqaba, Castle Zaman is Sinai's most extraordinary restaurant — a handcrafted stone fortress serving slow-cooked Bedouin feasts with one of the most breathtaking views on Earth. A culinary and architectural experience unlike anywhere else in Egypt.

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Cruises that call at Sharm-el-Sheikh

Oceania · Oceania Nautica 21 nights · Sep 23, 2026 · from Piraeus (Athens), Greece from $3,930 pp Plan this whole trip → MSC Cruises · MSC Armonia 29 nights · Nov 1, 2026 · from Venice, Italy from $2,542 pp Plan this whole trip → Regent · Seven Seas Voyager 21 nights · Dec 7, 2026 · from Piraeus (Athens), Greece from $15,050 pp Plan this whole trip →
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