Hurghada, Egypt

Getting around Hurghada

How to travel around Hurghada — 5 options, what they cost, and which booking apps fix the fare before you go.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Airport transfer

Ten minutes from most resorts, and pre-booked transfers avoid the arrivals scrum.

Watch outDrivers refusing the meter and holding luggage until a higher fare is agreed.

2. Uber and Careem

Both operate in Hurghada and remove the negotiation entirely.

3. Microbuses

Shared minivans along the main road, very cheap and used by everyone local.

Cost: EGP 5–15

4. Boat transfers

Most reef and island trips leave from the marina or a resort jetty.

5. Buses to Luxor and Cairo

Go Bus and Blue Bus run long-distance coaches, booked online.

Booking apps in Egypt

Agreeing the fare in an app before you travel removes the argument at the end of the journey, which is where most transport scams happen. Links go to each app's official page — lookalike apps are themselves a scam.

Uber

Widely used in Egyptian cities, with fares agreed before pickup.

Coverage: Cairo, Alexandria, Hurghada and other larger cities.
Why it helps: Egyptian street taxis routinely refuse the meter; the app removes that negotiation and the luggage-hostage tactic.

Careem

The regional alternative to Uber, with the same fare-first model.

Coverage: Cairo, Alexandria and resort cities.
Why it helps: Fare is agreed in the app before the trip, and the route is recorded — which removes the refused meter, the tampered meter and the fixed 'foreigner price' in one move.