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Good news for camels and horses. UK-based travel company Aero Travels has dropped cruel camel and horse rides at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt from its tours.
The decision was made just a week after we urged our supporters to contact the company to ask them to do right by horses and camels. Thank you to more than 12,000 compassionate people who emailed the company. When we speak out for the animals, we create change.
Camels and Horses Are not “Taxis”
Horses are herd animals who can feel stressed if forced to live alone and mourn each other’s deaths. Camels are known to greet one another by blowing air on each other’s faces. They don’t deserve to be abused for tourist rides.
PETA Asia’s latest investigation into the historic site documented handlers violently beating exhausted horses and camels who are used to haul tourists in the blistering heat and without shade. Injured and malnourished horses were seen eating from rubbish dumps, and the bodies of dead horses were found discarded every day at rubbish heaps outside the Giza pyramids.
Camels considered too old, sick, or injured to be useful were often hauled to a slaughterhouse, where their throats were slit while they were still conscious. One camel on video can be seen continuing to kick for agonising minutes after her throat has been cut.
Whether you’re planning a trip to Egypt or anywhere else in the world, please always stay away from camel riding and camel trekking.
Travel Companies Reject Animal Abuse
Aero Travels’ decisive action will stand them in good stead with compassionate tourists who only want to deal with companies that shun these shameful rides. It now joins more than 50 businesses that won’t promote or sell animal rides at the pyramids, including Marriott, Airbnb, Audley Travel, British Airways Holidays, easyJet holidays, Exodus Adventure Travels, Flash Pack, Hays Travel, Scott Dunn, and Travel Republic.
Camels Need You to Take Action
Travel operators that are still profiting from animal abuse in Egypt must immediately follow suit. Let’s secure another victory for horses and camels. Join us in calling on Stubborn Mule Travel and On The Go Tours to follow in Aero Travel’s compassionate footsteps and drop horse and camel rides from their offerings.
donderdag 4 december 2025
Animal welfare organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA) , has made 2 lists of travel companies that do, or refuse to offer camel and horse rides
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
More British Travel Providers Are Saying ‘No’ to Animal Rides at the Pyramids in Egypt
More and more travel companies are agreeing not to offer or promote animal rides at the Pyramids in Egypt. And a growing number are saying no to camel rides worldwide. Here’s how camels are abused for rides, which companies made the compassionate decision not to promote such cruelty, and what you can do to help.
What’s Wrong With Camel Rides?
PETA Asia investigations at the pyramids of Egypt reveal extreme suffering and the subsequent death of camels and horses used for tourist rides. Watch this video to see handlers routinely beating them with sticks, whips, and other weapons. ( I have removed the video too graphic )
Many animals are so emaciated that their ribs jut out through their skin, and when they collapse, they are beaten and forced to continue working. Camels often have open sores and bloody wounds, are tied up or hobbled when not being used for tourist “selfies” or rides, and are not provided with shade or water. Malnourished horses try to subsist by eating from rubbish dumps and are not provided with veterinary care – even when they have open wounds and broken legs.
At Birqash Camel Market, where camels are often sold to be used for tourist rides, the exploited animals are beaten bloody and their legs are tied so tightly with rope that they can’t even walk freely. When camels and horses are no longer able to give rides, they are dumped like rubbish or hauled to abattoirs and killed for their flesh.
These Travel Companies Do Not Offer Camel Rides at the Pyramids
These British travel operators do not offer or promote exploitative animal rides at the pyramids.
Abercrombie & Kent
Aero Travels
Affordable Luxury Travel
Airbnb
AllTrippers
Audley Travel
Booking Holdings
Contiki
Costsaver
Exodus Adventure Travels
Explore!
Families Worldwide
Flash Pack
G Adventures
Hays Travel
Insight Vacations
Marriott
Original Travel
Tauck
The Adventure People
The Natural Travel Collection
Trafalgar
Trailfinders
Travel Bag
TravelLocal
Travel Republic
Uniworld
These Travel Companies Do Not Offer Camel Rides Anywhere
Whether it’s happening in Egypt, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Gran Canaria, Australia, or anywhere else, camel treks and rides exploit camels. Leading the way in compassionate travel, these travel operators do not offer or promote exploitative rides in Egypt, or anywhere else worldwide.
American Holidays
British Airways Holidays
Citalia
Destination 2
Destination 2 Cruise
easyJet holidays
Exoticca
Expat Explore
Group Tour Shop
HF Holidays
HolidayGems
KE Adventure Travel
Newmarket Holidays
Red Savannah
Riviera Travel
Scott Dunn
Sovereign Luxury Travel
The Ultimate Travel Company
Titan Travel
TourAxis
Travcorp Holdings
We Are Travel Girls
Say ‘No’ to Camel Rides
You don’t have to wait until all travel operators stop promoting cruel activities that exploit camels, horses, and other animals. Be a responsible traveller and avoid all tourist traps that involve animals. Use this guide to learn more about the ways animals are abused for tourism
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