Egypt Itineraries:

Best of the Red Sea

World famous dive sites make up this memorable itinerary - including Elphinstone, Daedalus, Rocky Island and the Island of Zabargad.

QUALIFICATION NEEDED: You must have a minimum of 50 logged dives to join this safari and ideally be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent.

Please note that night diving and snorkelling will only be allowed on some parts of this itinerary as it includes marine parks where this is prohibited.

SAMPLE ITINERARY:

**PLEASE NOTE** the itinerary below is just an example of the route taken and the order and dive sites are not guaranteed. All dives sites are subject to weather conditions and the final route taken is at the absolute discretion of the captain and dive guides.

Day 1 - Shona or Abu Dabab and/or Elphinstone Day 2 - Daedalus reef Day 3 - Rocky Island Day 4 - Zabargad Island South, "Khanka", Zabargad Island East or South Day 5 - Fury Shoal (Shaab Claudio, Abu Galawa Soraya, Shaab Maksour, Malahi, Abu Galawa Kebir) and Wadi Gamal - overnight sailing Day 6 - Elphinstone and/or Shona, Marsa Mubarak

ITINERARY HIGHLIGHTS:

Elphinstone Reef A Red Sea legend. One of the most beautiful reefs, with its north and south plateau's covered in hard and soft corals and visiting pelagics, this truly is an awesome reef.

Daedalus About 180 km south of The Brother Islands, this huge reef is surrounded by a sheer wall and strong currents allowing for fantastic drift diving. The hard corals grow to huge sizes but make sure you also keep an eye on the blue!

Zabargad The Island of Zabargad is an amazing dive spot. It is characterised by an enormous mountain reaching out of the water, surrounded by a lagoon and circling reef. There are a couple of wrecks and a great variety of corals and reef fish.

Rocky Island Rocky Island hosts a fringing reef that circles the entire perimeter of the island, dropping steeply to astonishing depths, although the most interesting features and life are found above 12m. Watch the blue for life but take care as there can be strong currents.

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Underwater images featured by Dray Van Beeck - www.drayvanbeeck.com