12 Day Liveaboard Diving Program on a Yacht in the Red Sea, Egypt
12 Day Liveaboard Diving Program on a Yacht in the Red Sea, Egypt Full Itinerary
Day 1
Arrive Sharm el-Sheikh, you will be met and transferred to embark your Red Sea cruise. Start planning the first refresher dive. After sunset, a night dive. Overnight on your yacht.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Day 2
Start cruising south before sunrise and we wake up at a new location: Beacon Rock. this is where the ill-fated British ship the "Dunraven" sank in 1867. The wreck is easy to enter, making it a good dive. After lunch, you will dive the "Small Crack", a passage that leads from the inner reef to the open sea.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3
Prepare yourself for the best wreck dive ever - on the S/S "Thistlegorm". This British supply ship was carrying supplies and ammunition to an English battalion in Egypt when it was sunk by a German aircraft during World War II. Discovered in 1993 and since then became a diver's delight, the ship is full of trucks, motorcycles, train engines, tanks, and other war supplies. Huge schools of game fish and beautiful soft corals surround the wreck. We will spend the entire day here, with at least 4 dives.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4
Next stop: "Shag Rock". Choose from either another spectacular wreck dive or a reef dive featuring a huge table and fan corals. Around this reef opportunity to see white tip sharks, reef sharks, sea turtles, and a variety of other marine life.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5
Early arrival to Shaab Abu-Nuhas, an atoll north of Shaduan Island. This reef is a graveyard of 4 wrecks, not only are the wrecks spectacular, the marine life is beautiful as well. In the afternoon we cruise to the alternatives reef which is an excellent location for our night dive.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6
Today you will dive in what is reputed to be the best reef dive in the world: "Shark Reef" on Ras Mohammed - the ultimate wall dive! At least 2 dives at this wall, before moving on to a new site for a long and shallow dive.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Image Source: Roland Unger
Day 7
We dive at the Shark Observatory of Ras Mohammed, an exciting dive area. The reef table is narrow and its seaward wall is a sheer 700 meters drop to the deep blue. Later we cruise to Fisherman's Bank to dive the amazing reef and visit 2 caves. PM Cruise back to Sharm el-Sheikh for an evening and a farewell dinner party.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8
Disembark your ship after breakfast in Sharm and transfer to the Sharm El Sheikh Marriott Resort. Balance of day at leisure. Overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 9
Travel by car through the Sinai Peninsula. It was in the Sinai that Moses received the Ten Commandments. Prophet Elijah sought refuge from Queen Jezebel and the Holy family traveled on their journey into Egypt. Visit the St. Catherine Monastery, built by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century to shelter Christian Monks. The Monastery contains the Chapel of the Burning Bush, the mosaic of the transfiguration of Christ and a library containing early Christian manuscripts. You will see as well as climb if you wish Mount Moses Mountain which is beyond the Monastery, where the Monks have built a staircase of rocks consisting of 3,750 steps leading to the summit. Overnight at the St. Catherine Village.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 10
Early morning climb of Mount Sinai if you wish. Check out from your hotel and you will be transferred to Cairo. Check-in at your hotel, the Cairo Marriott Hotel. Overnight.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 11
Meet with your Egypt Tours tour guide, start your tour visiting the Pyramids of Giza. Khufu's Pyramid, the largest of the three was built in the 4th dynasty about 2960 B.C. and is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. In the front of the Pyramid of Khephre, we find the Sphinx carved from a single piece of stone, it is a lion's body with a Pharaoh's head thought to be a portrait of the Pharaoh Khephre. Have a camel ride by the pyramids area if you wish, then continue your tour visiting the Egyptian museum famous for its antiquities from Egypt's Pharaonic period, which dates back some 50 centuries and includes the fabulous treasures of King Tutankhamen. Afternoon excursion to old Cairo, visiting the very old Coptic churches, and the oldest Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra. Continue your tour to the Citadel of Salah-El-Din and the Mohammed Ali Mosque and the Medieval Bazaars of Khan-El-Khalili where you can bargain for Egyptian goodies including jewelry, hand-tooled leather items, and much more. Return to your hotel. Overnight.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 12
You will be met by your Egypt Tours tour manager and transferred to Cairo Airport, where you will be helped with check-in for your departure flight.
Meals: Breakfast
Also Included: Egypt Tours also includes all domestic Airfare in Egypt. All taxes, service charges, port charges and entrance fees to sights mentioned included as well. All meals are included as indicated on itinerary. All transfers, meeting and assistance and baggage handling is included.
**If any modifications or changes are needed to package, that will be accommodated at an extra cost
Extensions & Optional Tours: Extra days and optional tours to sites that are not included are available upon request.
12 Day Liveaboard Diving Program on a Yacht in the Red Sea, Egypt
Price
$3249
Single Supplement
$1629
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