Egypt Liveaboard

North itineraries

The northern cruises include all those itineraries that necessitate a departure from Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh. Most of these cruises take place around the Hurghada archipelago, or in the Safaga area, and are characterised by underwater diving expeditions to the various wrecks present in the area and to some of the most fascinating of the barrier reefs like those of Ras Mohammed or Umm Gamar. 

Sailing from Hurghada

North itinerary:
Giftun Islands - Gubal Islands - Sha'ab Ali ( Thistlegorm wreck) - Abu Nuhas ( Carnatic wreck)
South itinerary:
Giftun Islands-Abu Hashish Isl.-Panorama Reef-Abu Kifan Reef-Sha'ab Shaer ( Salem Express wreck)

Two choices are provided, one southwards to the Safaga area, and the other in the direction of the Hurghada archipelago. The southern cruise provides fascinating underwater expeditions along the Panorama reef and the wreck of the Salem Express, and also includes the Middle reef and Abu Kefan, while the Hurghada archipelago cruise, which is probably the more beautiful of the two, provides underwater diving expeditions at Sha'ab El Erg, famous for its manta rays, and Shabrur Syul with its fabulous madreporic formations. It then continues to Umm Usk and from there to the wrecks at Abu Nuhas; the Giannis, Carnatic, Chrisoula and Kimon. The cruise almost always ends with a visit to the famous Thistlegorm wreck that was sunk just off the amazing reefs of Sha'ab Ali. The cruise includes a minimum of fifteen underwater diving expeditions, of which at least one or two are nocturnal. 

Sailing from Sharm El Sheikh

Itinerary: Tiran Island - Ras Mohammed - Sha'ab Ali ( Thistlegorm wreck) - Abu Nuhas ( Carnatic wreck)

Underwater diving expeditions can be dedicated to the exploration of such coral reefs as Jackson, Gordon and Woodhouse in the Tiran Strait to the north of Sharm. The cruise can then proceed southward to provide underwater expeditions in the mythical area around Ras Mohammed, and then onward to explore the wrecks of the Thistlegorm and the Dunraven, before following the same route as the southern cruise from Hurghada to encompass the wrecks of Abu Nuhas and the islands of Gobal and Shadwan.

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