Egypt
Egypt has one of the world’s richest cultural heritages and tourists from across the globe flock to see the attractions of this ancient land. The country has played a starring role down the ages in the development of human culture, and it is full of monuments and relics of great significance. Playing a central role is the capital city of Cairo where you can visit the National Museum, which houses the treasures of Tutankhamen, as well as see the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx.
Near Luxor, you can board a Nile Cruise and explore the Valley of the Kings with its many attractions including the Necropolis and Temple of Horus. There are also desert and birding tours to enjoy. Another awesome attraction off the eastern coastline is the Red Sea, with its superb coral reefs, amazing collection of wrecks, and shark encounters. Egypt offers the best value liveaboard cruises in the world, and these promise an unforgettable vacation when combined with a visit to Cairo or a Nile cruise.
Recent Egypt Articles
Red Sea Diving World Record Attempt
This summer, on the 26th of July 2011, divers from all over the world will attempt to break the world record in carrying out the largest collective dive ever! This will take place, in Hurghada, in the Red Sea, Egypt. The "Egypt Scuba Challenge" wants to break the...
HEPCA’s Important Red Sea Mooring Work
In their continued efforts for environmental conservation and protection, particularly of the Red Sea dive sites and reefs, Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) have been busy this month of April carrying out mooring maintenance. As...
Latest Unrest News from Hurghada, Egypt
As everyone knows, Egypt has been going through a period of civil upheaval, a popular uprising. However it is always difficult to appreciate what facts are like on the ground. Modern news media often does little to reflect the actual experience and truth. We thought...
HEPCA Campaigns to Free Dolphins in Egypt
Have you ever dived with dolphins in the Red Sea? Can you even imagine them confined in a swimming pool smaller than 9m x 9m x 4m, with visibility less than 20cm! On 3 October 2010, Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) arranged a...
New Red Sea Liveaboards For You
Are you thinking about packing your scuba gear and heading out to the Red Sea for a diving holiday? You are just in time for the best of the 2010 Red Sea diving season and we have added a whole range of new liveaboards. It was not easy sailing for the hardened...
Red Sea Emperor Fraser Sinks – Everyone Safe
The MY Emperor Fraser has sunk at Dunraven near Sharm El Sheikh. The incident occurred during the second dive on the afternoon of 16 Dec 2009. A change in wind direction caused the Red Sea liveaboard to break free of her mooring lines and head towards the reef. The...
Dive Into our New Southern Red Sea Sites
Are you an experienced diver looking for new action? The Southern Red Sea is fast gaining popularity with more advanced divers wanting to get away from the crowds up north. To keep you in the swim with all the best dive sites, we have re-vamped our destination...
Could Red Sea Capsize Have Been Averted?
There are conflicting accounts of the weather conditions on the day the Coral Princess sunk, but divers onboard report she had been listing for 3 days prior to the accident. One might wonder, if this is the case, whether the trip ought to have been aborted? The...
BA Flights Make Diving Ras Mohammed Easy
British Airways has resumed flights to Sharm El-Sheikh from Gatwick, which is good news for UK divers as it offers you easy access to the hottest Red Sea dive spots of Ras Mohammed, the Dunraven wreck and the Straits of Tiran. "The relaunch of British Airways flights...