Fury Shoals & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Fury Shoals: Sataya (Dolphin House), Shaab Maksour, El Malahi, Claudio, Heaven, Abu Galawa, Selenyat, El Dahra; Marsa Alam area: Shaab el Gadir, Shaab Sharm; Gota el Sharm, Habili el Ghadir, Habili Marsa Alam; Elphinstone
Day 1
A transfer in an air-conditioned bus from Marsa Alam Airport to the local marina will be arranged according to your arrival. After only a 10 minute journey you will be able to board the fantastic MY Andromeda and meet its crew that will show you to your cabin and explain the boat amenities in detail. More details about the plans for the diving safari will be given once all the guests have arrived on the boat. Dinner inside the saloon will be a great moment to meet the other divers that will share this amazing liveaboard experience with you. The boat will leave port in the early hours of the next day.
Days 2-7
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
Besides diving, you can snorkel or swim with dolphins, watch movies in the air-conditioned saloon, smoke shisha in the Arabian cafe, sunbathe on the sun deck, enjoy the sunsets, and of course make new friends. Your vacation is about diving and relaxing.
A professional chef cooks up one mouthwatering dish after another every day. Abundant and delicious buffet-style meals are served 3 times a day and fulfil every need. The menus include soups, roasts, fish, salads, side dishes and handmade desserts. More sweets and fresh fruit are offered during the day. You can also help yourself to mineral water, soft drinks, coffee and tea.
Please note that there will only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The final night is spent again in Port Ghalib.
Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].