St. John's Reefs (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 Dives)
Trip highlights: 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: Abu Dabab, Elphinstone, Shaab Claudia, Dolphin Reef (Sataya), Shaab Sharm, St. John's Reefs (Habili Ali, Small, Gota), Fury Shoal, Marsa Shouna
Day 1
A representative of Blue Planet Liveaboards will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and retrieve your luggage. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you to Port Ghalib where the dive cruise ship is moored. The journey takes about 3 hours, or just 10 minutes if you have landed at Marsa Alam Airport. There will be a full boat briefing on the night before trip departure. Upon arrival, assemble your dive gear and settle into your cabin.
During dinner you will meet the other guests and chat about the reefs you're likely to visit. You can expect a mix of international and local Egyptian and North African cuisine. Soups, salads, rice and pasta based dishes are common. So too are local specialties such as hummus, tabouleh and babaganoush, all served in the air-conditioned saloon on the main deck. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting a dive site ideal for a check dive.
Days 2-7
The dive sites at St. John's Reefs are very close to each other so it is easy to cruise from one site to the next. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, pinnacles, tunnels and amazing hard-coral reefs, huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home for rays, sharks, octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, large schools of fish: an underwater photographer’s dream! Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters, while dugongs are more difficult creatures to find.
Each day begins with a light breakfast after you wake up followed by the 1st early morning dive of the day. After that you can return to feast on a full cooked breakfast, served buffet-style. Shortly after breakfast you will prepare for the 2nd dive of the day before lunchtime. Back on board you can dry off and settle down for lunch and chat about your morning's dives. After some relaxation time, you can start to get ready for the 3rd dive of the day. Some days have 3 dives a day, some days 4. Night dives will take place before dinner.
Snacks are available all day including biscuits, cake and fruit to keep the hunger at bay. In the evening you can enjoy your buffet style dinner and purchase soft drinks, beers and wine to accompany your meal, as you chat about all the day's fun you have had underwater.
On the final full day of the trip you will normally do 2 dives, with the 2nd taking place at around 10:00 hrs before lunch as the boat then returns to the harbour to overnight for the last night of the safari.
Day 8
You will wake up after a calm night in the harbour and, after breakfast, say farewell to all your new friends and disembark. The crew will transfer you back to the airport or local hotels if you are continuing your Egypt vacation.
Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, manta rays, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Big Brother, Little Brother, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone
Day 1
You will be picked up from Hurghada airport or your local hotel and transferred to the liveaboard departure point. You can board the boat at any time during the first day since the boat departs on the morning of the second day. After boarding the boat you can enjoy dinner depending on your boarding time. During the cruise you can expect a mix of international and local Egyptian and North African cuisine. Soups, salads, rice and pasta based dishes are common. So too are local specialties such as hummus, tabouleh and babaganoush, all served in the air-conditioned saloon on the main deck. After dinner, assemble your dive gear and settle into your cabin. There will be a full boat briefing on the night before trip departure.
Days 2-7
Brother Islands, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone are a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, and huge gorgonians and colorful soft corals that are home to octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, large schools of fish: an underwater photographer’s dream! Bucket list encounters include hammerheads, oceanic whitetips, whale sharks, thresher sharks and manta rays. Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and Whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters on several occasions.
Each day begins with a light breakfast after you wake up followed by the 1st early morning dive of the day. After that you can return to feast on a full cooked breakfast, served buffet-style. Shortly after breakfast you will prepare for the 2nd dive of the day before lunchtime. Back on board you can dry off and settle down for lunch and chat about your morning's dives. After some relaxation time, you can start to get ready for the 3rd dive of the day. Some days have 3 dives a day, some days 4. Night dives will take place before dinner.
Snacks are available all day including biscuits, cake and fruit to keep the hunger at bay. In the evening you can enjoy your buffet style dinner and purchase soft drinks, beers and wine to accompany your meal, as you chat about all the day's fun you have had underwater.
On the final full day of the trip you will normally do 2 dives, with the 2nd taking place at around 10:00 hrs before lunch as the boat then returns to the harbour to overnight for the last night of the safari.
Day 8
You will wake up after a calm night in the harbour and, after breakfast, say farewell to all your new friends and disembark. The crew will transfer you back to the airport or local hotels if you are continuing your Egypt vacation.
Red Sea South (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Elphinstone, Daedalus Reef, Zabargad and Rocky Island
Day 1
You will be picked up from Marsa Alam Airport or your local hotel and transferred to the liveaboard departure point in Port Ghalib. You can board the boat at any time during the first day since the boat departs on the morning of the second day. After boarding the boat you can enjoy dinner depending on your boarding time. During the cruise you can expect a mix of international and local Egyptian and North African cuisine. Soups, salads, rice and pasta based dishes are common. So too are local specialties such as hummus, tabouleh and babaganoush, all served in the air-conditioned saloon on the main deck. After dinner, assemble your dive gear and settle into your cabin. There will be a full boat briefing on the night before trip departure.
Days 2-7
Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone are a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving the drop-offs and walls with huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home to octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, and large schools of fish. Bucket list encounters include hammerheads, whale sharks, thresher sharks and manta rays. Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters on several occasions. Zabargad Island is a top diving area, distinguished by its versatility and a 70m long wreck. Rocky Island is a legendary dive site that makes every diver's heart beat faster. Due to its exposed location and small circumference, it is a very lively reef. Grey reef sharks and silver-tip sharks can be observed in the open water and perhaps also mantas and dolphins.
Each day begins with a light breakfast after you wake up followed by the 1st early morning dive of the day. After that you can return to feast on a full cooked breakfast, served buffet-style. Shortly after breakfast you will prepare for the 2nd dive of the day before lunchtime. Back on board you can dry off and settle down for lunch and chat about your morning's dives. After some relaxation time, you can start to get ready for the 3rd dive of the day. Some days have 3 dives a day, some days 4. Night dives will take place before dinner.
Snacks are available all day including biscuits, cake and fruit to keep the hunger at bay. In the evening you can enjoy your buffet style dinner and purchase soft drinks, beers and wine to accompany your meal, as you chat about all the day's fun you have had underwater.
On the final full day of the trip you will normally do 2 dives, with the 2nd taking place at around 10:00 hrs before lunch as the boat then returns to the harbour to overnight for the last night of the safari.
Day 8
You will wake up after a calm night in the harbour and, after breakfast, say farewell to all your new friends and disembark. The crew will transfer you back to the airport or local hotels if you are continuing your Egypt vacation.
Daedalus, Fury Shoals & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 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: Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone and the Fury Shoal
Day 1
You will be picked up from Marsa Alam Airport or your local hotel and transferred to the liveaboard departure point in Port Ghalib. You can board the boat at any time during the first day since the boat departs on the morning of the second day. After boarding the boat you can enjoy dinner depending on your boarding time. During the cruise you can expect a mix of international and local Egyptian and North African cuisine. Soups, salads, rice and pasta based dishes are common. So too are local specialties such as hummus, tabouleh and babaganoush, all served in the air-conditioned saloon on the main deck. After dinner, assemble your dive gear and settle into your cabin. There will be a full boat briefing on the night before trip departure.
Days 2-7
Daedalus and Fury Shoal is a great all-round tour for divers with a little more experience. This safari offers you some of the best dive sites in the Red Sea. Challenging dives, steep walls, beautiful coral walls and lots of big fish. Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone are a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving the drop-offs and walls with huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home to octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, and large schools of fish. Bucket list encounters include hammerheads, whale sharks, oceanic whitetips, thresher sharks and manta rays. Fury Shoal is famed for its large pods of dolphins, Lots of curious turtles, stingrays, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common on several occasions.
Each day begins with a light breakfast after you wake up followed by the 1st early morning dive of the day. After that you can return to feast on a full cooked breakfast, served buffet-style. Shortly after breakfast you will prepare for the 2nd dive of the day before lunchtime. Back on board you can dry off and settle down for lunch and chat about your morning's dives. After some relaxation time, you can start to get ready for the 3rd dive of the day. Some days have 3 dives a day, some days 4. Night dives will take place before dinner.
Snacks are available all day including biscuits, cake and fruit to keep the hunger at bay. In the evening you can enjoy your buffet style dinner and purchase soft drinks, beers and wine to accompany your meal, as you chat about all the day's fun you have had underwater.
On the final full day of the trip you will normally do 2 dives, with the 2nd taking place at around 10:00 hrs before lunch as the boat then returns to the harbour to overnight for the last night of the safari.
Day 8
You will wake up after a calm night in the harbour and, after breakfast, say farewell to all your new friends and disembark. The crew will transfer you back to the airport or local hotels if you are continuing your Egypt vacation.
Red Sea South & St. John's Reefs (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 Dives)
Trip highlights: dolphins, dugongs/manatees, great macro life/ marine diversity
Diving environment: advanced divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving
Dive sites and activities: Zabargad, Rocky Island, Abu Dabab, Elphinstone, Shaab Claudia, Dolphin Reef (Sataya), Shaab Sharm, St. John's Reefs (Habili Ali, Small, Gota), Fury Shoal, Marsa Shouna
Day 1
A representative of Blue Planet Liveaboards will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and retrieve your luggage. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you to Port Ghalib where the dive cruise ship is moored. The journey takes about 3 hours, or just 10 minutes if you have landed at Marsa Alam Airport. There will be a full boat briefing on the night before trip departure. Upon arrival, assemble your dive gear and settle into your cabin.
During dinner you will meet the other guests and chat about the reefs you're likely to visit. You can expect a mix of international and local Egyptian and North African cuisine. Soups, salads, rice and pasta based dishes are common. So too are local specialties such as hummus, tabouleh and babaganoush, all served in the air-conditioned saloon on the main deck. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting a dive site ideal for a check dive.
Days 2-7
This tour offers some of the best dive sites in the Red Sea, including Elphinstone, Rocky and the island of Zabargad. There are also a couple of wrecks to explore and a great variety of corals and reef fish. Bucket list encounters on this tour include oceanic whitetips and manta rays. Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse, and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters. You will surely have fun while diving St. John's Reefs. The drop-offs, pinnacles, tunnels and amazing hard-coral reefs, huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals are home for rays, sharks, octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, large schools of fish: an underwater photographer’s dream! Diving with dugongs is also a possibility here.
Each day begins with a light breakfast after you wake up followed by the 1st early morning dive of the day. After that you can return to feast on a full cooked breakfast, served buffet-style. Shortly after breakfast you will prepare for the 2nd dive of the day before lunchtime. Back on board you can dry off and settle down for lunch and chat about your morning's dives. After some relaxation time, you can start to get ready for the 3rd dive of the day. Some days have 3 dives a day, some days 4. Night dives will take place before dinner.
Snacks are available all day including biscuits, cake and fruit to keep the hunger at bay. In the evening you can enjoy your buffet style dinner and purchase soft drinks, beers and wine to accompany your meal, as you chat about all the day's fun you have had underwater.
On the final full day of the trip you will normally do 2 dives, with the 2nd taking place at around 10:00 hrs before lunch as the boat then returns to the harbour to overnight for the last night of the safari.
Day 8
You will wake up after a calm night in the harbour and, after breakfast, say farewell to all your new friends and disembark. The crew will transfer you back to the airport or local hotels if you are continuing your Egypt vacation.
Red Sea North, Wrecks, Tiran & Dahab (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 Dives)
Trip highlights: turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Ras Mohamed, Straits of Tiran (Jackson, Woodhouse, Thomas, Gordon, Laguna reefs), Thistlegorm, Shaab Mahmoud, Shag Rock, Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Kimon M, Chrisoula K), Dahab Blue Hole
Day 1
You will be picked up from Hurghada airport or your local hotel and transferred to the boat departure point. You can board the boat at any time during the first day since the liveaboard departs on the morning of the second day. After boarding the boat you can enjoy dinner depending on your boarding time. During the cruise you can expect a mix of international and local Egyptian and North African cuisine. Soups, salads, rice and pasta based dishes are common. So too are local specialties such as hummus, tabouleh and babaganoush, all served in the air-conditioned saloon on the main deck. After dinner, assemble your dive gear and settle into your cabin. There will be a full boat briefing on the night before trip departure.
Days 2-7
The safari will take you to some of the most iconic wrecks that the Red Sea has to offer, plus the world famous Blue Hole of Dahab. You will surely have fun while diving the SS Thistlegorm which lies at 32m and is now home to a great variety of marine life, with large schools of fish circling it. The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a sandy seafloor at the bottom of a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. Wrecks here include the Giannis D, the Carnatic, and the Chrisoula K. Each of them will be a great dive! Tiran is world famous for its exceptional variety of corals and its strong southwestern currents. It’s home of a lot of big fish in the Red Sea.
Hot coffee and cookies will help you waking up for the 1st morning dive that will be introduced by a dive briefing. There are 3 main meals per day served in buffet style. Breakfast happens just before the 2nd dive and usually consists of toast and pancakes with jam and honey, while eggs can be cooked as you prefer, then yoghurt, hot coffee and tea. The ingredients for the main meals are chicken, beef or fresh fish. Rice, noodles, potatoes and various vegetables and salads are the healthy options to choose from. Pudding, cakes or fruit as desserts. Lunch is scheduled to be before the 3rd dive, while dinner follows the 4th (night) dive.
Please note that there will only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The final night is spent again in Hurghada.
Day 8
Wake up and enjoy a light breakfast before checking out from this amazing diving safari. You will be transferred back to the airport or hotel.
Red Sea North, Wrecks & Tiran Straits (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, drift diving, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Ras Mohamed, Straits of Tiran (Jackson, Woodhouse, Thomas, Gordon, Laguna reefs), Thistlegorm, Shaab Mahmoud, Shag Rock, Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Kimon M, Chrisoula K)
Day 1
You will be picked up from Hurghada airport or your local hotel and transferred to the boat departure point. You can board the boat at any time during the first day since the liveaboard departs on the morning of the second day. After boarding the boat you can enjoy dinner depending on your boarding time. During the cruise you can expect a mix of international and local Egyptian and North African cuisine. Soups, salads, rice and pasta based dishes are common. So too are local specialties such as hummus, tabouleh and babaganoush, all served in the air-conditioned saloon on the main deck. After dinner, assemble your dive gear and settle into your cabin. There will be a full boat briefing on the night before trip departure.
Days 2-7
The safari will take you to some of the most iconic wrecks that the Red Sea has to offer. You will surely have fun while diving the SS Thistlegorm which lies at 32m and is now home to a great variety of marine life, with large schools of fish circling it. The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a sandy seafloor at the bottom of a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. Wrecks here include the Giannis D, the Carnatic, and the Chrisoula K. Each of them will be a great dive! Tiran is world famous for its exceptional variety of corals and its strong southwestern currents. It’s home of a lot of big fish in the Red Sea.
Hot coffee and cookies will help you waking up for the 1st morning dive that will be introduced by a dive briefing. There are 3 main meals per day served in buffet style. Breakfast happens just before the 2nd dive and usually consists of toast and pancakes with jam and honey, while eggs can be cooked as you prefer, then yoghurt, hot coffee and tea. The ingredients for the main meals are chicken, beef or fresh fish. Rice, noodles, potatoes and various vegetables and salads are the healthy options to choose from. Pudding, cakes or fruit as desserts. Lunch is scheduled to be before the 3rd dive, while dinner follows the 4th (night) dive.
Please note that there will only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The final night is spent again in Hurghada.
Day 8
Wake up and enjoy a light breakfast before checking out from this amazing diving safari. You will be transferred back to the airport or hotel.
Egypt Red Sea - Route Open (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 Dives)
Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Itinerary not yet decided. First booking of 2 customers will determine the route: Brothers, Daedalus Reef & Elphinstone; Brothers, North & Wrecks; or St. John's
Trip description dependent upon route chosen.
[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].
