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MY Emperor Asmaa
- Visits Red sea North and South
- All cabins with private bathrooms and have twin beds, side by side
- Dive computers available
- Computer available for internet and photo editing
- Page contents:
- Departure & Prices
- Trip Details
- Cabins
- Crew & Facilities
- Food
- Specs
- Safety
The 30m Emperor Asmaa can accommodate 20 divers in roomy and bright air-conditioned twin en-suite cabins. You can enjoy the family atmosphere onboard, either in the chilled air-conditioned saloon on the main deck, the shaded lounging area on the upper deck, or up on the sundeck where you'll find plenty of mattresses for lazing about.
Keeping in touch with family and friends is simple and free on the Emperor Asmaa. You can either use one of the boat's mobile internet USB sticks with your own laptop or make use of the onboard computer. The computer also proves popular with underwater photographers since you can edit your pictures and burn them to CD.
For Red Sea liveaboard divers eager to extend their bottom time and decrease rest-stops, nitrox is available and free of charge. Scuba diving courses can also be arranged and dive computers are available for purchase onboard at discounted prices. As with the other boats in the Emperor fleet, the Asmaa too guarantees a minimum of 2 dive guides per trip and 2 motorised dinghies to shuttle you to the sites with the minimum of delay.
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Special offers: For special discounted prices, check the yellow highlighted trips in the schedule above.
Notes: Diving experience required: 30 logged dives for trips to any of Brothers, Daedalus Reef, Zabargad and Rocky Island.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, red wine with dinner, drinking water, soft drinks and hot drinks, return transfers from Marsa Alam airport/hotel to boat, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) 2 DMs per trip, tanks, weights and weightbelts, nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers, all park & port fees and fuel surcharges.
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 206 per week, incl. dive computer), diving insurance. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash or credit card).
Optional extras: All other alcoholic drinks, 15 litre tank (US$ 39 per week), torch (US$ 64 per week). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.
How to get there: The M/Y Emperor Asmaa liveaboard departs from the Red Sea ports of Hurghada, Port Ghalib or Hamata and return transfers are included from nearby hotels, Marsa Alam or Hurghada airports to all departure ports. Arrival transfer at 6:00 pm. Departure transfer at 9:30 am. There are direct flights from Cairo to Marsa Alam (1.5 hours) and Hurghada (1 hour) via Egypt Air. From certain destinations in the UK and Europe it is possible to fly into Marsa Alam or Hurghada direct.
The last dive of the trip will be at around 13:00 hrs. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving. For more details see our travel information section for the Red Sea. The last dive of the trip will be at around 12 noon on the second last day of the trip. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
Non-diver rate: US$ 39 gift voucher to spend onboard.
Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): Add 50% to the published price.
Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 5 guests and 1 extra person can join the cruise in a Standard cabin free of charge (total 6 guests). Whole boat charter rates, equivalent to pay for 17 guests and 3 additional persons can join the cruise in a Standard cabin free of charge (total 20 guests).
Whole boat charter rate (per night): There are many variations depending on month and itinerary. Please check with us.
All the cabins have:
- Air-conditioning
- En-suite bathroom with hot-water shower and hand basin
- Towels & shower gel
- Portholes (on the lower deck)
- Bedside cabinet & clothes cabinet
- Reading lamps on the lower deck
- Music from the saloon music centre
- Mirror
- Safe box
- Bedding
- Life jackets
- 24-hour, 220v electricity supply
- European-style 2-pin plugs
- 2 Dive Instructors / Guides
- Captain
- Cook and assistant
- Engineer
- International, Italian and local cuisine served on board.
- Food is served buffet style on the main deck in the dining section of the air-conditioned saloon.
- All diets, including vegetarian and halal, catered for with prior notice.
- Main meals consist of breakfast, lunch and dinner with snacks in between.
- Bar snacks consist of biscuits and fruit, which together with tea and coffee, drinking water and soft drinks, are complimentary.
- Chocolate bars, beer, bottles of wine and other alcoholic drinks are available for purchase on board.
- Catering starts with dinner on trip check-in day.
- Built in 2003, refurbished in 2005
- Size - 28m x 7m
- Top speed - 12 knots
- Cruising speed - 9 knots
- 2 x 630 HP MAN
- 2 x 38 / 84 KW Perkins generators
- 2 x Coltri Sub dive tank compressors
- Membrane enriched air nitrox system
- 12 & 15 litre aluminium tanks with DIN valves & international fittings
- Electricity 220v - 24-hours per day
- Water capacity - 9,000 litres
- Fuel capacity - 9,000 litres
- Freshwater maker - 5,500 litres per day
- Environmental waste storage tank
- 2 x life rafts
- 2 x Yamaha 25 HP dinghies
- JRC radar
- Furuno GPS
- Navman sounder
- Satellite & mobile phones
- VHF Marina radios
- Bilge pump alarm
- Search light & horn
- EPIRB & emergency flares
- Fire alarms / detectors
- Life jackets in all cabins
- Fire extinguishers throughout
- MFA box and trained staff
- 30,000 litres of continuous flow oxygen
- Customer diver insurance is not included and is MANDATORY - see our insurance programme for a competitive quotation
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