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: From Ras Mohamed, Thistlegorm, Dunraven. Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Kimon M, Chrisoula K), Rosalie Moeller, Straits of Tiran: Gordon Reef, Thomas Reef, Woodhouse Reef, Jackson Reef, Laguna Reef; Sha‘ab El Erg, Anrush - Sha‘ab Umm Usk, Sha‘ab Mahmoud, Bluff Point, Umm Gammar, Carless Reef
Day 1
The MY Seawol Soul tour leader will welcome you at the airport, help you with the visa on arrival procedures and then transfer you by van to Hurghada marina. You will be assigned to your cabin and asked to unpack your dive gear and prepare for the diving that will start the next morning. Once all the guests are on board, a boat briefing will be held inside the spacious air-conditioned saloon. Dinner will be served on this first day of your diving vacation. The boat will then leave port early on the next day.
Days 2-7
Wake up and get ready for some excitement! You are about to log up to 4 dives a day on the famous wrecks and reefs in the northern part of the Red Sea. The wrecks of Abu Nuhas (Carnatic, Chrisoula K., Ghiannis D) and the SS.Thistlegorm, one of the most famous wrecks in the world, packed with motorcycles, trucks and locomotives, will be joy to your eyes. Ras Mohamed National Park, located in Sinai and famous for its breath-taking walls, is rich in soft corals and gorgonian fans, that are visited by huge schools of schools of snapper, trevallies and tuna. Turtles, blue-spotted sting rays, crocodilefish, scorpionfish and lionfish are always present. A real paradise for divers. You will also dive the 4 famous reefs of the Strait of Tiran. These magnificent formations, rising from the depths, are often frequented by large pelagics due to the abundance of currents.
Delicious meals during the tour appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, consisting mainly of international cuisine and some of the local delicacies of Arabic cuisine. They are served buffet style on the main deck in the dining section of the air-conditioned saloon that also features a flat screen TV/DVD and music system. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks will each be followed by a dive, while dinner (which always ends with a delicious ice cream as dessert) will take place after the night dive. Chocolate bars, biscuits, homemade cakes and fresh fruit are available all day, as well as tea, coffee, soft drinks, drinking water and juices.
The liveaboard will return to Hurghada in the afternoon of the penultimate day of your safari.
Day 8
The next day you will enjoy breakfast before being transferred either to the airport or your 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].