Dune Silky Itinerary
North Brothers (HRG - RMF)8 days / 7 nights
About Dune Silky
- Exciting itineraries diving Brothers, Daedalus, Elphinstone, and St Johns
- Brand new diver-friendly facilities and equipment, newly constructed in 2020
- Three to four dives per day, exploring reefs, wrecks, and walls
- Spacious and modern interiors loaded with contemporary design elements
Built in 2020, Dune Silky liveaboard, formerly known as Alia, offers some of the most modern and contemporary interiors of any safari boat in the Red Sea. You'll feel perfectly relaxed in stylish surroundings, complete with all the comforts of home. And, you'll be well looked after underwater, with an expert crew guiding up to four dives a day in Egypt’s central and southern Red Sea, with plenty of time to relax in between. You'll explore kaleidoscopic coral reefs, sombre shipwrecks, and plummeting walls, joined by an incredible variety of tropical species. Back on deck, expect world-class service, delicious dining and drinks, wireless internet and an entertainment console.
Itinerary details
Highlights
- One-way route joining the iconic northern sites with the Brothers Islands
- Walls and wrecks in Sinai and abundant marine life around Safaga
- Explore the most famous wreck in the Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm
- Log dives on Shark and Yolanda reefs in Ras Mohamed National Park
- Experience the current swept pinnacles of Brothers Islands National Park
- Night dives offered on request
Our friendly staff welcomes you at the airport. Bus transfer from the airport to the marina. You will, then, be attributed a cabin and discover the boat.
After breakfast, your guide will tell you everything you need to know about your programme of the week, safety recommendations and, more generally, your life on the boat. Your diving certifications, logbook and insurance will be checked before leaving the marina. The boat will then sail to the first dive site, 30 minutes away from the marina. Your guide will give you a detailed briefing about your first dive. After lunch you will do your second dive. You will then keep sailing north to reach the El Gouna area where you will spend a quiet and peaceful night moored behind a big reef.
Having arrived the day before on site, you will do your first-two wreck dives in the morning. After lunch you will sail north for two hours before reaching the site where you will do the third dive of the day. Upon request, a night dive may be added. For a quiet and peaceful night, you will spend the night away from the waves, moored behind a big reef. This programme may be subject to change according to weather conditions.
At sunrise, the captain and his crew will sail towards the tip of Sinai where you will make at least two dives in the magnificent Ras Mohamed reserve. The third dive will potentially be on the site of Shaab Mahmoudat. After dinner, you will sail at night to reach the Brothers Islands in the early morning.
For the last day at sea, your guide will suggest two dives in the Safaga area. Depending on your desires or demand, you can dive the wreck of the Salem Express or one of the three drop-offs in the area. The return of the boat is planned for the afternoon. You can then take advantage of the aft platform of the boat to rinse your equipment or go for a walk in Safaga. Other activities will be offered depending on your flight schedule.
Transfer details
Departure
03:00pm
Hurghada or Safaga
Hurghada International Airport: HRG
Return
10:00am
Port Ghalib
Marsa Alam International Airport: RMF
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