Dune Silky Itinerary
BDE - Golden Triangle (Port Ghalib - Safaga)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 itinerary offering the very best of the central Red Sea
- Experience the current swept pinnacles of Brothers Islands National Park
- Dive Daedalus Reef, the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea
- Search for the oceanic whitetips and hammerheads of Elphinstone
- Night dives may be possible when outside of marine parks
Our friendly staff welcomes you at the airport. Bus transfer from the airport to the marina of Port Ghalib. You will then be assigned a cabin and discover the boat.
After breakfast, your guide will tell you everything you need to know about your program 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. The second dive will be done in the afternoon. After dinner, the boat will head towards the Brothers Islands for a six-hour-long trip. This program may be subject to change according to weather conditions and the marina you will depart from.
Having arrived the day before on site, you will do three daytime dives on the stunning drop-offs of the Brothers Islands. Due to new regulations aimed at protecting the marine ecosystem, safari boats are only allowed to spend one day on the Brothers' site. You will then sail all night long to reach Daedalus at the break of dawn.
Arriving early in the morning, you will do three daytime dives on the amazing drop-off of Daedalus, home of the hammerhead shark. A visit to the lighthouse will be organized by the guide with the authorization of the keepers.
According to the weather forecast and customers' requests, you will do two or three more dives on Daedalus before sailing towards the coast. It will take about seven hours to reach the site of Abu Dabbab, where you will spend the night. According to your time of arrival, a night dive may be organised.
According to the weather forecast, you will do two or three dives on the stunning drop-offs of Elphinstone. Then the boat will sail back to Abu Dabbab to spend the night in a protected area. If a night dive was not done the day before, it will be organised on this day.
According to the weather forecast and your flight schedules, you will do one or two more dives in the morning. After the last dive, you will have the possibility to rinse all your diving gear on the diving deck at the rear of the boat before sailing to Safaga.
Departure from the boat will be after breakfast or according to your flight and transfer schedules to the airport or hotel.
Transfer details
Departure
03:00pm
Port Ghalib
Marsa Alam International Airport: RMF
Return
10:00am
Safaga
Hurghada International Airport: HRG
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07
Nov
2026
BDE - Golden Triangle (Port Ghalib - Safaga)
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BDE - Golden Triangle (Port Ghalib - Safaga)
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