Dune Titan Itinerary
DEF - Daedalus, Elphinstone, and Fury Shoals8 days / 7 nights
About Dune Titan
- Eight-day liveaboard safaris in the northern, central, and southern Red Sea
- Generous common areas, ideal for relaxing during surface intervals
- Three to four dives each day, exploring coral reefs, shipwrecks, and walls
- PADI courses with real reef diving throughout the certifying process
Designed and built with divers in mind, Dune Titan liveaboard - formerly known as Jessica - is an exceptional Red Sea liveaboard, boasting contemporary interiors, comfortable cabins, and outstanding facilities for divers. This boat is well-known for its friendly and patient crew, happy to offer hands-on service and cater to your every need at sea. Dive up to four times a day, taking in the Egyptian Red Sea's most exciting reefs, walls, and wrecks - home to dolphins, sharks, and vast clouds of colourful fish. In between dives, you'll have plenty of room to relax and time to take in activities like PADI courses, snorkelling, and sundowner cocktails with a view from the sundeck.
Itinerary details
Highlights
- Circular route visiting the best of Daedalus, Elphinstone and Fury Shoals
- Dive Daedalus Reef, the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea
- Search for the oceanic whitetips and hammerheads of Elphinstone
- Meet the resident dolphins of Fury Shoals’ pristine reef
- Enjoy the steep drop-offs and pelagic sightings of Sataya
- Night dives arranged 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. The second dive will be done in the afternoon. After dinner, the boat will head towards Daedalus for a seven hour long trip.
At the break of dawn, you will start your day of diving on the drop-offs of Daedalus. You will do three dives there (at least ten different dives can be organised on this huge reef). You will do two dives on the northern part of the reef to maybe have the opportunity to encounter the hammerhead sharks in the blue. In the afternoon, you will dive on the western side. The light will be perfect at that time of the day and you will be amazed by the coral diversity of this part of the reef.
Between the dives you will have the opportunity to visit the lighthouse with the authorisation of the keepers
Three more dives will be organised at Daedalus. After dinner, the boat will head south-west to reach the Fury Shoals area at the break of dawn.
The Fury Shoals area is home to many dive sites where you will find stunning coral gardens and drop-offs. Sataya (Dolphin House) is one of those reefs. It is the longest reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. (2 km) A pod of spinner dolphins lives there, and you will have the opportunity to live a childhood dream : go snorkelling with the dolphins between two dives. A behavioural briefing will be delivered to you to guarantee a respectful encounter with the animals.
You will start the day with two dives in the area before heading north for about six hours after lunch to reach a reef called Sheleneyat. Upon request a dusk or night dive can be organised.
After a 5 hour sailing during the night, you will reach the mythical Elphinstone reef, in the Marsa Alam area. You will do two dives at Elphinstone. 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 for 2 hours to Port Ghalib.
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
Port Ghalib
Marsa Alam International Airport: RMF
Current availability and prices: https://www.zubludiving.com/itineraries/dune-titan/itn-2104010850201-def-daedalus-elphinstone-and-fury-shoals