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Emperor Elite

Emperor Elite Itinerary

Southern Solitude

8 days / 7 nights

About Emperor Elite

  • Over 25 years’ experience offering liveaboard cruises in the Red Sea
  • Get the most out of your trip with the 21+ DIVES or MAX dive itineraries
  • Enjoy free wifi, wine with dinner, and nitrox mixes up to 40%

Operated by the long-reigning kings of Red Sea liveaboard diving - Emperor Divers - Emperor Elite offers convenient, action-packed voyages exploring the very best dive sites in the Egyptian Red Sea. Boasting contemporary and spacious cabins, and a handful of extra perks like free nitrox and complimentary wine, this liveaboard is ideal for the most discerning of scuba divers. Throw in the action-packed itineraries and you’ve got a dream dive holiday and exceptional value for money.

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Itinerary details

Length of trip 8 days / 7 nights
Number of dives 21+
Experience Advanced Open Water - Minimum 50 dives
Insurance Required

Highlights

  • Circular itinerary exploring many of the southern Red Sea’s top sites
  • Dive Daedalus Reef, the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea
  • Meet the resident dolphins of Fury Shoals’ pristine reef
  • Search for the oceanic whitetips and hammerheads of Elphinstone
  • Night dives may be possible when outside of marine parks
  • Visit the rarely dived southern sites of St Johns
  • All dives made offshore
Day 1:
Once onboard, there will be a safety briefing, crew introduction, complete and check dive paperwork, cabin allocation, and boat orientation. Our boats moor in the port on arrival day, departing early the next morning. The first dive is a check dive near the port.

Days 2-6:
Southern Solitude is a dive-focused trip, heading out of Port Ghalib and immediately arriving in the Elphinstone area. This enables us to make a check dive nearby and then get straight to a site that is normally frequented on the final days of trips. With fewer boats around, it should give the chance to enjoy the 300-meter-long reef’s colourful pink and red soft coral sheer walls in relative peace and quiet.

We’ll then go to Daedalus, arriving before most others, to take in its deep walls and drop-offs, which offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found, before heading down to the exceptionally remote, and usually quiet, Rocky and Zabargad Islands, where even many Red Sea veterans cannot boast to have dived.

Over the next couple of days we will move up through St John’s and Fury Shoals, where our guides will find the quietest spots in this vast collection of stunning reef systems, which offers some of the most picturesque and rewarding diving in the Red Sea. Fury Shoals also boasts an amazing selection of marine life, including super-friendly turtles and a resident pod of spinner dolphins.

Days 7-8:
On the last diving day, there is the potential to do four dives as the boat stays out all night. We return to Port Ghalib at approximately 7.30am, with boat departure to be completed by 9.30am. The earliest flight you should take from RMF is 10.30 AM and from HRG 1.30 PM, to allow for a stress-free departure. 

Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics, and local regulations. 

Transfer details

Departure

06:00pm

Port Ghalib

Marsa Alam International Airport: RMF

Return

09:00am

Port Ghalib

Marsa Alam International Airport: RMF

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19

Nov

2026

Southern Solitude

8 days / 7 nights
•
21+ dives
from $1,892 /guest

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19Nov 26

Southern Solitude

8D / 7N
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21+ dives
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08

Apr

2027

Southern Solitude

8 days / 7 nights
•
21+ dives
from $1,781 /guest

Available

08Apr 27

Southern Solitude

8D / 7N
•
21+ dives
from $1,781 /guest
Available

Current availability and prices: https://www.zubludiving.com/itineraries/emperor-elite/itn-2302140223091-southern-solitude