Snefro Pearl Itinerary
Mini Safari Tiran and Ras Mohamed - Aqaba Coast only4 days / 3 nights
About Snefro Pearl
- Itineraries lasting four to eight days in Egypt's northern and central Red Sea
- Plenty of room with generous cabins and air-conditioned lounges
- Excellent facilities with free nitrox, custom tenders, and shaded dive deck
- PADI courses and specialities offered onboard
This modern and spacious safari yacht was designed especially for liveaboard diving in Egypt's Red Sea, with a comfortable and stable design sleeping up to twelve guests. The Snefro Pearl balances luxury and adventure, and offers a wide variety of itineraries and chartered voyages in the region's best diving areas. Scuba divers of all stripes will love this vessel's modern facilities with individual gear stations, high-quality rental equipment and a custom dive tender. Take advantage of whatever time you have to spend here, with quick trips, extended voyages, and everything in between.
Itinerary details
Highlights
- Short circular trip focusing exploring the best of the Aqaba Coast
- Dive the current-swept straits of Tiran
- Log dives on Shark and Yolanda reefs in Ras Mohammed National Park
- View the glassfish-filled caves of Jackfish Alley, Ras Mohammed
- Discover the diverse Jordanian coast of Aqaba
- Enjoy up to 11 dives in 3 days, including night dives
Transfer to the New Marina (El Wataneya) port and embark from 18:00 onwards. Welcome on board, cabin arrangement, and boat briefing. Permission work with the port authority, sailing very early the next morning.
In the morning a check dive at Temple or Ras Katy, after boat sails to the Strait of Tiran. At Jackson Reef, you can choose out of several dives superb wall and drift diving with sights of hammerheads, barracudas, jacks, turtles, and open ocean fishes; just keep on looking into the blue waters. Fish life is excellent. Strong currents that carry divers along the reef bring plenty of nutrients for reef and schooling fish. Get ready to visit Gordon Reef, which gently slopes to the south and forms a large plateau. Your third dive of the day will depend on sea conditions either at North or South Lagoon and an optional night dive at the South Lagoon.
First dive of the day is usually Thomas Reef, the smallest of the four Tiran reefs but probably the most interesting and richest in marine life. Next dive can be at Jackson, if conditions allow at the outside wall, or Woodhouse Reef, which is perfect for a drift dive along the sheltered eastern side. After, you will leave the reefs of Tiran coming closer to Ras Mohamed National Park. If you like night diving then Temple will be a great location to jump in.
Dive at Shark and Yolanda Reef, the southernmost tip of the Sinai Peninsula with an endless wall—unique in the Red Sea. The next dive will be at Jackfish Alley, where you dive through a cave full of glassfish. On leaving the cave, you will have a fantastic view into the blue water. The next dive is either at Ras Ghazlany, a steep wall with caves and overhangs that becomes a gentler slope, scattered with colourful coral pinnacles, or at Ras Um Sid, with an outstanding, superb gorgonian fan coral forest. Towards the edge of the reef, the current can be strong, with the possibility of spotting open ocean fish, including rays and barracudas, sometimes sharks. After, return back to the New Marina (El Wataniya) port and disembark.
Transfer details
Departure
06:00pm
New Marina (El Wataniya)
Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport: SSH
Return
04:00pm
New Marina (El Wataniya)
Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport: SSH
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