Snefro Spirit Itinerary
Mini Safari: Tiran - Ras Mohamed (Aqaba Coast only)4 days / 3 nights
About Snefro Spirit
- Generous solid wood cabins with one spacious above-deck master suite
- Optional penetration dives at the legendary Dunraven and Thistlegorm wrecks
- Guided dolphin snorkelling adventures in Sha'ab Ali
- Excellent facilities for divers with a shaded dive deck, two zodiacs, and free nitrox
This modern and recently updated safari yacht was wholly reimagined with liveaboard diving in mind, featuring a comfortable and spacious design for up to eighteen guests. The Snefro Spirit offers laid-back luxury, world-class customer service, and exciting itineraries and chartered voyages. Scuba divers of all skill and experience levels will love this vessel's brand new facilities with individual gear stations, top of the line rental equipment, and two custom dive tenders. Make the most of your time in Egypt's Red Sea with exciting eight-day trips hitting all the best sites in Sinai, famous for pristine coral gardens, shipwrecks, and pelagic encounters.
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 to work with the port authority, sailing very early the next morning.
In the morning, a check dive at Temple or Ras Katy, after which the boat sails to the Strait of Tiran. At Jackson Reef, you can choose from several superb wall and drift dives 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.
The 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. The 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, and 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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