Deluxe Red Sea

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Beginner, All

Year round

14 Nights

Pelagic & reefs

From £2495

Dive South & St Johns
Dive Elphinstone Reef
Free NITROX on-board Emperor Asmaa
Explore Luxor, the pearl of antiquity
Enjoy spa & body treatments at Brayka
Best of the Red Sea in one trip

Head to the Red Sea for a holiday of a lifetime fitting in Luxor delights after two amazing weeks of underwater exploration around some of the best reef systems in the world.

Tour Price

Prices: From £2295 per person
Deposit: £350 at the time of booking
Single Supplement: Available upon request

Additional Information

Your first week will be on-board the Emperor Asmaa, a 28-metre custom built boat designed with divers in mind offering charters around the northern and southern Red Sea. The itinerary will be focused around South & St Johns, a place that guarantees some of the best diving the Red Sea has to offer, the diving is less arduous so it's a trip for those who want to see the best but have a more relaxed time while doing so.

After disembarking you will be transferred to the Brayka Bay Resort where you can enjoy more of the local diving including day trips to Elphinstone and Abu Dabab.

To end the 2 weeks on an absolute high, your dry day will be on a day trip to Luxor where you will see the great temples of Karnak, spectacular tombs in the Valley of the Kings, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut and boat across the Nile.

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Includes

Flights
Emperor Asmaa - 7 nights
Emperor Asmaa - Diving
Emperor Asmaa - Full board
Airport and local transfers
Marine Park Fees
Brayka Bay - 7 nights
Brayka Bay - All inclusive
Coraya Divers - 10 house reef dives
Day trip to Luxor
Visa on arrival

Itinerary Overview

Day 1: Depart the UK

This is where the adventure really begins with a weekly flight departing from Gatwick and Birminham, Marsa Alam is just a short flight away!

Flight departs London Gatwick every Thursday and Birmingham every Monday arriving Marsa Alam on the same day.

On arrival you will be met by a member of the Ultimate Diving ground team and transferred to the Emperor Divers transfer outside the airport terminal who will transfer you to Port Ghalib to board the Emperor Asmaa.

Day 2 - 7: Daily diving on-board the M/Y Emperor Asmaa

M/Y Emperor Asmaa, a week of thrills guaranteed!

The South & St Johns route on-board the Asmaa offers a week full of reef diving departing from Marsa Ghalib Port. This trip sails to the most southern reefs in the Red Sea including the Shaag Sharm, Wadi Lahmi and Habili Ali. A dive at Abu Dabab will be done on the first or the last day with the guides picking the best sites for you depending on the weather.

This route gives divers a chance to get up close and personal with an array of fish life including white tip reef sharks, turtles, silky sharks, rays, nudibranchs, large napoleon wrasse and glass fish, sweepers, grey reef sharks, silvertip sharks and hammerhead sharks

Please Note:

You must be a PADI Open Water diver to be able to take part in this trip however to get the most out of this trip we advised you to be PADI Advanced Open Water qualified.

Day 8: Disembark & check in at the Brayka Bay Resort

After saying your goodbyes to the Emperor Asmaa team you will be transferred to the stunning 4 star Brayka Bay Resort located south of Port Ghalib.

The Brayka Bay Resort caters for couples looking for a romantic getaway, individuals seeking a peaceful break away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life or divers in quest of the best diving spots the southern Red Sea has to offer.

This 4-star hotel has just 320 spacious and elegant rooms, all offering breathtaking views of the ocean or the lush and tropical gardens. The rooms at the Brayka Bay Resort were built to suit all customer’s needs and budgets with a choice of standard rooms, suites and family units available.

The 3 restaurants and 3 bars offer a range of dining experiences, from mouth-watering Arabic dishes and Italian delights to the freshest seafood and international specialties, the Brayka Bay Resort creates culinary wonders suiting every taste. The different bars and restaurants spread all over the resort so you can choose from fine dining or a casual snack.

Day 9 - 13: Daily Diving with Coraya Divers

Coraya Divers dive centre is a mere 100 metres from the fabulous house reef where you can enjoy some serious diving!

Coraya Divers in Marsa Alam is a large and very accommodating dive centre located on the grounds of the Brayka Bay Resort offering extraordinary diving spots near Marsa Alam year-round.

The bay offers many different and diverse diving opportunities, and on land there are 60 willing hands to make sure you’ll have the diving holiday of your dreams.

There are two modern speedboats for the short trips from the sheltered bay to fifteen different top dive sites like Elphinstone and Abu Dabab.

Day 14: Day Trip to Luxor - A PEARL OF ANTIQUITY

On your dry day, venture out on a private day trip to Luxor to explore most of what this ancient city of Luxor has to offer.

Luxor is the hub of Ancient Egyptian monuments. This busy town has developed to cater to the thousands of tourists who visit daily.

You will depart the resort early morning and visit the Karnak Temple, a complex temple built during the 1500 years. The cruise on Nile is available and charged $5 locally to help the volunteers. Following you will visit the 18 metres high Memnon’s 2 Colossus and the Hatshepsut Temple, the only known Woman Pharaoh in history. Tresspass near the house of Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutanchamon in 1922.

In the afternoon you will visit the famous Valley of Kings where you will explore 3 tombs of Egyptian lords and before heading back to Marsa Alam shop in alabaster manufactory.

You will arrive back at the Brayka Bay Resort at around 23:00

Day 15: Return Home

Time to say goodbye to Egypt and start the return journey.

With a number of great dives added to your dive belt and taken in some ancient history it is sadly time to get ready to come home.

The flights to Gatwick depart around 16:00 and take around 5 hours. The flights from Birmingham depart Marsa Alam a little later in the evening, around 20:45 and take around 6 hours.

Available Experiences

Grand Egyptian Museum

Cairo & Giza Pyramids

Luxor & Valley of the Kings

Southern Africa and Egypt

Camel Safari

Sea Scope Submarine

Horseback Riding

Kiteboarding

Mount Sinai & St. Catherine

Ras Mohamed By Boat

4 x 4 Jeep Safari

Bedouin Dinner

Other Accommodation In The Vacinity

Marina Lodge At Port Ghalib

Wadi Lahmy Azur Resort

Marsa Shagra

Marsa Nakari

Wadi Lahami

Marsa Shagra

Marsa Nakari

Wadi Lahami

Marsa Shagra

Marsa Nakari

Wadi Lahami

Brayka Bay Resort

Lahami Bay Beach Resort

Camel Dive Club & Hotel

Sharks Bay Umbi Diving Village

Camel Dive Club & Hotel

Jaz Sharm Dreams

Jaz Fayrouz Resort

Falcon Naama Star

Continental Hotel Hurghada

Kaisol Romance Resort

Marriot Beach Resort

Abu Dabbab Diving Lodge

Sunrise Marina Resort Port Ghalib

The Three Corners Fayrouz Plaza

Oasis Dive Resort

Concorde Moreen Beach Resort

Jaz Grand Marsa

The Breakers - Soma Bay

Sheraton Resort

The Three Corners Equinox Beach Resort

The Three Corners Fayrouz Plaza

The Three Corners Happy Life Beach Resort

The Three Corners Ocean View

The Three Corners Sea Beach Resort

Camel Dive Club & Hotel

Falcon Naama Star

Jaz Fayrouz Resort

Jaz Sharm Dreams

Marriot Beach Resort

Continental Hotel Hurghada

Kaisol Romance Resort

Hilton Hurghada Resort

The Movenpick Resort & Spa El Gouna

Abu Dabbab Diving Lodge

Marina Lodge At Port Ghalib

Sunrise Marina Resort Port Ghalib

Oasis Dive Resort

Concorde Moreen Beach Resort

Jaz Grand Marsa

Marsa Shagra

Marsa Nakari

Brayka Bay Resort

Wadi Lahmy Azur Resort

Wadi Lahami

Lahami Bay Beach Resort

The Three Corners Sunny Beach

Flamenco Beach & Resort

Steigenberger Al Dau Beach Hotel

Coral Sun Beach Resort

Marsam Hotel

Marriott Mena House,Cairo

Serenity Alma Heights

Coral Garden Resort

Menaville Hotel & Spa

Shams Alam Beach Resort

Oonas Dive Club & Hotel

Marina Sharm Hotel

Novotel Sharm El Sheikh

Swiss Inn Resort Hurghada

Steigenberger Resort Achti

Cleopatra Luxury Resort Makadi Bay

Movenpick Cairo Media City

Fairmont Nile City

Triumph Luxury Hotel

Sonesta Hotel, Tower & Casino

Sheraton Cairo Hotel & Casino

Pyramids Park Resort Cairo

Hyatt Regency Cairo West

Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir Cairo

Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah

Azal Pyramids Hotel

Jaz Pyramids Resort

Barcelo Cairo Pyramids

Radisson Blu Hotel, Cairo Heliopolis

Mövenpick Resort Aswan

Tolip Hotel Aswan

Basma Hotel Aswan

Sonesta St. George Hotel - Luxor

Steigenberger Nile Palace

Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor

Jolie Ville Resort & Spa Kings Island Luxor

Iberotel Luxor

Xanadu Makadi Bay

Amarina Abu Soma Resort & Aquapark

Mercure Hurghada Hotel

Iberotel Casa Del Mar Resort

Jaz Casa Del Mar Beach Resort

Rixos Premium Magawish Suites & Villas

Ramses Hilton

Conrad Cairo

Hilton Cairo Heliopolis

Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa

Swiss Inn Resort Hurghada

Sheraton Resort

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Wednesday, 10 April 2019

Sunrise Marina Resort & Emperor Divers in Marsa Alam

The overall holiday was excellent value for money. Emperor Divers provided an outstanding dive experience on day boat trips to provide some of the most relax dives I have ever encountered at reasonable depths.

Sunrise Marina Resort & Emperor Divers in Marsa Alam

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