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Advantages: a beautiful coastal region and great diving
Disadvantages: none

The Blue Hole at Dahab is a name that is probably better known to divers than it is to the casual tourist, but the waters here and the whole coastal region has a lot to offer to diver and non-diver alike. Geographically Dahab is found about half way down the east coast of Egypt's Sinai peninsular its waters being part of the Gulf of Aqaba that forms the top of the Red Sea. Dahab is a town that evolved from a mixture of Bedouin groups, Israeli settlers ...
...and fun of the water activities that are so suited to this calm stretch of water. There is more here than just the hole here so I will provide a breakdown of what's on offer. The Town The town itself is not much to look at as you approach from the desert highway that runs the length of the coast from Taba and Eilat in the north to the better-known Sharm el Sheik in the south. The outskirts of the town seems run down and dirty, typical of many of ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful scenery and marine life, great visability
Disadvantages: None

When on holiday recently in Sharm el Sheikh, myself and my boyfriend completed our Open Water Diving course. After completing the course, we decided we would like to have a couple of dives where we could just chill and take in our surroundings rather than worrying about what we were meant to be learning. The Dive School we learnt with offered trips to Ras Mohamed so we booked ourselves up for the trip. What Is Ras Mohamed? Ras Mohamed is the only ...
...The Ras Mohamed National Park actually includes areas of land as well as water, meaning it is highly popular with divers. Today the Ras Mohamed National Park covers 480km². The Ras Mohamed National Park is great for all animal lovers as there are many species to be seen both on land and underwater. Where Is Ras Mohamed? Ras Mohamed is located about 25 km southwest from Sharm el Sheikh. It is very easy to get there, either by taxi or on an organised ... Read review

Advantages: good sites, cheap
Disadvantages: food can be a bit iffy

...do my PADI and made hurghada my base. The school I used was OK and nursed me through the course 2 days in the classroom followed by the requisite dives and training This is a wonderful place to dive as the reefs are spectacular and the cost of the course is good The main dive locations can get busy in summer so i went in january and thius was better. we had some reefs to ourselfs!!! Egyptians are very friendly and always helpful and the bazzars ... Read review

Advantages: Small, you cant get lost! Well organised
Disadvantages: Tipping expected

I've flown to Taba twice in the last 18 months and have to say overall my experience has been great. There's literally one door in and one door out, there's no chace of getting lost either inbound or outbound. The staff are friendly and polite and speak good English incase your arabic isnt so hot! The only down side would be the guys stood at the toilet doors, handing out toilet roll and expecting a tip. There are also plenty of assistants at the ...
...of course, however I dont mind giving a tip to someone carrying my suitcase (it was heavy!)... I think on the other hand I can manage to tear off some loo roll without assistance!!! No complaints... if you are planning on flying out here and nervous about transfers/organisation etc, dont be, the transfers are well organised, someone at the door at all times to advise you which coach to get on and as I said before, you cant get lost! ... Read review

Advantages: One of the top wreck dives
Disadvantages: Strong currents and crowds

All week I had been nursing a cold with ears that had become increasingly harder to clear during each dive that I did however now I was poised to plunge into the water and dive the Thistlegorm one of the best known wrecks in the diving world and always in the top five wreck dives of most divers. To be honest barring a bust ear drum I was determined to get at least one dive on this famous Red Sea wreck and as it was I managed to complete all three ...
...and prevented me from diving for the remainder of the trip 24 hours later. A Brief History One of the great attractions about diving wrecks is the sense of getting to observe a part of history in its final resting place and this is very much the case with the Thistlegorm as not only is it in pretty good structural condition but also a lot of its cargo is still on the ship. The ship met its end on the 5th October 1941 although it did not actually ... Read review