Egypt

Egypt: A Red Sea Cruise

When

April to June | Sept to Nov

Price

From 2 800€ excl. flights

(based on 2 people sharing)

How long

5 nights

Ideal length

1 / 11

The Red Sea, whose exceptionally high salinity and near-total absence of freshwater river input give it remarkable clarity, with underwater visibility often exceeding thirty metres, is home to some of the best-preserved and most diverse coral reefs in the world, with over two hundred recorded coral species. A cruise departing from Hurghada or Marsa Alam allows successive anchorages off isolated reefs and desert islets, far from the areas most frequented by classic shore diving.

A Sea of Exceptional Clarity

The Red Sea owes its remarkable clarity to a unique combination of geographic factors: exceptionally high salinity, significant evaporation under this desert climate, and the near-total absence of any river flowing into it, unlike most other seas on the globe. This rare transparency offers underwater visibility that often exceeds thirty metres, a condition that explains why the region has ranked among the world's most renowned diving destinations since Commander Jacques-Yves Cousteau's first underwater explorations there in the 1950s.

Some of the World's Best-Preserved Coral Reefs

The Red Sea's coral reefs, spared the mass bleaching that has struck most other reefs worldwide thanks to a particular thermal resilience of their corals, are home to over two hundred recorded coral species and more than a thousand fish species, around ten per cent of which are endemic to the region. A cruise provides access to isolated sites such as the Brothers or Daedalus reefs, reachable only after several hours' sailing from the coast and thus largely spared the traffic of shore diving excursions.

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Between Desert and Reef, a Timeless Coastline

Egypt's Red Sea coast presents a rare geological contrast: arid desert mountains, among Africa's oldest rock formations, plunge straight into turquoise water with no vegetation in between, a landscape the region's Bedouin communities have crossed for centuries along camel routes still used today. This stark meeting of total aridity and one of the most marine-life-rich seas on the planet remains the most striking image of the entire cruise.