Marsa Shagra

Food and Drink

The Restaurant:
Marsa Shagra's restaurant offers a wide choice of culinary delights to meet with everybody's taste and palate. A lavish open buffet is served for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurant also offers alternating theme nights where guests can enjoy different cuisines every night.

All of the meals, plus freshly baked cake each afternoon, are included within your package. Tea, coffee, water and bottled soft drinks are also included. Beer, wine, fresh juices, speciality teas and coffees, ice cream, chocolate and crisps are not included in the package and will be allocated to your room by name, signed for and settled at the end of the week during check out.

Vegetarians and other special dietary requirements are extremely well catered for. Please do let us know in advance regarding your requirements.

The restaurant has a welcoming ambience and an outdoor terrace furnished with natural bamboo artwork. The terrace overlooks a wonderful panoramic view of the tents, desert and the sea, you can enjoy a magnificent view of the sparkling water under the sun during the day and an unforgettable white moon shine over the black night water during dinner. If you're lucky, you can see the dolphins jumping out of the water during your breakfast, it will take your breath away!

Dining times - Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in the restaurant at the following times:

Breakfast 06:30h-09:30h

Lunch 12:00h-14:00h

Dinner 18:30h-21:30h

The Cafeteria:

The cafeteria team will provide you with all inclusive soft drinks, water and tea and coffee from 0530h - 2400h.

In order to support efforts to be as environmentally friendly as possible and reduce plastic output, guests will receive one complimentary regular bottle of mineral water that can be refilled at any of the dispensers throughout the village.

Alternatively to show support for this project, guests are invited to purchase an RSDS branded cooler bottle. Further bottles of regular bottled water can also be purchased at the cafeteria (€2 small – €3 large).

The cafeteria also serves other beverages, snacks, and item such as; specialty coffees (latte, cappuccino, espresso etc.), diet drinks, beer, chocolate, crisps, ice cream, souvenirs, etc. These items will be billed to your cafeteria list and you pay them at check-out. The cafeteria also sells small souvenirs, toiletries, and other items. If you can’t find what you are looking for in the cafeteria please ask the reception to drive you to one of the local markets. They usually accept foreign currency but it is a good idea to have Egyptian pounds just in case.

Bawadi Bedouin Lounge:

There is an intimate Bedouin lounge right on the beach where you can enjoy traditional drinks, wine, local beer and Sheesha (water pipe). This is the perfect alternative to loud and crowded hotel discotheques - you can simply enjoy a relaxed and calm evening with your family and friends right on the beach. The lounge is just near the royal tents.

Flights and Transfers

We can arrange direct flights from Gatwick to Marsa Alam each Wednesday and Thursday and from Birmingham on Mondays.

It is also possible to fly from Gatwick into Hurghada on a Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from Manchester on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and from Birmingham into Hurghada on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

The flight to Marsa Alam or Hurghada normally takes around 5 hours.

From Marsa Alam Airport the journey to Marsa Shagra takes approximately 30 minutes and from Hurghada airport the journey takes approximately 3 hours.

The Red Sea Diving Safari representative will meet you inside the airport with your VISA.

Diving Information

Within your package we include unlimited house reef diving as well as 2 guided orientation dives on your first diving day, further excursions by truck, speed or daily boat are booked and paid for locally.

Your first dive will be an orientation dive on Marsa Shagra's house reef accompanied by a guide. After this you are free to enjoy Marsa Shagra's unlimited diving set up where you have the freedom to dive in buddy pairs at your own pace and at the time of your choosing. With the waters edge just meters away from the dive shade you can get kitted up and go!

Unlimited House Reef Diving
Shagra is situated in front of a small bay (Marsa) with a sandy bottom. The dive centre is in front of this bay which is the base for Marsa Shagra's unlimited diving set up. Marsa Shagra bay has a superb house reef which is home to hundreds of marine life species and an excellent variety of soft and hard corals.

The bay is shallow, starting from 1-10 metres in depth and slowly dropping as you reach the outside walls of 40-50m in depth.

High performance speedboats are on standby at your request offering the option of up to 6 different dive patterns within the house reef. These dives are unguided which allows for a real sense of exploration and adventure.

Shore Dives Upon arrival at the site your guide will give you a full briefing.

Off Shore Diving
Zone B & C dive sites plus full day excursions, including the opportunity to take a boat or RIB trip to Elphinstone and Shaab Samadai (Dolphin House), can be easily arranged and paid for on site.

Please call us on 01323 648 924 or email info@oonasdivers.com for our most up to date pricing as flight costs can fluctuate on a daily basis.

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Please see below ‘from’ prices based on low season:

Beach Safari Tent £915 per person
Royal Tent £955 per person
Hut £955 per per person
Deluxe Chalet £1085 per person

Prices include:
Direct Hurghada flights
Airport Transfers
7 Nights twin share accommodation
Full board & selected soft drinks
5-day unlimited house reef diving package
2 Orientation dives on first diving day
Cylinders & Weights