Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - Simply the Best

Simply the Best offers divers the chance to explore the 'Best Top 3' sites in this area: Big and Little Brothers, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone. A fabulous mixture of reef and wreck diving

The Brother Islands are the pinnacles of two undersea mountains rising from the depths of the abyss and are located about 60 miles offshore. Part of the Marine Park Islands National Park, these islands offer stunning wall diving, with the walls being covered in soft corals and forests of gorgonians, creating a kaleidoscope of ever-changing colours. They attract a diverse array of marine species and large pelagics. Large tuna, jacks and snappers cruise in the blue, accompanied by occasional hammerheads, silvertips, silky and oceanic white tip sharks and mantas. Even the rare thresher shark can be found here. Sightings of the grey reef shark are almost guaranteed on the North and South Plateaux of Small Brother.

For the wreck diver, the Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship, lie on the walls of the Big Brother. Both are covered in a rich growth of soft and hard corals. Marine life includes a family of Napoleon wrasse and grey reef sharks.

Daedalus Reef, also part of the Marine Park, is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found. Daedalus has mountainous, pristine, hard coral formations. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling hammerheads and grey reef sharks.

Elphinstone, with its sheer walls covered in soft corals, offers a likely encounter with oceanic white tip sharks.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - Daedalus, Fury & Elphinstone

Daedalus, Fury Shoals and Elphinstone offers some of the best diving in the Red Sea. With less distance to travel than some routes, you have more time to dive these iconic sites and there is less chance of seasickness with shorter sailings and secure moorings.

This trip offers you some of the best diving in the Red Sea and includes Daedalus, Fury Shoals and Elphinstone. With less distance to travel than some routes, you have more time to dive these iconic sites and there is less chance of seasickness with shorter sailings and secure moorings. Depending on prevailing weather conditions your guides will pick sites suitable for night dives outside the Marine Park.

Heading first to Fury Shoals, we may dive around the Marsa Alam area or perhaps dive Sha'ab Sharm with its wall dives and white tip reef sharks. Oceanic white tips and silky sharks can sometimes be found in the blue and turtles often visit the south side before heading further south. At Fury Shoals, we have more time to explore the vast reef system than other itineraries afford. Of course we will dive the classics such as Sha'ab Claude (a.k.a. Claudio) with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glass fish. Sataya with its resident spinner dolphin population is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings, and on top of that we can spend time exploring less dived sites such as Sha'ab Hamam (Stairway to Heaven), Abu Galawa Kebir with the Tien Hsing wreck, Gota Sataya and if the weather is kind there are some submerged reefs that can be moored on such as Habili Sameh that will blow you away!

Daedalus Reef, a part of the Red Sea offshore Marine Park, is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found. Daedalus has mountainous, pristine, hard coral formations. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling hammerheads, especially from May to November, and grey reef sharks.

Of course no trip to the South would be complete without stopping at world famous Elphinstone, with its sheer walls covered in soft corals, and likely encounters with oceanic white tip sharks. Depending on the experience of the group and the weather, you may even get the chance to dive it at the beginning and end of your amazing trip!

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - Southern Solitude

Embark on a unique dive adventure with Emperor Divers' Southern Solitude itinerary, designed to take you against the flow and explore the best sites of the southern Red Sea at their quietest times. This 21+ dive-focused trip offers the opportunity to visit iconic locations like Elphinstone, Daedalus, and St John's, along with rarely-dived sites such as Rocky and Zabargad. By staying offshore for six full nights, divers can enjoy up to 22 dives, maximizing their underwater exploration while experiencing relative peace and quiet.

Beginning in Port Ghalib, the journey ventures straight to Elphinstone, followed by early arrivals at Daedalus and remote islands like Rocky and Zabargad. As others head to onshore bays, the itinerary offers full-day and night diving programs on offshore reefs, providing an unparalleled dive experience away from the crowds. With Emperor Divers' unique approach, divers can anticipate moments of Southern Solitude amidst the Red Sea's breathtaking underwater landscapes.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - Daedalus, Fury & Elphinstone

Daedalus, Fury Shoals and Elphinstone offers some of the best diving in the Red Sea. With less distance to travel than some routes, you have more time to dive these iconic sites and there is less chance of seasickness with shorter sailings and secure moorings.

This trip offers you some of the best diving in the Red Sea and includes Daedalus, Fury Shoals and Elphinstone. With less distance to travel than some routes, you have more time to dive these iconic sites and there is less chance of seasickness with shorter sailings and secure moorings. Depending on prevailing weather conditions your guides will pick sites suitable for night dives outside the Marine Park.

Heading first to Fury Shoals, we may dive around the Marsa Alam area or perhaps dive Sha'ab Sharm with its wall dives and white tip reef sharks. Oceanic white tips and silky sharks can sometimes be found in the blue and turtles often visit the south side before heading further south. At Fury Shoals, we have more time to explore the vast reef system than other itineraries afford. Of course we will dive the classics such as Sha'ab Claude (a.k.a. Claudio) with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glass fish. Sataya with its resident spinner dolphin population is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings, and on top of that we can spend time exploring less dived sites such as Sha'ab Hamam (Stairway to Heaven), Abu Galawa Kebir with the Tien Hsing wreck, Gota Sataya and if the weather is kind there are some submerged reefs that can be moored on such as Habili Sameh that will blow you away!

Daedalus Reef, a part of the Red Sea offshore Marine Park, is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found. Daedalus has mountainous, pristine, hard coral formations. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling hammerheads, especially from May to November, and grey reef sharks.

Of course no trip to the South would be complete without stopping at world famous Elphinstone, with its sheer walls covered in soft corals, and likely encounters with oceanic white tip sharks. Depending on the experience of the group and the weather, you may even get the chance to dive it at the beginning and end of your amazing trip!

Route Description - Southern Solitude

Embark on a unique dive adventure with Emperor Divers' Southern Solitude itinerary, designed to take you against the flow and explore the best sites of the southern Red Sea at their quietest times. This 21+ dive-focused trip offers the opportunity to visit iconic locations like Elphinstone, Daedalus, and St John's, along with rarely-dived sites such as Rocky and Zabargad. By staying offshore for six full nights, divers can enjoy up to 22 dives, maximizing their underwater exploration while experiencing relative peace and quiet.

Beginning in Port Ghalib, the journey ventures straight to Elphinstone, followed by early arrivals at Daedalus and remote islands like Rocky and Zabargad. As others head to onshore bays, the itinerary offers full-day and night diving programs on offshore reefs, providing an unparalleled dive experience away from the crowds. With Emperor Divers' unique approach, divers can anticipate moments of Southern Solitude amidst the Red Sea's breathtaking underwater landscapes.

Route Description - Simply the Best

Simply the Best offers divers the chance to explore the 'Best Top 3' sites in this area: Big and Little Brothers, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone. A fabulous mixture of reef and wreck diving

The Brother Islands are the pinnacles of two undersea mountains rising from the depths of the abyss and are located about 60 miles offshore. Part of the Marine Park Islands National Park, these islands offer stunning wall diving, with the walls being covered in soft corals and forests of gorgonians, creating a kaleidoscope of ever-changing colours. They attract a diverse array of marine species and large pelagics. Large tuna, jacks and snappers cruise in the blue, accompanied by occasional hammerheads, silvertips, silky and oceanic white tip sharks and mantas. Even the rare thresher shark can be found here. Sightings of the grey reef shark are almost guaranteed on the North and South Plateaux of Small Brother.

For the wreck diver, the Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship, lie on the walls of the Big Brother. Both are covered in a rich growth of soft and hard corals. Marine life includes a family of Napoleon wrasse and grey reef sharks.

Daedalus Reef, also part of the Marine Park, is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found. Daedalus has mountainous, pristine, hard coral formations. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling hammerheads and grey reef sharks.

Elphinstone, with its sheer walls covered in soft corals, offers a likely encounter with oceanic white tip sharks.

Route Description - Simply the Best

Simply the Best offers divers the chance to explore the 'Best Top 3' sites in this area: Big and Little Brothers, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone. A fabulous mixture of reef and wreck diving

The Brother Islands are the pinnacles of two undersea mountains rising from the depths of the abyss and are located about 60 miles offshore. Part of the Marine Park Islands National Park, these islands offer stunning wall diving, with the walls being covered in soft corals and forests of gorgonians, creating a kaleidoscope of ever-changing colours. They attract a diverse array of marine species and large pelagics. Large tuna, jacks and snappers cruise in the blue, accompanied by occasional hammerheads, silvertips, silky and oceanic white tip sharks and mantas. Even the rare thresher shark can be found here. Sightings of the grey reef shark are almost guaranteed on the North and South Plateaux of Small Brother.

For the wreck diver, the Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship, lie on the walls of the Big Brother. Both are covered in a rich growth of soft and hard corals. Marine life includes a family of Napoleon wrasse and grey reef sharks.

Daedalus Reef, also part of the Marine Park, is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found. Daedalus has mountainous, pristine, hard coral formations. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling hammerheads and grey reef sharks.

Elphinstone, with its sheer walls covered in soft corals, offers a likely encounter with oceanic white tip sharks.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - Simply the Best

Simply the Best offers divers the chance to explore the 'Best Top 3' sites in this area: Big and Little Brothers, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone. A fabulous mixture of reef and wreck diving

The Brother Islands are the pinnacles of two undersea mountains rising from the depths of the abyss and are located about 60 miles offshore. Part of the Marine Park Islands National Park, these islands offer stunning wall diving, with the walls being covered in soft corals and forests of gorgonians, creating a kaleidoscope of ever-changing colours. They attract a diverse array of marine species and large pelagics. Large tuna, jacks and snappers cruise in the blue, accompanied by occasional hammerheads, silvertips, silky and oceanic white tip sharks and mantas. Even the rare thresher shark can be found here. Sightings of the grey reef shark are almost guaranteed on the North and South Plateaux of Small Brother.

For the wreck diver, the Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship, lie on the walls of the Big Brother. Both are covered in a rich growth of soft and hard corals. Marine life includes a family of Napoleon wrasse and grey reef sharks.

Daedalus Reef, also part of the Marine Park, is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found. Daedalus has mountainous, pristine, hard coral formations. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling hammerheads and grey reef sharks.

Elphinstone, with its sheer walls covered in soft corals, offers a likely encounter with oceanic white tip sharks.

Route Description - Simply the Best

Simply the Best offers divers the chance to explore the 'Best Top 3' sites in this area: Big and Little Brothers, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone. A fabulous mixture of reef and wreck diving

The Brother Islands are the pinnacles of two undersea mountains rising from the depths of the abyss and are located about 60 miles offshore. Part of the Marine Park Islands National Park, these islands offer stunning wall diving, with the walls being covered in soft corals and forests of gorgonians, creating a kaleidoscope of ever-changing colours. They attract a diverse array of marine species and large pelagics. Large tuna, jacks and snappers cruise in the blue, accompanied by occasional hammerheads, silvertips, silky and oceanic white tip sharks and mantas. Even the rare thresher shark can be found here. Sightings of the grey reef shark are almost guaranteed on the North and South Plateaux of Small Brother.

For the wreck diver, the Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship, lie on the walls of the Big Brother. Both are covered in a rich growth of soft and hard corals. Marine life includes a family of Napoleon wrasse and grey reef sharks.

Daedalus Reef, also part of the Marine Park, is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found. Daedalus has mountainous, pristine, hard coral formations. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling hammerheads and grey reef sharks.

Elphinstone, with its sheer walls covered in soft corals, offers a likely encounter with oceanic white tip sharks.

Route Description - Southern Solitude

Embark on a unique dive adventure with Emperor Divers' Southern Solitude itinerary, designed to take you against the flow and explore the best sites of the southern Red Sea at their quietest times. This 21+ dive-focused trip offers the opportunity to visit iconic locations like Elphinstone, Daedalus, and St John's, along with rarely-dived sites such as Rocky and Zabargad. By staying offshore for six full nights, divers can enjoy up to 22 dives, maximizing their underwater exploration while experiencing relative peace and quiet.

Beginning in Port Ghalib, the journey ventures straight to Elphinstone, followed by early arrivals at Daedalus and remote islands like Rocky and Zabargad. As others head to onshore bays, the itinerary offers full-day and night diving programs on offshore reefs, providing an unparalleled dive experience away from the crowds. With Emperor Divers' unique approach, divers can anticipate moments of Southern Solitude amidst the Red Sea's breathtaking underwater landscapes.

Route Description - Southern Solitude

Embark on a unique dive adventure with Emperor Divers' Southern Solitude itinerary, designed to take you against the flow and explore the best sites of the southern Red Sea at their quietest times. This 21+ dive-focused trip offers the opportunity to visit iconic locations like Elphinstone, Daedalus, and St John's, along with rarely-dived sites such as Rocky and Zabargad. By staying offshore for six full nights, divers can enjoy up to 22 dives, maximizing their underwater exploration while experiencing relative peace and quiet.

Beginning in Port Ghalib, the journey ventures straight to Elphinstone, followed by early arrivals at Daedalus and remote islands like Rocky and Zabargad. As others head to onshore bays, the itinerary offers full-day and night diving programs on offshore reefs, providing an unparalleled dive experience away from the crowds. With Emperor Divers' unique approach, divers can anticipate moments of Southern Solitude amidst the Red Sea's breathtaking underwater landscapes.

Route Description - Southern Solitude

Embark on a unique dive adventure with Emperor Divers' Southern Solitude itinerary, designed to take you against the flow and explore the best sites of the southern Red Sea at their quietest times. This 21+ dive-focused trip offers the opportunity to visit iconic locations like Elphinstone, Daedalus, and St John's, along with rarely-dived sites such as Rocky and Zabargad. By staying offshore for six full nights, divers can enjoy up to 22 dives, maximizing their underwater exploration while experiencing relative peace and quiet.

Beginning in Port Ghalib, the journey ventures straight to Elphinstone, followed by early arrivals at Daedalus and remote islands like Rocky and Zabargad. As others head to onshore bays, the itinerary offers full-day and night diving programs on offshore reefs, providing an unparalleled dive experience away from the crowds. With Emperor Divers' unique approach, divers can anticipate moments of Southern Solitude amidst the Red Sea's breathtaking underwater landscapes.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - Southern Solitude

Embark on a unique dive adventure with Emperor Divers' Southern Solitude itinerary, designed to take you against the flow and explore the best sites of the southern Red Sea at their quietest times. This 21+ dive-focused trip offers the opportunity to visit iconic locations like Elphinstone, Daedalus, and St John's, along with rarely-dived sites such as Rocky and Zabargad. By staying offshore for six full nights, divers can enjoy up to 22 dives, maximizing their underwater exploration while experiencing relative peace and quiet.

Beginning in Port Ghalib, the journey ventures straight to Elphinstone, followed by early arrivals at Daedalus and remote islands like Rocky and Zabargad. As others head to onshore bays, the itinerary offers full-day and night diving programs on offshore reefs, providing an unparalleled dive experience away from the crowds. With Emperor Divers' unique approach, divers can anticipate moments of Southern Solitude amidst the Red Sea's breathtaking underwater landscapes.

Route Description - Simply the Best

Simply the Best offers divers the chance to explore the 'Best Top 3' sites in this area: Big and Little Brothers, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone. A fabulous mixture of reef and wreck diving

The Brother Islands are the pinnacles of two undersea mountains rising from the depths of the abyss and are located about 60 miles offshore. Part of the Marine Park Islands National Park, these islands offer stunning wall diving, with the walls being covered in soft corals and forests of gorgonians, creating a kaleidoscope of ever-changing colours. They attract a diverse array of marine species and large pelagics. Large tuna, jacks and snappers cruise in the blue, accompanied by occasional hammerheads, silvertips, silky and oceanic white tip sharks and mantas. Even the rare thresher shark can be found here. Sightings of the grey reef shark are almost guaranteed on the North and South Plateaux of Small Brother.

For the wreck diver, the Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship, lie on the walls of the Big Brother. Both are covered in a rich growth of soft and hard corals. Marine life includes a family of Napoleon wrasse and grey reef sharks.

Daedalus Reef, also part of the Marine Park, is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found. Daedalus has mountainous, pristine, hard coral formations. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling hammerheads and grey reef sharks.

Elphinstone, with its sheer walls covered in soft corals, offers a likely encounter with oceanic white tip sharks.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

Route Description - South & St.Johns

South & St.Johns 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.

Explore the Red Sea's premier diving destinations on a relaxing 7-day cruise with approximately 3 dives per day. Departing from Port Ghalib, venture south to St. John’s area, where you'll encounter stunning reefs and diverse marine life. Highlights include Sha’ab Sharm for wall dives with white tip reef sharks, Fury Shoals for swim-throughs and porite corals at Sha’ab Claude, and Abu Galawa Soraya featuring a vibrant coral garden and a wreck.

Discover the remote beauty of St. John’s reef near the Sudanese border, where Habili Ali boasts giant gorgonians and black corals, and Habili Gafaar teems with colorful fish and the chance to spot mantas and sharks. At Gota Kebir, explore massive tunnels and plateaus frequented by jacks, barracudas, and mantas, ideal for novice cave divers. Conclude your journey at Gota Soraya, renowned for its exceptional wall dives with glass fish, sweepers, and encounters with Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. Enjoy an unforgettable diving adventure in the Red Sea's pristine waters.

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