Egyptian Cruising

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Sudan Classic & South

A relishing Sudan diving cruise itinerary: legendary Northern sites with the epic relics of Cousteau expedition, with the intact WWII wreck and amazing Swakin reefs with caves, plateaus, lush walls, magnificent formations and pinnacles sparkling with all colours of marine life. Schooling hammerheads, barracudas, mantas, pelagic fish, myriads of coral fishes, luxuriant soft and hard corals are to be seen once you step onboard of a safari yacht.

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Wingate reef & Umbria wreck

The Umbria built in Hamburg in 1912 and sunk in 1940 near Port Sudan is known as one of the best wrecks in the world to dive, so attracting divers to Sudan. 155m long, 18m wide, she rests almost intact with its precious cargo at the depth of 5-35m. On its final voyage in 1940, being in the hands of the Italians transporting over 350,000 bombs, cars, ammunition she was scuttled by the captain and sank in order not to be captured by British troops. It is possible to dive all around the wreck and to penetrate easily to the most of the sections.

Sanganeb

The large coral barrier 14 miles from Port Sudan where the famous British built lighthouse of 1906 rises up. It is possible to go up to the top of it between the dives. The reef forested by table corals is a home to large shoals of pelagics, colorful reef fish and an abundance of reef sharks.

Shaab Rumi

A stunning reef covered with soft and hard corals densely inhabited with shoals of snappers, whirls of barracudas, wrasses, bump-head parrot-fish, jacks, sweet-lips, grey sharks, hammerheads. The lagoon of the reef is famous for dolphins encounters playing on the waves.

Precontinent II

Famous relics of the underwater village built by the team of Jacques Cousteau in 1963 where his team of aquanauts used to spend days making an experiment of living under water. Shaab Rumi reef was a base for anchoring the habitats which are still there as a museum of the famous experiment.

Shaab Ambar

A large coral barrier reef with secluded lagoon close to Swakin Archipelago islands offering wall-diving, interesting night-diving and providing a safe haven for the night when visiting the islands of Swakin to the South.

Jumna

The most Northern reef of Swakin Archipelago with its lush walls, caves and endless coral formations hosting schools of hammerheads and mantas, pelagics and miniature nudibranches, rays and coral fishes of all possible colours.

Keary & Logan

Two small beautiful reefs beside each other with a lush plateaus and vertical walls boasting endless bushes of whip corals and sea fans. Coral formations are colonized by soft corals. Reefs are inhabited by coral fishes, pelagics and patrolled by hammerheads.

Pinnacle

A reef which original name is Nakhalat but known to divers as Pinnacle is a tower rising up from the depth covered with bright-colored Whip corals and Acroporas. The large cave at 45m depth hides giant groupers. Shoals of tunas, trevallies, barracudas and jacks are circling slowly around. Hammerheads, silky, grey, white-tip and fox sharks can appear from the blue when the current is right.

Important Note

The time, sites and ports of this itinerary are subject to change at any time without prior notice due to weather conditions or other factors. Direct transfers to/from the yacht are always included. Egyptian Cruising Company reserves the right to cancel the booking for the safety of passengers if it is not possible to change the time and route due to poor weather conditions.

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