Red Sea Eclipse Tour – 2027

Clothing should be lightweight, comfortable sportswear, and swimsuits are a must. A light sweater or jacket is ideal for evenings. Dress is always casual and informal. Additional items you may want to bring are sunscreen, sunglasses, a hat, soft deck shoes/socks, and comfortable walking shoes for your time ashore while touring the historical sites. While there is no official dress code for entering ancient temples in Egypt, as a courtesy, it is recommended that you cover your shoulders and wear loose, modest clothing when entering temples. Shorts, t-shirts, and tennis shoes are ideal for days when visiting remote towns on the East Bank.

The Aggressor Nile Queen docks at the East Bank each Saturday morning for a 10:00 am boarding and the start of your Nile Cruise. The Aggressor Nile Queen docks in Aswan on Thursday morning (at the end of the trip) for guests to continue their half day tour which will end at 2 pm. Transportation will be provided to the Aswan Airport.

Your adventure includes guided tours of Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple, Valley of the Kings,  Hatshepsut Temple and many other ancient sites between Luxor and Aswan. 

At the end of the week, guests must a USD $45 Port fee per person and a USD $105 Marine Park fee per person to visit 2 Marine Parks for either the Northern or Southern routes. Starting April 1, 2022 a fuel surcharge of $50 pp will be added. These fees are paid onboard the yacht and may be paid by Visa, MasterCard, or cash. (USD, EURO, English pounds or EGP – Egyptian pounds) The yacht cannot accept traveler’s checks due to the banks in Egypt not accepting them.

There is a 14% Value Added Tax (VAT) required by the Egyptian Federal Law for all onboard billings for any retail or service added to your billing that includes port fees, marine park fees, dive courses, clothing sales, and nitrox.

The voltage aboard the yacht is 220v and the plug sockets around the boat will accept American plugs. You should bring a voltage adaptor. Most electrical devices are either 110 or 240 volts (look on your cable on the charger that plugs into the wall to verify).

You’ll be diving in water that averages 74°- 84° degrees or 23°- 29° C. Most guests make as many as 5 dives each day, so some sort of protection is needed. A 3mm wetsuit in the summer and 5mm in winter should be comfortable and adequate. We suggest divers bring safety items such as a Dive Alert, Safety Sausage, Nautilus Lifeline (Nautilus Lifelines available onboard for rent) and any other safety items you feel necessary. Dive computers are mandatory so please bring yours or rent one from Dive Addicts.

The Red Sea Aggressor V offers 12-liter aluminum tanks, weight belts, and weights and has both K-valves (American type), and DIN (International) valves.

Port Berenice – Rocky & Zabargad Islands Sample Itinerary

 Day 1 : Port Berenice – Embarkation

Day 2 : Check out dive Shaab Eshara and first day and night dive.

Day 3 : Morning dive at Abu Galawa West, 2nd dive at Abu Galawa East, 3rd dive at Malahi, 4th dive & night dive at Amphoras . Sailing at night to Rocky Island .

Day 4 : Morning dive at North East Rocky, 2nd dive at south West Rocky, 3rd dive at North West Rocky, 4th dive at South East Rocky. Sailing to Zabargad Island for night dive & overnight.

Day 5 : Morning dive at Abu Bassala, 2nd dive at Gota’a Mymora, 3rd dive Fendra Hamara, 4th dive at Habily Wasta, night dive at Gota’a Wasta

Day 6 : Morning dive at Habily Gaafar, 2nd dive at Habily Aly, 3rd dive at Habily St.John Woods. Sailing to Dangerous reef for 4th & night dive.

Day 7 : Morning dive at Habily Abu Wassef. 2nd dive at White Rock. Sailing back to Port Berenice; sunset party and dinner onboard and overnight.

Day 8 : Port Berenice – Disembark

Rocky & Zabargad Islands Dive Sites

ABU GALAWA EAST & WEST – Usually provides easy dives and is therefore suitable for beginners or your first Days checkout dives. Underwater visibility is excellent in this area. Dive sites at this location offer beautiful coral gardens, pinnacles and shallow drift dives in the 15 to 25 meter range.

 ZABARGAD –  Is the largest marine park in Egypt’s southern Red Sea and is often grouped with the Rocky Island Marine Park which lies just 5km southeast. Zabargad’s Turtle Bay is home to an abundance of reef fish, cuttlefish, octopus, blue spotted rays and crocodile fish, and is also a nesting ground for turtles during August. Beyond the sheltered coves, Zabargad offers thrilling walls, Both hard and soft corals live here and strong currents as well as the Khanka Wreck and sightings of oceanic whitetips, grey reef sharks, hammerhead, silvertips and manta rays. 

 ROCKY ISLAND – Rocky Island provides fantastic diving, with sheer vertical walls and rugged, jagged profile. Strong currents can make diving a drift dive. The reef composition here is generally stony, with fairly good coral cover. Divers can discover sharks of all species, a whole range of reef and pelagic creatures and different coral types such as stony corals, plate and cabbage corals, acropora, fire coral, and Dendronephthya soft corals.

 HABILI ALY – Habili Aly is another incredibly popular dive site that can feel like diving in an aquarium!  Reef predators such as jacks and grey reef sharks are commonly seen, Hammerhead sharks and manta rays are also encountered, though less frequently. It is not unusual to see Bottlenose Dolphins on the surface here, and sometimes underwater.  Manta Rays are around during the summer months. Butterfly Fish, Red Sea Banner Fish, Angel Fish, and Big Eye bimble around in the shallows and for those that have sharp eyes, you will see Large Dragons and Purple Flabellina moving slowly over the walls.  Overhangs and Black Corals are found in the south.

 HABILI GAFFAR – is a smaller reef flat, perhaps 30m across at the surface, with a ledge running around it at 20-35m deep before the reef plunges in to the depths of the Red Sea. Its small size means you can circumnavigate the entire reef 2 or 3 times during a dive or zigzag up one side, depending on the strength of the current. The strong currents attract snapper, barracuda, tuna and reef sharks on the northern side where a small protrusion forms at 40m. The shallower sections of the reef are dominated by pink clasping soft corals and fairy basslets. Schools of bigmouth mackerel race across the reef top in search of food. Lionfish slowly stalk in the shallows, waiting for their opportunity to strike on unsuspecting prey.

DANGEROUS REEF – Is the most southerly of the St. John’s reefs, but seems oddly named since it is one of the few dive sites in the Southern Red Sea that offer a reasonably shallow flat bottom. This makes it good for an overnight anchorage and night diving, where you can find squid, Spanish dancers, and hunting morey eels. The topography here makes for great swim-throughs. There are many breaks in the reef shallows that allow easy and safe penetration.

Sample itineraries  are for illustrative purposes only and subject to change based on local regulations, guest experience, weather, and logistics.

We suggest you pack the following (please feel free to take advantage of Dive Addicts professionals to help you with any equipment questions or needs): mask, fins, snorkel, and regulator with visible pressure gauge, depth gauge, dive computer, and buoyancy compensator. Strongly recommended: Spare mask, a dive watch, dive light, safety sausage with 20 feet of line, whistle, Dive Alert, mirror and/or other safety devices. Each piece of gear should be marked with waterproof paint or tape. Please see our “Adventure Log” on our website for current diving conditions.

The Egyptian Government forbids tourists from carrying drone aircraft into the country. If you do enter Egypt with a drone aircraft, the Egyptian Government warns they will confiscate the drone. DPV’s are not allowed in Egypt. Diving amenities include the offer of unlimited Nitrox which is $100 7-nights.

Transportation from the Nile Queen River boat to the Aggressor Liveaboard will be have recommendations and planning provided by Dive Addicts closer to the time of the trip. Any transportation arranged by Dive Addicts will be an additional charge.

There are over 1000 species of fish in the Red Sea, 20 percent of which are found nowhere else in the world. With it being one of the sunniest places on the planet, corals and their tiny guests thrive on an overabundance of solar energy. The itineraries offer swimming with pods of up to 60 wild dolphin, up close encounters with Oceanic White Tip Sharks and much more.