Camel Riding School
courses and advanced treks
Petra One Day
from Taba by boat USD 185
Habiba Village for a carefree holiday - family atmosphere
Star Gazing in Nuweiba USD 50 per person includes indepth information, transfers, dinner
Meditation Tours organized by El Khan into the Sinai desert
Approximately 170 km north from Sharm El Sheikh and 70 km south from Taba, there are some unspoiled reefs left to discover.
The famous dive sites Ras Mamlah and Ras Abu Gallum can be reached from Nuweiba off road by jeep for an hour and a half to two hours. Both reefs belong to the Ras Mohamed National Park and therefore permissions from the “Tourist Police” and the Protect the Coast Office” are needed.
Divers will immediately notice the still pristine conditions of these reefs, which is largely due to their remote location.
Ras Mamlah is a 70 meter wall with lots of untouched hard/soft corals. Big fish may be seen depending on the current. At Ras Abu Gallum you find another impressive;90 meter wall, where Napoleon fish and lots of other reef fish can be seen. Besides these famous dive sites, there are reefs all around Nuweiba, where divers and snorkel and enjoy themselves.
The “Pipeline”, named after the pipes of the desalination plant is certainly worth a dive to find a gigantic tablecoral on 15 meters, on 28 meters a huge fancoral and for the “deep divers” an anchor line overgrown with pink and blue soft coral on 35 meters. 500 meters north of “The Pipeline” is the M.F.O.-base (Multiple Forces and Observers), right in front of another interesting dive site. This reef is little known. Despite the minimum depth of 17 meters and the occasionally strong current and bad visibility, we often view there barracudas, stingrays, turtlesand crocodile fish.
Other dive sites worth mentioning are Maagana and Devil’s Head, both on a short distance north of Nuweiba.An easy entry from Maagana Beach leads to a 35 meter wall with lots of hard coral structures. The left hand wall has a small bridge leading into an open canyon. Big groopers, electric rays and napoleon fish may be seen. At Devil’s Head you will find at the right hand side, after a short surface swim a series of impressive canyons, which lead to well beyond 40 meters. It is an excellent reef for snorkellers and photographers.
Diving Nuweiba from the shore, away from the mass tourism and finding yourself and your buddy “alone” on a reef with a Bedouin dinner cooked on a campfire afterwards will be an enjoyable experience for everybody. Another unique experience in Nuweiba is diving or snorkeling with free dolphins. “Olin” and her baby have become so famous, that people from all over the world came to visit her. 15 years ago the deaf Bedouin Abdallah found “Oleen” and started to swim with her. They became best friends until her death in Dec 2004.
