Eel Garden (★4.4)
Eel Garden lays between a wall and a canyon. This sandy slope is suitable for divers of any level. There is even an entrance from the shore, starting from a small cave right on top of the sandy slope.
This excursion combines diving with a visit to Ras Mohamed National Park on land.
Like the explorers of the Sinai in the 70's, we travel to the dive sites by land, but in a more luxurious way than back then, namely with our air-conditioned minibus.
PROGRAM:
From our dive center or the hotel we start at 8:00 am and reach our first dive site "Shark Observatory" or "Eel Garden" after about 1 hour driving time. Steep wall or canyon, here the experienced divers can enjoy colorful corals and, depending on the season, very large schools of fish.
After the dive, we go on a discovery tour and climb the 60-metre-high viewing platform of the Shark Observatory. From up there, we let our eyes wander over the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba. We are at the southernmost point of the Sinai Peninsula.
We then continue by bus past the salt lake to the mangroves and then reach our second dive site, the canyon in Marsa Bareika. A sandy bay with an easy entrance.
We set up camp here and enjoy a barbecue prepared by us after the dive and end the day in a relaxed atmosphere.
We will be back at the dive center around 17:00.