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  • Ras Muhammad National Park

    Ras Muhammad National Park
    Ras Mohammad is a national park in Egypt at the southern extreme of the Sinai Peninsula. The reefs of Tiran and Ras Mohammed are known as two of the best diving-spots in the world. They can be reached by boat from Sharm within two hours. Huge schools of barracudas, sharks and murrays can be seen there every day.
    Ras Muhammad National Park
  • Mount Sinai

    Mount Sinai
    Mount Sinai (2,285 m / 7,500 ft) is the traditional and most accepted identification of the biblical Mount Sinai. There are two principal routes to the summit. The longer and shallower route takes about 2.5 hours on foot, though camels can be used. The steeper, more direct route is up the 3,750 "steps of penitence" in the ravine behind the monastery. The summit of the mountain has a mosque that is still used by Muslims. It also has a Greek Orthodox chapel, constructed in 1934 on the ruins of a 16th-century church, that is not open to the public. The chapel encloses the rock which is considered to be the source for the biblical Tablets of Stone. At the summit also is "Moses' cave", where Moses was said to have waited to receive the Ten Commandments.
    Mount Sinai
  • Dahab Blue Hole

    Dahab Blue Hole
    The Blue Hole is a submarine sinkhole (a kind of cave), around 130 m deep. There is a 26 m long tunnel, known as the Arch, at a depth of 56 m. Scuba and even free-divers (one breath, no oxygen tank) dive through the Arch. The Blue Hole is notorious for the number of diving fatalities (at least 40), earning it the "Diver's Cemetery" nickname.
    Dahab Blue Hole
  • Dahab kite- and windsurfing

    Dahab kite- and windsurfing
    Dahab is a popular kite- and windsurfing destination, thanks to its flatwater / bump-and-jumped lagoons, warm water and year-round strong steady winds ( best June through October )
    Dahab kite- and windsurfing
  • Saint Catherine's Monastery

    Saint Catherine's Monastery
    Santa Katarina Monastery lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai. The monastery is Orthodox and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in 565, the monastery is one of the oldest working Christian monasteries in the world
    Saint Catherine's Monastery
  • Hotels, casinos and nightlife

    Hotels, casinos and nightlife
    The entire "Red Sea Riviera", from Eilat to Sharm-el-Sheikh, is home to seaside hotels, budget and luxury ones, that are famous for their beach-by-day-party-by-night atmosphere
    Hotels, casinos and nightlife
  • Desert safari

    Desert safari
    Sinai's mountains and desert are spectacular. Trees and lush oases provide a beautiful surprise. Recommended is Wadi Ulrada and the Coloured Canyon. But many more little gems including hot springs and pharaonic ruins are also to be found. Tour operators offers excursions to discover various safari sites of Sinai Peninsula, whether half day safari trips for a short ride into the desert for quad biking and/or camel ride including Bedouin dinner, along with jeep safari trips deep into the desert.
    Desert safari
  • Tiran Island diving

    Tiran Island diving
    Tiran is a desert island located at the entrance of the Straits of Tiran, which separates the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aqaba. It is a popular diving destination. The wreck of the SS Thistlegorm is generally regarded as one of the finest wreck dives in the world. However, it can become very crowded with divers.
    Tiran Island diving
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