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September 13, 2023
Family of 5 adults principally there for diving. Easy booking and good communication direct with the hotel through owners web site. Flew into Hurgada when hotel arranged pick up met us for a 3 hour drive to hotel. Nice traditional feeling bungalow style rooms, spacious, clean and comfortable in secluded location, surrounded by desert and some part built developments. Half board buffet food has many flavourful authentic Egyptian dishes and plenty of it, we tried it all and none of us had tummy trouble. Good size pool to freshen up in after diving and secluded sun loungers. Friendly and attentive staff. Shisha available in bedouin tent. Local wine and beer reasonably priced and decent. The dive set up was well organised with choice of different trips every day. Their own reef has quite a steep drop off but good for deep dives and night dives. Other dives involve a drive from 15 mins to 1 hour depending on location and can be either shore based or boat dives. Good equipment, efficient set up, safety conscious and great instructors (we all did a refresh course and some of our group did advanced and nitrox). We didn't see shark on our trips but plenty of reef fish big and small, coral in good condition and an amazing dive through caverns on one of the trips. Good value although extras such as national park and diving permission fees soon add up!