Dune Lewini Itinerary

Northern Reefs and Brothers (Safaga) 7N

8 days / 7 nights

About Dune Lewini

  • Exciting Egyptian itineraries hitting the best diving in the northern and central Red Sea
  • Recently updated facilities and equipment, fully renovated in 2019
  • Three to four dives each day, exploring reefs, shipwrecks, and walls
  • Spacious and modern interiors with plenty of room to relax when you aren't out exploring

Redesigned for liveaboard safaris in 2019, Dune Lewini - formerly known as Ghani - offers contemporary interiors, comfortable cabins, and tons of diver friendly details. This boat also boasts a friendly and patient crew, happy to offer personalised round-the-clock service, catering to your every need. You'll have the opportunity to dive up to four times a day, taking in the northern and central Egyptian Red Sea's most exciting reefs and wrecks, home to dolphins, sharks, and clouds of fish. When you aren't diving, you'll have plenty of room to rest and relax, and access to fun extra activities like PADI courses, snorkelling, and sundowner cocktails with a view at the well-stocked bar.

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Itinerary details

8 days / 7 nights
16 - 18
Advanced Open Water - Minimum 50 dives
Required

Highlights

  • Circular route joining the iconic northern sites with the Brothers Islands
  • Explore the most famous wreck in the Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm
  • Walls and wrecks in Sinai and abundant marine life around Safaga
  • Log dives on Shark and Yolanda reefs in Ras Mohammed National Park
  • Experience the current swept pinnacles of Brothers Islands National Park
  • Discover the wreck-ridden Strait of Gubal and the chilling Salam Express
  • Night dives offered on request

Day 1: Our friendly staff welcomes you at the airport. Bus transfer from the airport to the marina. You will, then, be attributed a cabin and discover the boat.

Day 2: After breakfast, your guide will tell you everything you need to know about your programme of the week, safety recommendations and, more generally, your life on the boat. Your diving certifications, logbook and insurance will be checked before leaving the marina. The boat will then sail to the first dive site, 30 minutes away from the marina. Your guide will give you a detailed briefing about your first dive. After lunch you will do your second dive. You will then keep sailing north to reach the El Gouna area where you will spend a quiet and peaceful night moored behind a big reef.

Day 3: Having arrived the day before on site, you will do your first-two wreck dives in the morning. After lunch you will sail north for two hours before reaching the site where you will do the third dive of the day. Upon request, a night dive may be added. For a quiet and peaceful night, you will spend the night away from the waves, moored behind a big reef. This programme may be subject to change according to weather conditions.

Day 4: This day, you will do two to three dives on the mythical wreck of the Thistlegorm.

Day 5: At sunrise, the captain and his crew will sail towards the tip of Sinai where you will make at least two dives in the magnificent Ras Mohamed reserve. The third dive will potentially be on the site of Shaab Mahmoudat. After dinner, you will sail at night to reach the Brothers Islands in the early morning.

Day 6: Arriving in the early morning, you will make three dives during the day on the magnificent drop offs of the Brothers. A tour of the lighthouse can be organised by your guide according to agreements with the guards on site. The captain and his crew will then sail for around five hours to arrive at night in the Safaga area.

Day 7: For the last day at sea, your guide will suggest two dives in the Safaga area. Depending on your desires or demand, you can dive the wreck of the Salem Express or one of the three drop-offs in the area. The return of the boat is planned for the afternoon. You can then take advantage of the aft platform of the boat to rinse your equipment or go for a walk in Safaga. Other activities will be offered depending on your flight schedule.

Day 8: Departure from the boat will be after breakfast or according to your flight and transfer schedules to the airport or hotel.

Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics and local regulations.

Transfer details

Departure

02:00pm

Safaga

Hurghada International Airport: HRG

Return

10:00am

Safaga

Hurghada International Airport: HRG

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