Dune Silky

Launched in 2021, Silky is Dune's flagship liveaboard and is a huge and modern 44 x 9.5m steel hulled high class motor yacht. It can comfortably accommodate up to 26 divers on its cruises around both the northern and southern regions of Egypt's Red Sea.

Dune is a very experienced international company that operates liveaboards in 4 countries. They have both European and Egyptian dive guides who are passionate about diving, well trained, and know the different regions very well. They can choose the most appropriate dive sites for guest experience level and wishes, while creating a fun and friendly atmosphere onboard. Overall there are 14 crew members to attend to guest needs.

Unusually the lower deck is where you will find the restaurant. There is a head chef, as well as a pastry chef who will treat you to homemade delicacies at every meal. Lunches are buffet spreads, and dinners have table service. Vegetables and proteins are fresh and supplied locally every week. There are also 2 bars onboard, one of which is on the upper deck in the open-air area with sofas where you can enjoy your favourite drinks at sunset.

The quality of accommodation onboard Silky is exceptional, with all guest cabins being located on the main and upper decks, and all having large seaview windows, as well as private bathrooms. Each bathroom uses biodegradable hygiene products and toiletries, in-line with the yacht's sustainability strategy. Some of the cabins have adjoining doors, making them family-friendly.

Guests can relax in the upper deck lounge that features a flat screen (where guests are welcome to connect a USB to show photos or watch a movie), a sound system, and wide and comfortable sofas. Alternatively they can use the sun deck - the perfect spot to relax with wide sofas to lay in the sun or enjoy the sea breeze in the sunlight or shade.

There are 2 motorised 8-diver dinghies for onboard Silky that are used to transport scuba divers to the sites. The dive deck is especially wide and spacious, with plenty of space to don equipment, shelves for small gear, and bathrobes for chilly dive endings, and the dive platform has 2 ladders for easy egress. Enriched air nitrox is provided free of charge by a membrane system. On the final afternoon of each trip (normally a Friday), guests can go on a city tour or a quadbike excursion. What a terrific way to sign off on a memorable Red Sea liveaboard diving safari!

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Notes: Age limit: young divers are welcome on all routes provided they have the dive experience required. Childcare services are not available and parents are responsible for their minors onboard, therefore a regular diving trip is not recommend for young non-diving children.

Dive experience: Scuba divers must have an Advanced Open Water Diver licence or equivalent to dive in Egypt's marine parks. Divers who have at least 50 logged dives and are willing to take the advanced course onboard may join these safaris too. For diving elsewhere in Egypt, a minimum of 20 logged dives is required. Diving cruises in Sudan require advanced certification and at least 50 logged dives.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, water, soft drinks, hot drinks, return transfers from local airport (see below), park and port fees, dives (as detailed in the trips above), nitrox fills for certified enriched air divers, 2 experienced English-speaking divemasters, tanks, weightbelt and weights, all taxes.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 103 per week), dive computer (US$ 52 per week), SMB, diving insurance. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash - EUR, or bank card).

Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks (wine and beer), espresso, torch (US$ 31 per week), 15 litre tank (US$ 41 per week). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival. Note: prices of items purchased onboard are subject to change.

How to get there: Silky's liveaboard cruises in the Red Sea depart from Hurghada, Safaga or Port Ghalib. Once you arrive in Hurghada or Marsa Alam Airport, a yacht representative carrying a 'Dune' signboard will meet you outside the arrivals hall, after you have passed through luggage collection and customs. Private transfers are provided form the local airport, and a collective minibus is used to transport any guests that need a transfer from Hurghada Airport to Port Ghalib (200 km/3.5 hours). For more details, including airlines, visit our Egypt travel information section.
Guests board on the first day after 2 pm. The first and last night of the trip are spent in port. The last dive of the safari will be about 10 am on the penultimate day. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving. Guests check-out and disembark at or before 10 am on the final day. If you plan to arrive early or depart late, it is recommended to use of a day-use hotel.

Non-diver rate: US$ 52 discount.

Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travellers may choose to share a cabin, or pay a supplement of 75% of the published price for their own cabin.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 10 guests and 1 extra person can join the cruise free of charge (11+ guests).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 23 guests and 3 extra persons can join free of charge (26 guests).

Add-on package: We recommend some of the wonderful antiquities tours in Egypt to create a once-in-a-lifetime Red Sea diving vacation. Cairo museum's royal mummies, the pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, a glorious cruise down the River Nile, the Valley of the Kings, all of these and more can be added to your travel plans to make a perfect Egyptian adventure. Other activities such as 4x4 desert safaris, Bediouin visits, birding tours, and camel rides are also available.

St. John's Reefs (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)

Trip highlights: dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Fury Shoals: Shaab Maksour, Shaab Claudio, Malahi, Sataya (Dolphin House); St John’s: Um Aruk, Habali Ali, Gota Soraya, Gota Kebir, Sheliniyat, Shaab Sharm, Gota Marsa Alam

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Silky High Class liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding at 2 pm onwards. The crew will welcome you on board this magnificent yacht, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.

Days 2-7
In the deep south of Egypt you will have the chance to dive at St. John’s, the healthiest and most colourful reefs in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even turtles, Napoleon wrasse, dolphins, dugongs and mantas.
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style in the lower deck dining room, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian favourites (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks.

Day 8
Disembarkation starts at around 10 am, after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea South & St. John's Reefs (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)

Trip highlights: dolphins, dugongs/manatees, great macro life/ marine diversity

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Daedalus Reef, Rocky, Zabargad, Fury Shoals: Shaab Maksour, Shaab Claudio, Malahi, Sataya (Dolphin House); St John’s: Um Aruk, Habali Ali, Gota Soraya, Gota Kebir, Sheliniyat, Shaab Sharm, Gota Marsa Alam

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Silky High Class liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding in the afternoon. The crew will welcome you on board this magnificent yacht, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.

Days 2-7
Daedalus Reef is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks can be seen here, as well as manta rays, usually during the summer months. One of the more current-swept regions of the Red Sea is Rocky Island. Here the nutrient-rich water movement gives rise to healthy gorgonian fans, black coral trees and sponges. Often found sheltering in quieter spots are turtles, grey reef sharks, and silvertips. Manta rays and dolphins are also common visitors. Zabargad is an island populated by soldierfish, wrasses and schools of snappers. It features walls, drop-offs and shallow coral gardens.
In the deep south of Egypt you will have the chance to dive at St. John’s, the healthiest and most colourful reefs in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even turtles, Napoleon wrasse, dolphins, dugongs and mantas.
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea (but only 3 dives when in the marine parks), with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style in the lower deck dining room, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian favourites (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks.

Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 15 Dives)

Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, manta rays, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Brothers Islands, Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Silky High Class liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding during the afternoon. The crew will welcome you on board this magnificent yacht, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.

Days 2-7
The Brother Islands are 2 small exposed promontories in the middle of the sea, with a very high concentration of marine life. The walls feature sponges, anemones and hard and soft corals, giving an astonishing variety of colour to the underwater world. It's very common to see sharks at the dive sites around the islands. Scalloped hammerheads and grey reef sharks, silvertip and whitetip reef sharks. At Big Brother there is a wreck that can be dived when the conditions are right, especially if it's not too windy. It's the Numidia that lies between 5-8m, completely covered with hard and soft corals. and gorgonians. The reefs at Daedalus and Elphinstone are home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks can be seen here, as well as manta rays, usually during the summer months.
3 dives a day are the norm in the marine parks of the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style in the lower deck dining room, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian favourites (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks.

Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Note: this cruise sometimes uses the ports of Hurghada or Safaga, so please check the port information for your trip for exact details.

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Red Sea North, Tiran & Brothers (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)

Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Shaab El Erg, Gubal Island, El Gouna, Rosalie Moller, Ulysses, Kingston, SS Thistlegorm, Dunraven, Ras Mohamed: Yolanda, Shark Reef; Abu Nuhas: Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M; Brother Islands, Safaga: Middle Reef, Panorama Reef, Abu Kefan, Salem Express

Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport by a representative of the Silky High Class liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to the marina for boarding at 2 pm onwards. The crew will welcome you on board this magnificent yacht, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.

Days 2-7
This Red Sea itinerary includes several drift dives along the brightly coloured walls of the Brother Islands. These 2 undersea mounts are home to numerous sharks including scalloped hammerheads, oceanic whitetip sharks, grey reef sharks, silvertips and silkies. You can also spot schools of trevallies, snapper as well as tuna and manta rays.
You will dive at some very special and world famous reefs and wrecks. Ras Mohamed is one of the best kept national parks in Egypt. Its waters are rich in nutrients, attracting pelagics, and in the summer months even schools of scalloped hammerheads might visit. The Thistlegorm is one of the most fascinating wrecks in the Red Sea. It is a British ship that was hit by a German bomb during World War II. It lies at 32m, on a sandy sea bottom with its cargo ready for you to explore: trucks, motorcycles, jeeps, car tyres, military uniforms... The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a sandy seafloor at the bottom of a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. Wrecks here include the Giannis D, the Carnatic, the Chrisoula K and the Kimon M. Each of them will be a great dive!
Safaga has some great diving too, offering a combination of shallow reef dives like Panorama Reef, and drop-offs, as well as unforgettable wreck diving on the Salem Express, a 100-metre ferry boat that hosts frogfish, blue-spotted stingrays, schools of angel and butterfly fish. The ship is now covered in hard and soft corals.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea (3 in the marine parks), with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style in the lower deck dining room, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian favourites (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks.

Day 8
Disembarkation starts at around 10 am, after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Fury Shoals (Dolphin Adventure) (8 Days / 7 Nights - 6 Dives)

Trip highlights: dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics, non diving activities

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Fury Shoals: Shaab Maksour, Shaab Claudio, Malahi, Sataya (Dolphin House); Sheliniyat, Shaab Sharm, Gota Marsa Alam

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Silky High Class liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding at 2 pm onwards. The crew will welcome you on board this magnificent yacht, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.

Days 2-7
This adventure safari has been specifically designed to allow families and groups of friends to enjoy a different type of liveaboard cruise together. You will cruise down to Fury Shoals, a vast reef system that is one of the healthiest in the Red Sea. Sataya, in the southern region, has a resident spinner dolphin population and there will be special opportunities for swimming and snorkeling with them.
Only 1 dive per day will be offered to certified divers on this cruise because the primary purpose is to snorkel with the dolphins. However, non-divers will have the option of a free introduction-dive during the week too. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish., is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
Main meals are served buffet style in the lower deck dining room, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian favourites (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks.

Day 8
Disembarkation starts at around 10 am, after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea North, Wrecks & Safaga (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 Dives)

Trip highlights: dolphins, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Hurghada: Police Station, Giftun Island; Shaab El Erg, Gubal Island, Rosalie Moller, Ulysses, Kingston, SS Thistlegorm, Dunraven, Ras Mohamed: Yolanda, Shark Reef; Abu Nuhas: Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M; Safaga: Middle Reef, Panorama Reef, Abu Kefan, Salem Express

Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport by a representative of the Silky High Class liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to the marina for boarding at 2 pm onwards. The crew will welcome you on board this magnificent yacht, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.

Days 2-7
You will dive at some very special and world famous reefs and wrecks. Ras Mohamed is one of the best kept national parks in Egypt. Its waters are rich in nutrients, attracting pelagics, and in the summer months even schools of scalloped hammerheads might visit. The Thistlegorm is one of the most fascinating wrecks in the Red Sea. It is a British ship that was hit by a German bomb during World War II. It lies at 32m, on a sandy sea bottom with its cargo ready for you to explore: trucks, motorcycles, jeeps, car tyres, military uniforms... The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a sandy seafloor at the bottom of a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. Wrecks here include the Giannis D, the Carnatic, the Chrisoula K and the Kimon M. Each of them will be a great dive!
Safaga has some great diving too, offering a combination of shallow reef dives like Panorama Reef, and drop-offs, as well as unforgettable wreck diving on the Salem Express, a 100-metre ferry boat that hosts frogfish, blue-spotted stingrays, schools of angel and butterfly fish. The ship is now covered in hard and soft corals.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style in the lower deck dining room, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian favourites (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks.

Day 8
Disembarkation starts at around 10 am, after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea of Egypt (15 Days / 14 Nights - 37 Dives)

Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Hurghada area, Strsita of Tiran, Ras Abou Gallum, Dahab, Blue Hole, Thistlegorm, Ras Mohamed: Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef, Gubal, Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Kimon M, Chrisoula K), Big Brother, Little Brother, Daedalus Reef, Zabargad, Rocky Island, St. John's, Fury Shoals, Sataya, Sheliniat, Wadi Gemal, Elphinstone

Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport by a representative of the Silky High Class liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to the marina for boarding early afternoon. The crew will welcome you on board this magnificent yacht, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.

Days 2-14
This safari visits all 3 of the major diving regions of Egypt’s Red Sea - St. John’s, the southern marine parks, and the northern wrecks and Sinai Peninsula, plus the world famous Blue Hole of Dahab. The SS Thistlegorm is by far the best-known wreck in the Red Sea. It sits upright on the sea-floor at a maximum of 32m depth. You can see and dive around its cargo of tanks, motorcycles, trucks, weapons, railway carriage and 2 railway engines. The Abu Nuhas reef is renowned for its 4 wrecks, which draw in divers from around the globe. They are now encrusted with beautiful corals attracting numerous reef fish. Thousands of glassfish lurk in shallow sections insider the wreck. The Ras Mohammed marine park promises excellent diving, particularly at Yolanda reef and Shark reef. Both feature excellent hard and soft coral coverage, large numbers of fish and sharks, especially on early morning dives.
The famous Brother Islands are among the best loved sites of the Red Sea. They are 2 exposed promontories which act as a magnet for marine life. You can dive along walls festooned with soft corals, anemones and brightly coloured sponges. Sharks are frequently sighted here: scalloped hammerheads, silvertips, whitetips and grey reef sharks being the most numerous. At Big Brother there is a wreck called the Numidia which lies in the shallows and is bedecked in hard and soft corals and gorgonians fans. At Daedalus and Elphinstone the reefs are full of myriad tropical fish plus schools of trevallies, fusiliers and surgeonfish. Sharks here are more likely to be hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and threshers. You can also see manta rays in the summer time.
The island of Zabargad is a fantastic dive location, with walls, drop offs or easier dives in shallower water, with a beautiful coral garden that attracts schools of snappers, bigeyes, soldierfish and wrasses. In the deep south of the Red Sea you will finally have the chance to dive St. John’s Reefs, the healthiest and most colourful in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even dolphins and mantas.
3 dives a day are the norm, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style in the lower deck dining room, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian favourites (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks.

Day 15
Disembarkation in Port Ghalib starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Note: this cruise sometimes uses the ports of Hurghada or Safaga, so please check the port information for your trip for exact details.

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Red Sea North, Tiran Straits & Dahab (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 Dives)

Trip highlights: turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Hurghada: Police Station, Giftun Island, El Gouna; Straits of Tiran: Thomas, Gordon, Jackson reefs; Ras Abu Galum, Dahab: Blue Hole, The Canyon; The Island; Nabq: Gabr El Bent, Abu Syela, Gabr El Bent Al Shogayrat, Shaab El Erg, Gubal Island, maybe Safaga

Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport by a representative of the Silky High Class liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to the marina for boarding. The crew will welcome you on board this magnificent yacht, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.

Days 2-7
The Straits of Tiran is one of the most famous diving areas in the Red Sea. The strong current brings plenty of nutrients and schooling fish to the reef, tempting pelagic fish in from the open water. Large schools of barracuda and jacks are common here, as are larger predators including several species of shark. You will also dive the world renowned Blue Hole of Dahab.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style in the lower deck dining room, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian favourites (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks.

Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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ZZDUMP (8 Days / 7 Nights - Dives)

Trip highlights: non diving activities

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

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Red Sea South, St. John's & Elba Reef (11 Days / 10 Nights - 26 Dives)

Trip highlights: dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Elba Reef: Gota Kabrit, Di Levanzo wreck, Gota Kabrit, Habili Shalal, Ohrob Daedalus Reef, Rocky, Zabargad, Abu Fendira, Fury Shoals: Sataya (Dolphin House); St John’s, Elphinstone, Shaab Shouna

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Silky High Class liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding in the afternoon. The crew will welcome you on board this magnificent yacht, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.

Days 2-10
This itinerary has been specifically tailored for serious scuba divers who want to enjoy a cruise in the Red Sea with no traffic, providing an ideal underwater environment for all types of divers particularly for underwater videographers and photographers. Elba is a pristine and remote reef on the Sudanese border and during the trip you will also be diving the famous and untouched 113m long Italian Levanzo wreck, built in March 1901 and sunk on 14 March 1923, laying on one of the beautiful Elba reefs at 22-75m in depth.
Daedalus Reef is the best place in Egypt for bucket-list encounters with hammerhead sharks, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks, as well as manta rays. One of the more current-swept regions of the Red Sea is Rocky Island. Here the nutrient-rich water movement gives rise to healthy gorgonian fans, black coral trees and sponges. Often found sheltering in quieter spots are turtles, grey reef sharks, silvertips, and perhaps also mantas and dolphins. Manta rays and dolphins are also common visitors. Zabargad island is a site populated by soldierfish, wrasses and schools of snappers. It features walls, drop-offs and shallow coral gardens.
In the deep south of Egypt you will have the chance to dive St. John’s Reefs, the healthiest and most colourful in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even turtles, Napoleon wrasse, dolphins, dugongs and mantas. The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system with swim-throughs, huge porites corals, mazes, friendly turtles, and fantastic coral gardens. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea (but only 3 dives when in the marine parks), with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style in the lower deck dining room, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian favourites (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks.

Day 11
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea South, St. John's & Elba Reef (12 Days / 11 Nights - 29 Dives)

Trip highlights: dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Elba Reef: Gota Kabrit, Di Levanzo wreck, Gota Kabrit, Habili Shalal, Ohrob Daedalus Reef, Rocky, Zabargad, Abu Fendira, Fury Shoals: Sataya (Dolphin House); St John’s, Elphinstone, Shaab Shouna

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport by a representative of the Silky High Class liveaboard and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding in the afternoon. The crew will welcome you on board this magnificent yacht, show you to your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help familiarize you with your new home for next few days. Dinner will be served in the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise. The boat will leave port early morning to begin diving.

Days 2-11
This itinerary has been specifically tailored for serious scuba divers who want to enjoy a cruise in the Red Sea with no traffic, providing an ideal underwater environment for all types of divers particularly for underwater videographers and photographers. Elba is a pristine and remote reef on the Sudanese border and during the trip you will also be diving the famous and untouched 113m long Italian Levanzo wreck, built in March 1901 and sunk on 14 March 1923, laying on one of the beautiful Elba reefs at 22-75m in depth.
Daedalus Reef is the best place in Egypt for bucket-list encounters with hammerhead sharks, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks, as well as manta rays. One of the more current-swept regions of the Red Sea is Rocky Island. Here the nutrient-rich water movement gives rise to healthy gorgonian fans, black coral trees and sponges. Often found sheltering in quieter spots are turtles, grey reef sharks, silvertips, and perhaps also mantas and dolphins. Manta rays and dolphins are also common visitors. Zabargad island is a site populated by soldierfish, wrasses and schools of snappers. It features walls, drop-offs and shallow coral gardens.
In the deep south of Egypt you will have the chance to dive St. John’s Reefs, the healthiest and most colourful in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even turtles, Napoleon wrasse, dolphins, dugongs and mantas. The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system with swim-throughs, huge porites corals, mazes, friendly turtles, and fantastic coral gardens. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea (but only 3 dives when in the marine parks), with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon, and either a sunset dive or night dive to end each amazing day of underwater discovery. There will only 2 dives on the penultimate day as the boat will then sail back to port.
Main meals are served buffet style in the lower deck dining room, mixing Western dishes and Egyptian favourites (falafel, Egyptian style rice, kofta, roasted veggies with cumin, etc.). Salads, a hot dish with meat or fish, and a dessert (fruit or traditional pastry) are served at lunch and dinner. Breakfast is continental with a wide array of choices such toast, eggs, crêpes, cheese, fruits. A snack is served after the third dive of the day. When a night dive is organized, dinner is served afterwards. Biscuits, bread sticks and candy bars are available all day. Cold soft drinks are always available in the fridges, hot drinks (coffee and a selection of teas or herbal teas) are at the guests' disposal in the saloon and/or at the upper deck bar. Beers, wine and rum are available onboard, but guests are also welcome to bring their own drinks.

Day 12
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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(5 Days / 4 Nights - Dives)

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities:

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[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].

There are 14 cabins onboard Silky (13 of which are used by guests on each trip), each with its own private bathroom: Every cabin has 2 large single beds of 1.4 x 2m, so each can be used as a twin bed or double bed occupancy. On the main deck there are 10 standard cabins (15 sqm), several of which can be used as adjoining family suites. On the upper deck there are 4 cabins - 2 x 18 sqm panoramic seaview cabins, and 2 x 14 sqm Superior cabins. The upper deck cabins have more privacy and, of course, you can open your cabin door and enjoy the sea breeze any time of day.

All the cabins have: No. of bathrooms / showers - 15 / 15 - hot water