Blue Pearl

Blue Pearl is the second generation of the Blue Planet fleet of Egypt liveaboard dive vessels. It sports a modern, sleek-looking hydrodynamic hull designed for lower water displacement leading to faster speeds and better fuel efficiency. Built specifically for diving charters in Egypt's Red Sea, Blue Pearl is 36 metres long and effortlessly accommodates up to 20 guests in liveaboard comfort.

The communal areas of Blue Pearl are perhaps its best feature. The interior uses wood finishings giving the liveaboard a classy and warm feel. The saloon on the main deck leads into the dining section, both of which are spacious and plush, making for comfortable surface intervals and meal times. The upper deck has a well designed shaded chill out area with large loungers and a music system, ideal to unwind after a day's diving in the Red Sea.

The ensuite cabin interiors are also up to standard in terms of size and condition. The upper deck has double bed cabins with windows, whilst the lower deck twin cabins have 2 portholes each for extra daylight. Unusually on the lower deck, all the cabins are some distance from the engine room, making sleeping more peaceful and less fitful.

The diving deck is not the largest, though it is equipped with nitrox, hot water showers and toilets. It also has 2 motorised dive dinghies and each Red Sea cruise utilises 2 divemasters for a more personal liveaboard service. Catering to photo aficionados, it's also equipped with a separate rinse tank for cameras as well as a camera table and plenty of battery charging points.

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Dive experience: Requirement: for North & Wrecks, Tiran, St. John's Reefs safaris - Open Water diver license and 30 logged dives; for Brothers, Daedalus Reef & Elphinstone, Red Sea South safaris - Advanced Open Water diver license and 50 logged dives.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, water, bottled soft drinks and hot drinks, return transfers from Hurghada airport to boat for Hurghada departures and from Marsa Alam and Hurghada airports for Port Ghalib departures, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (number depends on route), 12 litre aluminium tanks with DIN valves (INT connectors available), weights and weightbelts, nitrox fills for certified enriched air divers, all taxes.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 139 per trip), dive computer (US$ 36 per week), SMB, dive insurance, national park and other charter fees:
North & Wrecks: US$ 165,
Tiran: US$ 165,
St John's: US$ 175,
(North &) Brothers (start/end Hurghada): US$ 181,
(North &) Brothers (start/end Port Ghalib): US$ 201,
Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone/Red Sea South: US$ 232,
Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash - EUR, USD, GBP, or credit card).

Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks, torch, 15 and 7 litre tanks. 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: MY Blue Pearl departs from Hurghada and Port Ghalib and collective return transfers are provided from nearby hotels and from Hurghada and Marsa Alam airports to the departure point. For more details, including airlines, visit our Red Sea travel information section.
The first and last night of the diving tour are spent in the harbour. Guests arrive and board on the first day after 3 pm. The last dive of the trip will be at around 10 am on the penultimate day and the yacht returns to port at 4 pm. Guests depart latest at noon on the final day. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.

Non-diver rate: 10% off the published price.

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 80% of the published price.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 7 guests and 1 additional diver can join the cruise in a lower deck cabin free of charge (except during high season).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Approximately equivalent to pay for 16 guests and 4 additional divers can join the cruise free of charge (total 20 guests).

Add-on package: If you have time, we strongly recommend that you consider some of the wonderful antiquities tours in Egypt which can add a whole new dimension to your holiday. Cairo museum's royal mummies, the pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, a glorious cruise down the Nile staying in a luxury cabin, The Valley of the Kings, all of these and more can be seen in packages starting at 6 nights' duration. Other activities such as 4x4 safaris and camel tours are also available as are custom-made packages to suit your needs.

Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 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: Big Brother, Little Brother, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone

Day 1
A representative of Blue Planet Liveaboards will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and retrieve your luggage. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you to Port Ghalib where the dive cruise ship is moored. The journey takes about 3 hours, or just 10 minutes if you have landed at Marsa Alam Airport. Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take the remaining baggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the MY Blue Pearl features, safety procedures, what to expect from the diving and other general information. During dinner you will meet the other guests and chat about the reefs you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting a dive site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
Brother Islands, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone are a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, wrecks, and huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home to octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, large schools of fish: an underwater photographer's dream! Bucket list encounters include hammerheads, oceanic whitetips, whale sharks, thresher sharks and manta rays. Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and Whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters on several occasions.
Hot coffee and cookies will help you waking up for the 1st morning dive that will be introduced by a dive briefing. There are 3 main meals per day served in buffet style. Breakfast happens just before the 2nd dive and usually consists of toast and pancakes with jam and honey, while eggs can be cooked as you prefer, then yoghurt, hot coffee and tea. The ingredients for the main meals are chicken, beef or fresh fish. Rice, noodles, potatoes and various vegetables and salads are the healthy options to choose from. Pudding, cakes or fruit as desserts. Lunch is scheduled to be before the 3rd dive, while dinner follows the 4th (night) dive.
Please note that there will only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The final night is spent again in Port Ghalib.

Day 8
Wake up and enjoy a light breakfast before checking out from this amazing diving safari at 09:00 hrs. You will be transferred back to the airport or hotel.

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Red Sea Northern Wrecks (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 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: Thistlegorm, Dunraven. Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M), Rosalie Moeller,, Gubal

Day 1
A representative of Blue Planet Liveaboards will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and retrieve your luggage. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you in just 20 minutes to Hurghada Marina where the dive cruise ship is moored. Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take the remaining baggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the MY Blue Pearl features, safety procedures, what to expect from the diving and other general information. During dinner you will meet the other guests and chat about the reefs you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting a dive site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
The safari will take you to some of the most iconic wrecks that the Red Sea has to offer. You will surely have fun while diving the SS Thistlegorm which lies at 32m and is now home to a great variety of marine life, with large schools of fish circling it. 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!
Hot coffee and cookies will help you waking up for the 1st morning dive that will be introduced by a dive briefing. There are 3 main meals per day served in buffet style. Breakfast happens just before the 2nd dive and usually consists of toast and pancakes with jam and honey, while eggs can be cooked as you prefer, then yoghurt, hot coffee and tea. The ingredients for the main meals are chicken, beef or fresh fish. Rice, noodles, potatoes and various vegetables and salads are the healthy options to choose from. Pudding, cakes or fruit as desserts. Lunch is scheduled to be before the 3rd dive, while dinner follows the 4th (night) dive.
Please note that there will only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The final night is spent again in Hurghada.

Day 8
Wake up and enjoy a light breakfast before checking out from this amazing diving safari at 09:00 hrs. You will be transferred back to the airport or hotel.

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Red Sea Northern Wrecks & 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: Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K and Kimon M), Thistlegorm or Rosalie Möller, Big Brother and Little Brother

Day 1
A representative of Blue Planet Liveaboards will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and retrieve your luggage. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you in just 20 minutes to Hurghada Marina where the dive cruise ship is moored. Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take the remaining baggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the MY Blue Pearl features, safety procedures, what to expect from the diving and other general information. During dinner you will meet the other guests and chat about the reefs you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting a dive site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
Dive sites around the Brothers are a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, wrecks, and huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home to octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, large schools of fish. Bucket list encounters include hammerheads, whale sharks, thresher sharks and manta rays. Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters on several occasions. The safari will also take you to some of the most iconic wrecks in the world. You will surely have fun while diving the SS Thistlegorm which lies at 32m and is now home to a great variety of marine life, with large schools of fish circling it. The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on 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!
Hot coffee and cookies will help you waking up for the 1st morning dive that will be introduced by a dive briefing. There are 3 main meals per day served in buffet style. Breakfast happens just before the 2nd dive and usually consists of toast and pancakes with jam and honey, while eggs can be cooked as you prefer, then yoghurt, hot coffee and tea. The ingredients for the main meals are chicken, beef or fresh fish. Rice, noodles, potatoes and various vegetables and salads are the healthy options to choose from. Pudding, cakes or fruit as desserts. Lunch is scheduled to be before the 3rd dive, while dinner follows the 4th (night) dive.
Please note that there will only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The final night is spent again in Hurghada.

Day 8
Wake up and enjoy a light breakfast before checking out from this amazing diving safari at 09:00 hrs. You will be transferred back to the airport or hotel.

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Red Sea North, Wrecks & Tiran Straits (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 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: Ras Mohamed, Straits of Tiran (Jackson, Woodhouse, Thomas, Gordon, Laguna reefs), Thistlegorm, Shaab Mahmoud, Shag Rock, Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Kimon M, Chrisoula K)

Day 1
A representative of Blue Planet Liveaboards will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and retrieve your luggage. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you in just 20 minutes to Hurghada Marina where the dive cruise ship is moored. Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take the remaining baggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the MY Blue Pearl features, safety procedures, what to expect from the diving and other general information. During dinner you will meet the other guests and chat about the reefs you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting a dive site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
The safari will take you to some of the most iconic wrecks that the Red Sea has to offer. You will surely have fun while diving the SS Thistlegorm which lies at 32m and is now home to a great variety of marine life, with large schools of fish circling it. The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. Wrecks here include the Giannis D, the Carnatic, and the Chrisoula K. Each of them will be a great dive! Tiran is world famous for its exceptional variety of corals and its strong southwestern currents. It’s home of a lot of big fish in the Red Sea.
Hot coffee and cookies will help you waking up for the 1st morning dive that will be introduced by a dive briefing. There are 3 main meals per day served in buffet style. Breakfast happens just before the 2nd dive and usually consists of toast and pancakes with jam and honey, while eggs can be cooked as you prefer, then yoghurt, hot coffee and tea. The ingredients for the main meals are chicken, beef or fresh fish. Rice, noodles, potatoes and various vegetables and salads are the healthy options to choose from. Pudding, cakes or fruit as desserts. Lunch is scheduled to be before the 3rd dive, while dinner follows the 4th (night) dive.
Please note that there will only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The final night is spent again in Hurghada.

Day 8
Wake up and enjoy a light breakfast before checking out from this amazing diving safari. You will be transferred back to the airport or hotel.

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Red Sea North, Wrecks & Tiran Straits (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 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: Ras Mohamed, Straits of Tiran (Jackson, Woodhouse, Thomas, Gordon, Laguna reefs), Thistlegorm, Shaab Mahmoud, Shag Rock, Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Kimon M, Chrisoula K), Dahab: Blue Hole

Day 1
A representative of Blue Planet Liveaboards will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and retrieve your luggage. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you in just 20 minutes to Hurghada Marina where the dive cruise ship is moored. Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take the remaining baggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the MY Blue Pearl features, safety procedures, what to expect from the diving and other general information. During dinner you will meet the other guests and chat about the reefs you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting a dive site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
The safari will take you to some of the most iconic wrecks that the Red Sea has to offer, Tiran, and the world famous Blue Hole of Dahab. You will surely have fun while diving the SS Thistlegorm which lies at 32m and is now home to a great variety of marine life, with large schools of fish circling it. The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. Wrecks here include the Giannis D, the Carnatic, and the Chrisoula K. Each of them will be a great dive! Tiran is renowned for its exceptional variety of corals and its strong southwestern currents. It’s home of a lot of big fish in the Red Sea.
Hot coffee and cookies will help you waking up for the 1st morning dive that will be introduced by a dive briefing. There are 3 main meals per day served in buffet style. Breakfast happens just before the 2nd dive and usually consists of toast and pancakes with jam and honey, while eggs can be cooked as you prefer, then yoghurt, hot coffee and tea. The ingredients for the main meals are chicken, beef or fresh fish. Rice, noodles, potatoes and various vegetables and salads are the healthy options to choose from. Pudding, cakes or fruit as desserts. Lunch is scheduled to be before the 3rd dive, while dinner follows the 4th (night) dive.
Please note that there will only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The final night is spent again in Hurghada.

Day 8
Wake up and enjoy a light breakfast before checking out from this amazing diving safari at 09:00 hrs. You will be transferred back to the airport or hotel.

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(8 Days / 7 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

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Red Sea North & Tiran Straits (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 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: Ras Mohamed, Straits of Tiran (Jackson, Woodhouse, Thomas, Gordon, Laguna reefs), Thistlegorm, Shaab Mahmoud, Shag Rock

Day 1
A representative of Blue Planet Liveaboards will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and retrieve your luggage. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you in just 20 minutes to Hurghada Marina where the dive cruise ship is moored. Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take the remaining baggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the MY Blue Pearl features, safety procedures, what to expect from the diving and other general information. During dinner you will meet the other guests and chat about the reefs you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting a dive site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
The safari will take you to some of the best reefs in the northern Red Sea as well as the most iconic wreck. You will surely have fun while diving the SS Thistlegorm which lies at 32m and is now home to a great variety of marine life, with large schools of fish circling it. 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. Tiran is world famous for its exceptional variety of corals and its strong southwestern currents. It’s home of a lot of big fish in the Red Sea.
Hot coffee and cookies will help you waking up for the 1st morning dive that will be introduced by a dive briefing. There are 3 main meals per day served in buffet style. Breakfast happens just before the 2nd dive and usually consists of toast and pancakes with jam and honey, while eggs can be cooked as you prefer, then yoghurt, hot coffee and tea. The ingredients for the main meals are chicken, beef or fresh fish. Rice, noodles, potatoes and various vegetables and salads are the healthy options to choose from. Pudding, cakes or fruit as desserts. Lunch is scheduled to be before the 3rd dive, while dinner follows the 4th (night) dive.
Please note that there will only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour. The final night is spent again in Hurghada.

Day 8
Wake up and enjoy a light breakfast before checking out from this amazing diving safari. You will be transferred back to the airport or hotel.

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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 10 cabins on this Egyptian liveaboard, all with private en-suite bathroom facilities. There are 8 twin cabins on the lower deck and 2 double cabins on the upper deck.

All the cabins have: No. of bathrooms / showers - 12 / 14 - hot water

The boat crew comprises: Nitrox - 2x 25 HP motorised dinghies - 36m² dive deck and platform with hot water showers and toilets - Separate rinse tank for cameras - Camera table & charging points for electrical scuba equipment - 60m² air-conditioned saloon with dining section, large flat screen TV, DVD and music players - Library with movies, magazines, novels, fish ID books & games - 40m² open-plan flybridge & 20m² sun deck with matresses - 30m² outdoor shaded relaxation area area with sun loungers & music - Water dispenser