Heaven Saphir

MY Saphir is a 35m long motor yacht belonging to the 'Diamond Class' - the pinnacle of the Heaven diving fleet. So it is no surprise that the professionalism and comfort that typifies the Heaven fleet is added to by fine little touches on board the Saphir.

With a maximum of just 20 guests, you can be assured of more space and personal attention from the crew than on most other Southern Red Sea liveaboards. The interior is tastefully furnished and well-maintained with the focal point being the large air-conditioned saloon and dining area on the main deck. You can enjoy the complimentary internet feature or music and movies on the entertainment system here.

In addition to the lounge, you can socialise on one of the 3 separate sundeck areas where there is always plenty of room to seek shade or soak up the sun rays. The dive deck and platform are spacious and well organised, with a camera table, fresh water showers, and personal storage spaces, hooks and hangers.

So if you are seeking a high quality Southern Red Sea liveaboard cruise in comfort, style and plenty of personal service then Saphir, so good for you!

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Dive experience: Required: for North & Wrecks safaris - Open Water license and 20 logged dives; for St. Johns Reefs safaris - Open Water license and 30 logged dives; for Brothers, Daedalus Reef & Elphinstone safaris - Advanced Open Water diver license and 50 logged dives.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinking water, and hot drinks, return transfers from Hurghada airport to boat for Hurghada departures, return transfers from Hurghada and Marsa Alam airport for Port Ghalib departures, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (10 divers per DM), tanks, weights and weightbelts, all taxes.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 103 per trip), dive computer (US$ 25 per week), marine park and harbour fees and fuel surcharges (to be paid in advance): southern routes US$ 114, northern routes US$ 93, Brothers & Northen wrecks/Salem Express US$ 103. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash only).

Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, nitrox fills for certified divers (US$ 50 per week), torch (US$ 36 per week), 15 litre tanks (US$ 40 per week), dive insurance, individual transfer from Hurghada to Port Ghalib (US$ 52 per person per way). 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: The M/Y Saphir liveaboard trips depart from Hurghada and Port Ghalib and return transfers are provided from nearby hotels and from Hurghada and Marsa Alam airports to the departure point. Check-in time starts at 5 pm on the first day, and the yacht usually departs port early in the morning of the second day. The transfer from Hurghada to Port Ghalib is at 5 pm and takes at least 3 hours.
The last dive of the trip will be at around 1 pm on the second last day of the trip. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving. Check out on the morning of the last day (last night usually on the boat in the harbour). The transfer from Port Ghalib to Hurghada is at 10 am.
Late arrivals or early departures can be arranged. For more details, including airlines, see our travel information section for the Red Sea.

Non-diver rate: None.

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 5 guests and 1 extra person can join the cruise in a Standard cabin free of charge (total 6 guests).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 17 guests and 3 extra persons can join the cruise in Standard cabins 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 - 19 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, Small Brother, Daedalus Reef, Shaab Torombi, Shaab Marsa Alam, Shaab Shouna and Elphinstone

Day 1
A Saphir representative will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and escort you to the air-conditioned van for the 20 minute ride to Hurghada Marina where the dive cruise ship is moored. For Port Ghalib departures, you will be greeted at Marsa Alam Airport and transferred (10 minutes) to the boat. Otherwise, you could take the 5 pm minibus shuttle service from Hurghada Airport to Port Ghalib (3+ hours) .
Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take your remaining luggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the liveaboard 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 dive sites you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting an initial 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, walls, 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, thresher sharks and manta rays. Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters on several occasions.
3 dives a day: 2 morning dives and one afternoon dive, except for only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour when the boat will need to make its way back to port.
3 delicious meals a day, plus afternoon tea and dessert. Main meals are inspired by European cuisine with a slight Arabic touch. A professional chef prepares every dish using fresh fish and meat, baking fresh bread and delicious desserts daily. Unlimited drinking water, snacks, high brand coffee and tea are available throughout your trip on board the Saphir. Between the dives you can enjoy the hot Egyptian sun on the sundeck, or you can hang out there in the evening with a drink, watching the stars and listening to the sea.

Day 8
Disembarkation is planned to be at around 10:00 hrs, after a light breakfast and a final farewell to the crew and the rest of the guests that have made this diving safari so special. You can be transferred back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea North, Wrecks & Brothers (8 Days / 7 Nights - 20 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: Umm Gammar, Shaab Mahmoud, Ras Mohamed (Yolanda wreck), Shark Reef, Thistlegorm, Abu Nuhas (Giannis D, the Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M), Big Brother, Little Brother, Numidia wreck, Aida wreck, Safaga: Salem Express, Panorama Reef, Tobia Arba, Gota Abu Ramada, El Mina

Day 1
A Saphir representative will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and escort you to the air-conditioned van for the 20 minute ride to Hurghada Marina where the dive cruise ship is moored.
Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take your remaining luggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the liveaboard 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 dive sites you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting an initial site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
The Brother Islands are a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, walls, 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 hammerhead sharks and manta rays. Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters on several occasions.
The most famous wreck in the Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm, will leave you in awe: it was sunk in 1941 after being bombed by the German Luftwaffe! With its historical cargo of World War II machinery and equipment, all neatly stowed in its open holds, the wreck of the Thistlegorm would be a highlight of diving anywhere in the world. 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!
The Salem Express remains one of the largest accessible wrecks in the Egyptian Red Sea and diving it is a must for the passionate scuba diver. Ras Mohamed is one of the best kept national parks in Egypt. Its waters are rich in nutrients, attracting pelagics. In the summer months even schools of scalloped hammerheads might visit.
3-4 dives a day: 2 morning dives, one afternoon dive and a possible sunset or night dive when regulations allow, except for only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour when the boat will need to make its way back to port.
3 delicious meals a day, plus afternoon tea and dessert. Main meals are inspired by European cuisine with a slight Arabic touch. A professional chef prepares every dish using fresh fish and meat, baking fresh bread and delicious desserts daily. Unlimited drinking water, snacks, high brand coffee and tea are available throughout your trip. Between the dives you can enjoy the hot Egyptian sun on the sundeck, or you can hang out there in the evening with a drink, watching the stars and listening to the sea.

Day 8
Disembarkation is planned after a light breakfast and a final farewell to the crew and the rest of the guests that have made this diving safari so special. You can be transferred back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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St. John's Reefs (8 Days / 7 Nights - 22 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: Abu Dabab, St. John's, Sataya, Shaab Maksur, Gota Sataia, Shaab Claudio, Shaab Sharm, Shaab Shouna, El Rhardir and Elphinstone

Day 1
A Saphir representative will collect you from Marsa Alam Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and escort you to the air-conditioned van for the 10 minute ride to Port Ghalib where the dive cruise ship is moored. Otherwise, you could take the 5 pm minibus shuttle service from Hurghada Airport to Port Ghalib (3+ hours) .
Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take your remaining luggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the liveaboard 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 dive sites you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting an initial site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
This Red Sea diving safari visits St. John's Reefs, where the dive sites are very close to each other so it is easy to cruise from one to the next. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, pinnacles, tunnels and amazing hard-coral reefs, huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home for rays, sharks, octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, large schools of fish: an underwater photographer’s dream! Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters, while dugongs are more difficult creatures to find. Mantas, grey reef and silvertip sharks can often be seen in the blue.
4 dives a day: 2 morning dives, one afternoon dive and a possible sunset or night dive, except for only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour when the boat will need to make its way back to port.
3 delicious meals a day, plus afternoon tea and dessert. Main meals are inspired by European cuisine with a slight Arabic touch. A professional chef prepares every dish using fresh fish and meat, baking fresh bread and delicious desserts daily. Unlimited drinking water, snacks, high brand coffee and tea are available throughout your trip on board the Saphir. Between the dives you can enjoy the hot Egyptian sun on the sundeck, or you can hang out there in the evening with a drink, watching the stars and listening to the sea.

Day 8
Disembarkation is planned to be at around 10:00 hrs, after a light breakfast and a final farewell to the crew and the rest of the guests that have made this diving safari so special. You can be transferred back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea North, Wrecks & Tiran Straits (8 Days / 7 Nights - 22 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: Sha’ab El Erg, Straits of Tiran: Gordon Reef, Thomas Reef, Woodhouse Reef, Jackson Reef, Laguna Reef; Sha’ab Mahmud (Dunraven wreck), Ras Mohamed (Yolanda wreck), Shark Reef, Abu Nuhas (Giannis D, the Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M), Thistlegorm wreck, Rosalie Moeller wreck, Carless Reef, El Mina

Day 1
A Saphir representative will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and escort you to the air-conditioned van for the 20 minute ride to Hurghada Marina where the dive cruise ship is moored.
Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take your remaining luggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the liveaboard 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 dive sites you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting an initial site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
The tour will take you to some of the most iconic wrecks that the Red Sea has to offer. The most famous wreck in the Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm, will leave you in awe: it was sunk in 1941 after being bombed by the German Luftwaffe! With its historical cargo of World War II machinery and equipment, all neatly stowed in its open holds, the wreck of the Thistlegorm would be a highlight of diving anywhere in the world. 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, and the Chrisoula K. Each of them will be a great dive!
Ras Mohamed is one of the best kept national parks in Egypt. Its waters are rich in nutrients, attracting pelagics. In the summer months even schools of scalloped hammerheads might visit. You will also dive the 4 famous reefs of the Strait of Tiran: Jackson, Woodhouse, Thomas & Gordon. These magnificent formations, rising from the depths, are often frequented by large pelagics due to the abundance of currents. 4 dives a day: 2 morning dives, one afternoon dive and a possible sunset or night dive, except for only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour when the boat will need to make its way back to port.
3 delicious meals a day, plus afternoon tea and dessert. Main meals are inspired by European cuisine with a slight Arabic touch. A professional chef prepares every dish using fresh fish and meat, baking fresh bread and delicious desserts daily. Unlimited drinking water, snacks, high brand coffee and tea are available throughout your trip on board the Saphir. Between the dives you can enjoy the hot Egyptian sun on the sundeck, or you can hang out there in the evening with a drink, watching the stars and listening to the sea.

Day 8
Disembarkation is planned to be at around 10:00 hrs, after a light breakfast and a final farewell to the crew and the rest of the guests that have made this diving safari so special. You can be transferred back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea North & Wrecks (8 Days / 7 Nights - 22 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: Sha’ab El Erg, Siyoul Kebira, Siyoul Soraya, Sha’ab Mahmud (Dunraven wreck), Ras Mohamed (Yolanda wreck), Shark Reef, Bluff Point, Abu Nuhas (Giannis D, the Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M), Thistlegorm wreck, Rosalie Moeller wreck, Small Gubal Island, Umm Gammar, Carless Reef

Day 1
A Saphir representative will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and escort you to the air-conditioned van for the 20 minute ride to Hurghada Marina where the dive cruise ship is moored.
Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take your remaining luggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the liveaboard 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 dive sites you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting an initial site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
The tour will take you to some of the most iconic wrecks that the Red Sea has to offer. The most famous wreck in the Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm, will leave you in awe: it was sunk in 1941 after being bombed by the German Luftwaffe! With its historical cargo of World War II machinery and equipment, all neatly stowed in its open holds, the wreck of the Thistlegorm would be a highlight of diving anywhere in the world. 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, and the Chrisoula K. Each of them will be a great dive!
Ras Mohamed is one of the best kept national parks in Egypt. Its waters are rich in nutrients, attracting pelagics. In the summer months even schools of scalloped hammerheads might visit. 4 dives a day: 2 morning dives, one afternoon dive and a possible sunset or night dive, except for only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour when the boat will need to make its way back to port.
3 delicious meals a day, plus afternoon tea and dessert. Main meals are inspired by European cuisine with a slight Arabic touch. A professional chef prepares every dish using fresh fish and meat, baking fresh bread and delicious desserts daily. Unlimited drinking water, snacks, high brand coffee and tea are available throughout your trip on board the Saphir. Between the dives you can enjoy the hot Egyptian sun on the sundeck, or you can hang out there in the evening with a drink, watching the stars and listening to the sea.

Day 8
Disembarkation is planned to be at around 10:00 hrs, after a light breakfast and a final farewell to the crew and the rest of the guests that have made this diving safari so special. You can be transferred back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea South (8 Days / 7 Nights - 19 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 Dabab, Elphinstone, Rocky Island, Daedalus Reef, Sataya, Shaab Sharm, El Rhardir and Shaab Shouna

Day 1
A Saphir representative will collect you from Marsa Alam Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and escort you to the air-conditioned van for the 10 minute ride to Port Ghalib where the dive cruise ship is moored. Otherwise, you could take the 5 pm minibus shuttle service from Hurghada Airport to Port Ghalib (3+ hours) .
Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take your remaining luggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the liveaboard 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 dive sites you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting an initial site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
The southern Red Sea marine parks are a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, walls, 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, thresher sharks and manta rays at Daedalus Reef. Rocky Island is a legendary island that makes every diver's heart beat faster. Due to its exposed location and small circumference, it is a very lively reef. Grey reef sharks and silver-tip sharks can be observed in the open water and perhaps also mantas and dolphins.
3-4 dives a day: 2 morning dives, one afternoon dive and a possible sunset or night dive, except for only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour when the boat will need to make its way back to port.
3 delicious meals a day, plus afternoon tea and dessert. Main meals are inspired by European cuisine with a slight Arabic touch. A professional chef prepares every dish using fresh fish and meat, baking fresh bread and delicious desserts daily. Unlimited drinking water, snacks, high brand coffee and tea are available throughout your trip on board the Saphir. Between the dives you can enjoy the hot Egyptian sun on the sundeck, or you can hang out there in the evening with a drink, watching the stars and listening to the sea.

Day 8
Disembarkation is planned to be at around 10:00 hrs, after a light breakfast and a final farewell to the crew and the rest of the guests that have made this diving safari so special. You can be transferred back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea South & St. John's Reefs (8 Days / 7 Nights - 20 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: St John's, Sataya, Rocky Island, Sha'ab Shaam, Erg El Rhadir, Elphinstone, Abu Dabbab, Sha'ab Shouna

Day 1
A Saphir representative will collect you from Marsa Alam Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and escort you to the air-conditioned van for the 10 minute ride to Port Ghalib where the dive cruise ship is moored. Otherwise, you could take the 5 pm minibus shuttle service from Hurghada Airport to Port Ghalib (3+ hours) .
Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take your remaining luggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the liveaboard 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 dive sites you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting an initial site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
The southern Red Sea marine parks are a must for all experienced divers. This safari visits the reefs of St. John's, where the dive sites are very close to each other so it is easy to cruise from one to the next. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, pinnacles, tunnels and amazing hard-coral reefs, huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home for rays, sharks, octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, large schools of fish: an underwater photographer’s dream! Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters, while dugongs are more difficult creatures to find.
Rocky is a legendary island that makes every diver's heart beat faster. Due to its exposed location and small circumference, it is a very lively reef. Grey reef sharks and silver-tip sharks can be observed in the open water and perhaps also mantas and dolphins.
3-4 dives a day: 2 morning dives, one afternoon dive and a possible sunset or night dive when regulations allow, except for only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour when the boat will need to make its way back to port.
3 delicious meals a day, plus afternoon tea and dessert. Main meals are inspired by European cuisine with a slight Arabic touch. A professional chef prepares every dish using fresh fish and meat, baking fresh bread and delicious desserts daily. Unlimited drinking water, snacks, high brand coffee and tea are available throughout your trip on board the Saphir. Between the dives you can enjoy the hot Egyptian sun on the sundeck, or you can hang out there in the evening with a drink, watching the stars and listening to the sea.

Day 8
Disembarkation is planned to be at around 10:00 hrs, after a light breakfast and a final farewell to the crew and the rest of the guests that have made this diving safari so special. You can be transferred back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Daedalus Reef & St. John's (8 Days / 7 Nights - 20 Dives)

Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, 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: St John's, Sataya, Daedalus Reef, Sha'ab Shaam, Erg El Rhadir, Elphinstone, Abu Dabbab, Sha'ab Shouna

Day 1
A Saphir representative will collect you from Marsa Alam Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and escort you to the air-conditioned van for the 10 minute ride to Port Ghalib where the dive cruise ship is moored. Otherwise, you could take the 5 pm minibus shuttle service from Hurghada Airport to Port Ghalib (3+ hours) .
Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take your remaining luggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the liveaboard 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 dive sites you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting an initial site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
The southern Red Sea marine parks are a must for all experienced divers. This safari visits the reefs of St. John's, where you will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, pinnacles, tunnels and amazing hard-coral reefs, huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home for rays, sharks, octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, large schools of fish: an underwater photographer’s dream! Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters, while dugongs are more difficult creatures to find.
Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone are a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, walls, 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 whitetip sharks and manta rays.
3-4 dives a day: 2 morning dives, one afternoon dive and a possible sunset or night dive when regulations allow, except for only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour when the boat will need to make its way back to port.
3 delicious meals a day, plus afternoon tea and dessert. Main meals are inspired by European cuisine with a slight Arabic touch. A professional chef prepares every dish using fresh fish and meat, baking fresh bread and delicious desserts daily. Unlimited drinking water, snacks, high brand coffee and tea are available throughout your trip on board the Saphir. Between the dives you can enjoy the hot Egyptian sun on the sundeck, or you can hang out there in the evening with a drink, watching the stars and listening to the sea.

Day 8
Disembarkation is planned to be at around 10:00 hrs, after a light breakfast and a final farewell to the crew and the rest of the guests that have made this diving safari so special. You can be transferred back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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ZZDUMP (8 Days / 7 Nights - 0 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

Dive sites and activities: zz

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(11 Days / 10 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: zz

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Daedalus, Fury Shoals & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 Dives)

Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, 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: Daedalus Reef, Fury Shoals: Shaab Maksour, Sataya South, Abu Galawa Kebir, Abu Galawa Soraya, Shirianit; Abu Dabab, Ras Shouna and Elphinstone

Day 1
A Saphir representative will collect you from Hurghada Airport, help with the visa on arrival procedures, and escort you to the air-conditioned van for the 20 minute ride to Hurghada Marina where the dive cruise ship is moored. For Port Ghalib departures, you will be greeted at Marsa Alam Airport and transferred (10 minutes) to the boat. Otherwise, you could take the 5 pm minibus shuttle service from Hurghada Airport to Port Ghalib (3+ hours) .
Leave your scuba bag in your personal dive box and take your remaining luggage into the cabin assigned to you. The tour guide will give a detailed briefing about the liveaboard 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 dive sites you're likely to visit. The boat will leave port on the next day, visiting an initial site ideal for a check dive.

Days 2-7
Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone are a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, walls, 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 whitetip sharks and manta rays. Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters on several occasions.
This Red Sea diving tour also visits Shaab Sataya, a large horseshoe-shaped reef in the Fury Shoals. It is famous for being a playground for spinner dolphins and for its pristine hard corals. Shaab Abu Galawa Saghira features a fantastic hard coral garden visited by schools of snapper, angelfish and wrasses, including giant Napoleon wrasse that like to explore the edges of reefs, channels, and reef passes.
3-4 dives a day: 2 morning dives, one afternoon dive and a possible sunset or night dive, except for only 2 dives on the last full day of the tour when the boat will need to make its way back to port.
3 delicious meals a day, plus afternoon tea and dessert. Main meals are inspired by European cuisine with a slight Arabic touch. A professional chef prepares every dish using fresh fish and meat, baking fresh bread and delicious desserts daily. Unlimited drinking water, snacks, high brand coffee and tea are available throughout your trip on board the Saphir. Between the dives you can enjoy the hot Egyptian sun on the sundeck, or you can hang out there in the evening with a drink, watching the stars and listening to the sea.

Day 8
Disembarkation is planned to be after a light breakfast and a final farewell to the crew and the rest of the guests that have made this diving safari so special. You can be transferred back to the airport or to a local 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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(12 Days / 11 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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[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].

Saphir accommodates 20 divers in 10 cabins. There are 3 Honeymoon cabins with double beds and windows on the upper deck, a main deck double bed Executive Suite, and 6 Standard twin bed cabins with portholes on the lower deck. All cabins have private en-suite bathroom facilities and minibar.

All the cabins have: No. of bathrooms / showers - 11 / 11 - hot water

The crew of 11 comprise: Nitrox - 2 x 25 HP motorised dinghies - 75m² dive deck and platform with access ladder, hot water shower, toilet, camera table, rinse tanks, storage shelves - 50m² air-conditioned saloon/dining area with bar, TV, DVD, free internet, music player and satellite telephone - Library with magazines, fish books, novels and games - 100m² or 3 sundecks & large shaded area with sun matresses - Water & juice dispenser

The Heaven Fleet prides itself in the quality of its cuisine and you can expect some carefully prepared and creative dishes on board MY Saphir during your Red Sea liveaboard cruise. Each day you can look forward to a breakfast after dive 1, then a 2 course lunch and a 4 course dinner. You will be served all your meals by steward at your table.

• International and local cuisine are served on board.
• The menus are fixed and meals are waiter-served in the air-conditioned saloon on the main deck.
• Complimentary main meals consist of breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Fruit, tea & coffee, drinking water and juice are all complimentary.
• Soft drinks, beer and wine are available at extra charge.
• The gastronomic delights get underway with dinner on your first evening.
• Vegetarians can be catered for on this boat.
• Operator rates their dining experience as 5 star!

Sample dishes: Cordon Bleu, Boeuf Stroganoff, Kaiserschmarrn, Austrian fillet steak, freshly baked bread, delicious desserts, high brand espresso ...