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The South Moon is a liveaboard operating out of Sharm El Sheikh. It specialises in tours of the Sinai Peninsula to world famous sites such as the Thistlegorm wreck, Ras Mohamed and the Straits of Tiran. At 27m long, it may seem quite small compared to some of the other boats, but it was completely overhauled in 2013/14, with a new design, cabins, new electrics, engines, and plenty of space on its main and upper decks and flybridge.
This wood hull boat accommodates up to 18 guests in a fully air-conditioned cabins with en-suite bathrooms. There is a spacious sun deck on the flybridge with bean bags and comfy seating, plus a large open air social area on the upper deck.
The air-conditioned saloon has a lounge area with 2 large flat screen TVs with USB connection, and free wifi. The dining area is where you can enjoy 3 buffet meals per day of international cuisine, including vegetarian, seafood, chicken, meat, and kosher diet. Fresh fruit, tasty cookies, drinking water, soft drinks, tea are available all day round.
The dive deck is wide and neatly organised. It has fresh-water showers as well as a bathroom. Nitrox is available for EANx certified divers. There are 2 Zodiacs to whisk divers out the best sites, and the dive platform has 2 egress ladders for easy access to and from the water. South Moon is now well equipped with safety and navigational equipment, to ensure and trouble free and enjoyed diving cruise in the northern Red Sea.
South Moon may not be a luxury Red Sea liveaboard but it is comfy and homely. It prides itself on serving great food on its cruises, and divers leave, not as being a guests, but rather as being friends.
There are 9 cabins on the South Moon. 8 of the cabins have twin side-by-side beds - 4 on the upper deck and 4 on the lower deck. 1 cabin on the lower deck, which is used for single occupancy, has twin bunk beds. All cabins have private en-suite bathrooms.
All the cabins have:
Notes: Child policy: 0-6 years - free of charge (if sharing same cabin with parents), from 7-12 years - 50% discount.
Dive experience: We strongly recommend an Advanced Open Water certification to maximise the experience of this dive trip, plus a minimum of 20 logged dives for Red Sea North, Wrecks & Tiran Straits, and 35 logged dives for Red Sea Northern Wrecks.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, soft drinks, drinking water, hot drinks (e.g. coffee, tea), return transfers from local airport and hotels, port fees, dives (as detailed in the trips above), 2 experienced English-speaking divemasters, tanks, belts, weights, all taxes.
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 162 per week), dive computer (US$ 65 per week), park fees (US$ 97 per week), registration fee of the coast guard (US$ 22 per trip).There is a supplement for Xmas or New Year Gala Dinner of US$ 27 per person. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (bank/credit card with 2.7% surcharge or cash - USD, EUR, EGP).
Optional extras: Nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (US$ 87 per week), torch (US$ 32 per week), 15 litre tank (US$ 32 per week), diving insurance, alcoholic drinks (beer). 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 South Moon liveaboard departs from Sharm El Sheikh. Embarkation starts from 6 pm. Direct boat transfers to/from your local hotel or airport are provided for embarkation/disembarkation. For more details, including airlines, see our Red Sea travel information.
The final dive of the cruise will be completed by 3 pm on the penultimate day. Disembarkation is at 8 am on the last day. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
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, reserve the small twin bunk bed single person cabin, or pay a supplement of 75% of the published price for their own twin bed cabin.
Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 10 guests and 1 additional person can join the cruise free of charge.
Whole boat charter rate (per night): US$ 15,065 per week (max. 18 guests)
Add-on package: Why not prepare the vacation of a lifetime by combining a land tour to explore the wonderful antiquities of Egypt with your Sinai liveaboard diving cruise? You can visit the Cairo Muesum to see the pharaohs and royal mummies of yesteryear, then take a trip to the outskirts of the city to visit the ancient pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx. Then fly to Luxor to board a fantastic cruise through time to the Valley of the Kings along the banks of the River Nile.
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