DESTINATIONS / RED SEA AND EGYPT / RED SEA LIVEABOARDS

Location: Custom-designed and built to a superior standard. Emperor Elite is a 38 metre boat accommodating a maximum of 20 guests.

Accomodation: 9 twin-berth cabins and a double master suite, all with ensuite, air conditioning and two towels per guest.

Facilities: She has three sundecks, dive deck with platform, jacuzzi/hot tub, two air-conditioned salons and air-conditioned dining room and you have a spacious vessel complete with all the diving and safety equipment including two large RIBs with outboards.

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Location: Measuring 36m, Emperor Superior offers ten twin-berth cabins comfortably accommodating 20 people.

Accomodation: All cabins have air-con, ensuite bathrooms (WC/shower) and two towels per guest.

Facilities: The spacious dining and salon areas offer air-con, DVD/TV and stereo. Outstanding menus are offered on board. There are also two sundecks, complete with jacuzzi/hot tub, and a dive deck with platform.

Diving: As with all the Emperor Fleet, all safety equipment meets International standards. She is also equipped with NITROX, offers technical diving and is guaranteed to carry a minimum of two dive guides.

Location: Emperor Fraser had a complete overhaul in Feb 2009 making this popular liveaboard feel like new.

Accomodation: She comfortably accommodates 18 people in 8 twin-berth cabins and a double 'Honeymoon' cabin - all ensuite with individually controlled air-con and with two towels per guest.

Facilities: The dining and saloon areas are air-conditioned with state-of-the-art sound and video equipment. Three decks: large upper sundeck, sundeck bar/BBQ deck and dive deck with dive platform. Custom-built to a superior standard the Emperor Fraser offers great value for money.

Diving: She is also equipped with NITROX and can handle tech diving on request. As with all Emperor fleet boats, you are guaranteed a minimum of two dive guides.

Location: This cruise has something for everyone. Starting from Hurghada and sailing north offers a perfect combination of reef diving and wreck diving. The famous horseshoe shaped reef of Shaab El Erg is a perfect example of the reefs on offer on this cruise with its beautiful hard coral garden and the chance to see dolphins. Abu Nuhas has four well-known wrecks: Giannis D, Carnatic, the lentil wreck and the tile wreck, all offering spectacular dives and plenty of fish life.
Night dives can be superb in this area as Gubal Island offers protected anchoring for the night. A small wreck at 8-10 metres makes for a spectacular night dive with lionfish, scorpion fish and its resident giant moray eel. A short ride across the straits of Gubal and you visit the most famous wreck of the Red Sea, the Thistlegorm! An awe-inspiring World War II British vessel with a cargo full of armaments (Bedford trucks and BSA motorbikes), which were all destined for the British troops in North Africa. She was sunk by the German Luftwaffe and now lies in 30 metres of water. Depending on divers' experience, weather and current conditions, we also try to offer a night dive here. Close by is the Ras Mohamed National Park, offering a morning dive at the 'Shark Reef', a sheer wall falling into the blue. The Ras Mohamed Park is usually the 'border', from here the boat heads back towards Hurghada. Note: Minimum of 15 logged dives recommended

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Location: Dive the Best Top 3 sites in this area: Big and Little Brothers, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone.
The Brother Islands are the pinnacles of two undersea mountains rising from the depths of the abyss and are located about 60 miles offshore. Part of the Marine Park Islands National Park, these islands offer stunning wall diving, with the walls being covered in soft corals and forests of gorgonians, creating a kaleidoscope of ever-changing colours. They attract a diverse array of marine species and large pelagics. Large tuna, Jacks and Snappers cruise in the blue, accompanied by occasional Hammerheads, Silvertips, Silky and Oceanic White Tip Sharks and Mantas. Even the rare Thresher Shark can be found here. Sightings of the Grey Reef Shark are almost guaranteed on the North and South Plateau of Small Brother.
For the wreck diver, the wrecks of the Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship, lie on the walls of the Big Brother. Both are covered in a rich growth of soft and hard corals. Marine life includes a family of Napoleon Wrasse and Grey Reef Sharks.
Daedalus Reef, also part of the Marine Park, is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found. Daedalus has mountainous, pristine, hard coral formations. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling Hammerheads, and grey reef sharks. Elphinstone, with its sheer walls covered in soft corals, offers a likely encounter with Oceanic White Tip sharks.
Note: 50 logged dives required by Egyptian Law

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Location: Sailing to the southern most reefs, these cruises depart from Marsa Ghalib to the vast reef system of Fury Shoals and St John's.
At Fury Shoals, dive Shaab Claude with its famous swim-throughs and huge porite corals. White Tip Reef sharks and an anemone and clownfish settlement can be seen a little off the reef to the South. Abu Galawa Soraya has a fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat packed with glass fish.
Dive Shab Sharm, with its wall dives and White Tip Reef sharks. Oceanic White Tips and Silky sharks can sometimes be found in the blue and turtles often visit the South side before heading further south to Wadi Gamal, with its flowing banks of hard yellow and green soft coral, resident angel and butterfly fish, and in the right season huge schools of placid jack and tuna visit the area.
St John's is a vast collection of small reefs offering some of the most remote and rewarding diving in the Red Sea. Habili Ali offers giant gorgonians and black corals whilst Grey Reef, Silvertip and schools of Hammerhead sharks might be found on the west side. Habili Gafaar is a mass of soft corals teaming with shoals of snappers, butterfly fish and barracudas. Mantas, Grey Reef and Silvertip sharks can be seen in the blue. Gota Kebir is a massive reef, famous for its tunnels and south plateau, where jacks and barracudas can be seen and the occasional manta. The tunnels are ideal for novice cave divers.
Gota Soraya is rated as possibly one of the best wall dives in the Red Sea, with overhangs and cracks in the reef wall full of glass fish and sweepers and an abundance of corals, Grey Reef, Silvertips and Hammerhead sharks. Note: Minimum of 40 logged dives recommended

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