2 weeks: Brother Islands-Daedalus-Rocky Island-St. Johns-Elba Reef

2 weeks: Brother Islands-Daedalus-Rocky Island-St. Johns-Elba Reef

Itinerary Highlights

  • Discover the incomparable treasures of the Red Sea in 2 weeks: The trip to the Brother Islands, Daedalus, Rocky Island, St. Johns and the Elba Reef is a diving paradise that leaves nothing to be desired.
  • The Brother Islands offer majestic drop-offs and encounters with large fish such as hammerheads and whitetips. Here, divers experience a fascinating underwater world populated by dolphins and manta rays.
  • Daedalus, known for its breathtaking reef structures, attracts with sightings of large fish and colorful coral landscapes. There is a great chance of seeing reef sharks and turtles here.
  • A hidden gem in the Red Sea, Rocky Island offers challenging diving with caves and overhangs inhabited by an amazing variety of marine life. Moray eels, barracudas and tunas are common here.
  • St. Johns offers a variety of dive sites, including tunnels, caves and colorful reef landscapes. The diversity of fish and corals makes every dive an unforgettable experience.
  • Diving at Elba Reef is an experience full of unique highlights in the waters of the Red Sea. This remote dive site boasts a fascinating variety of underwater life and breathtaking coral landscapes.
  • The underwater world of the Elba Reef presents an impressive backdrop of colorful coral formations inhabited by countless species of fish. From vibrant schools of exotic reef fish to majestic sea creatures such as turtles and large reef sharks, Elba Reef offers a rich spectrum of marine life.
  • Exploring these highlights in 2 weeks means a diving safari full of spectacular experiences in one of the most fascinating underwater worlds in the world.

Dive sites in this itinerary

  • Brother Islands

    The Brother Islands one of the best diving spots in the world. The Islands – the Big Brother and the Little Brother – are two small exposed promontories that just come out of the water in the middle of the sea at around 60km from the Egyptian coast line. The Little Brother has a very high concentration of life in a much reduced area. The walls are covered literally with sponges, anemones and all sorts of hard and soft corals in an astonishing variety of colors and shapes. Of course you will find here plenty of fish. It is not unusual to see sharks: hammerheads, thresher sharks, grey reef sharks, silvertip and whitetip reef sharks. About one km north of the Little Brother lays the Big Brother. Situated, in the middle of the island, is a lighthouse. When it is not too windy, you can proceed to dive the Wreck NUMIDIA which lies upon the reef on the northern side of the island between 5m and 80m. This 150m long ship sunk in 1901 and is now completely covered with both hard and soft corals and gorgonias. At the NW side of the island you will find the other Wreck: the AIDA. This 82m long steam ship sunk 1957. The remaining pieces of the Wreck are scattered all over the reef and just the back side of the hull can be found between 34m and 60m. It is nicely overgrown and worth to visit. Because of strong current and may be high waves it is not easy to dive at the Brother’s. This safari is only for experienced divers.

  • Daedalus Reef

    The Daedalus Reef is a huge reef formation that lies at about 180km south of Brother Islands. The reef is surrounded by a sheer wall all around, featuring a plateau on its southern side that goes from 28m beside the reef to 40m on the edge of the drop-off. If the weather is good, try to get as far north as possible and drift along one of the sides of the reef. Reef and hammerhead sharks are often spotted here. Underwater marine life is here more abundant than anywhere else, with schools of surgeons, fusiliers, carangids.

  • St Johns

    This vast reef system lies furthest to the south on the Egyptian side, 10 miles from the Sudanese border. There are dozens of excellent dives. Its reefs rise up from a gigantic underwater plateau hidden in the inky blue water.

  • Shaab Maksur

    Shaab Maksur is a small but long reef with a plateau in the north and south and drop offs in the west and east side. At the north terraced plateau you can see often dolphins, barracudas or reef sharks passing by. The south plateau with its bigger coral blocks is home for many species.

  • Elba Reef

    Elba Reef is located at the Halaib Triangle on the Egyptian and Sudanese border with very nice plateaus on its North and South side. It is a triangle- shaped reef. The Plateau in the North is long and starts at around 20 m and ends at around 45 m depth. At the edge of the plateau plenty of huge coral fans can be found. One of the main attractions, at the edge of a deep drop-off at the South plateau, is the large wreck of “SS Isola di Levanzo” that sank in the early 1900's. She is a rarely visited beautiful Wreck which is surrounded by scattered sherry bottles all over the sea bottom. The propeller of the ship lies at 18 m and the entire upper or stern section can be penetrated. Further inshore, the reef is relatively shallow but well grown with a variety of corals all around the reef. Fish life is interesting as from reef species to sharks everything can be spotted.

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