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Just back from Sharm… and it’s even more beautiful than before!
We have just got back from an excellent trip to Sharm el Sheikh that had us diving some of the most well known and beautiful reefs in the world, and we were amazed to find that we rarely saw other divers underwater. We shore dived the house reef in front of the Hyatt Regency (also know as Middle Reef), boat dived the incredible sites of Ras Mohammed and the Strait of Tiran, took in some of the more local dive sites and also went on a day trip to Dahab, which for us was a real trip down memory lane!
It is a great time to book a trip to Sharm. New direct flights from the UK are being announced all the time with TUI, Egypt Air and Easyjet all offering well priced flights that will get you there in around 5 hours from a variety of airports. Whilst many of our readers have never stopped going to Sharm – because the superb diving and friendly faces make it worth going to however hard the journey – the routes have meant some long stopovers and tiring journeys. Happily these are now a thing of the past.
The reefs, even in the winter, are full of life and vibrant in colour. The sea was calm and clear on our trip, although at this time of year the water temperature is a cool 21 degrees and you need a 5mm wetsuit.
For the first time ever we experienced rain in Sharm, but it was a quick storm that blew over in an hour or so and it soon returned to business as usual with bright sunshine warming us after the dives. On our final day, we were thrilled to get the chance to see four Risso’s Dolphins, relaxing on the surface on our boat ride back to the jetty.
We met old friends and made plenty of new ones too. We cannot wait to return in the summer! Our flight times allowed us six days of diving in a single week trip, with a fantastic bonus day of diving due to an evening flight with TUI back to Manchester. You can read more about this soon in the next – Spring 2020 – issue of Dive Travel Adventures and in upcoming blogs here on Scubaverse.com.
Finally we would like to thank the Hyatt Regency and the Fayrouz Resort, and Red Sea Diving College and Anthias Divers for looking after us so well. We miss you already!
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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