Getting here, getting around, and what to do on the coast.
The honest answer to the question everyone asks before booking — not a price list, which would be wrong within a season, but the ratios, the structure and the traps that survive a devaluation.
1 August 2026
The honest anti-guide: the month the sea offers no relief, the fortnight that costs double, the week that can blow out your diving — and the windows regulars quietly book.
1 August 2026
Eight dive sites between El Gouna and the Sudanese border that set a bar the rest of the world struggles to clear — ranked by how thoroughly they ruin you.
1 August 2026
President El-Sisi has ratified Law No. 148 of 2026, fixing a 100-pound fee on departure from Egypt, in force since Friday 31 July per Al-Masry Al-Youm. The amount is not new — but the 50-pound discount for tourism travel is gone.
31 July 2026
Belavia will restart Gomel-Hurghada charters on 27 October, flying Tuesdays and Fridays on ten-to-eleven-night rotations, with visa-on-arrival available for Belarusian travellers.
31 July 2026
The August 2, 2027 total eclipse will bring more than five minutes of daytime darkness to Marsa Alam — the longest totality on accessible land until 2114.
30 July 2026
A friend's-advice plan for your first two days: land, SIM, cash, marina evening, then boat or old town — with swaps for kids, divers, and tight budgets.
14 July 2026
Island snorkel boats, desert safaris, the long road to Luxor, and the question of Cairo — an honest, practical guide to day trips from Hurghada.
19 May 2026
A minesweeper off Hurghada, a ships' graveyard in the Gubal Strait, and a ferry near Safaga that demands respect: how wreck diving works on this coast.
17 March 2026
The one town on this coast that would still exist if the diving stopped: Safaga's working port, offshore reefs, black sand and budget beds.
10 February 2026
What an Open Water course here actually involves, why the Red Sea is a forgiving classroom, and how to choose a dive centre by safety, not price.
27 January 2026
Quieter bays, El Dahar's markets, mangroves and Wadi el Gemal, desert and Bedouin nights, island sandbanks and the best sunrise and sunset spots on the coast.
30 December 2025