DAHAB, EGYPT (RED SEA)

Dahab is a little Bedouin-village on the peninsula of Sinai at the Gulf of Aqaba approx. 95 km north of Sharm-el-Sheikh. The word Dahab means “gold” in Arabic. The Bedouin tribe of the Mezeinah was established here long time ago. Dahab developed from a hippy village to a dive spot with a well functioning infrastructure. The village originally consisting of two parts, which almost grew together. Dahab has good hotel accommodations, but also affords less expensive housing in the village, or camping. About 4KM from town is the famous Blue Hole, for diving. Towards the Israeli border is the Island of Coral, where the Crusaders built a fort.

SCUBA DIVING IN DAHAB

Dahab lies alongside the deepest section of the African rift, the giant crack in the earth’s crust that formed the Red Sea.

The jagged mountains above continue at much the same angle underwater, forming a dramatic seascape of valleys, canyons and caves. Most of Dahab’s dive-spots are geologically unique.

Two dive-sites, the Canyon and the Blue Hole, are worldwide known amongst divers. Sport divers are allowed to explore the two sites to a maximum depth of 30m.

To dive the deeper section of these fascinating formations one has to be a TEC-diver, using special gas-mixtures. TEC-courses are available.

Diving in Dahab is shore-diving. With a few exceptions you simply drive along the shore by jeep or pick-up truck, gear up at the beach and start your dive. When entering the water one has to be careful, especially with high waves and during low tide.

The most northern dive-site is “The Bell” and in the south “The Caves”. Ras Abu Galum and Gabr El Bint can only be reached by camel.

The dominant species are Acropora, Brain- and Stone coral, Leather- and Black coral. Only occasionally you will come across Soft corals.

Fish life is represented by the typical Red Sea Reef dwellers, Trigger- and Surgeonfish, all kind of Groupers, Emperor- and Parrotfish. With some luck you can observe Pelagius, such as Jackfish, Barracudas or even a Reef shark.

DANIELA RESORT, DAHAB

The Daniela Village is a small and cosy family run business that opened its doors on Christmas Day 1999.50 meters form the sea, surrounded by the massive Sinai Mountains with all 40 rooms overlooking a beautiful reef.

Daniela Village Dahab is built in the typical arabesque style and offer all the comfort, care and hospitality.

The hotel has a private beach of 130 meters and a pool.

The Daniela hotel is built for divers and people that are looking for a peaceful and relaxed vacation.

Daniela village is in a splendid geographical position, its horizon lies between the warm reflexes of the dunes and the shining colours of the sea. Located in a peaceful spot away from the crowds and mass tourism areas and only 3 km from the centre of Dahab and approximately 90 KM from the international airport of Sharm el Sheik. A free of charge shuttle bus drives twice a day to the city and back.

Rooms:

40 big, clean, rooms with private bathrooms, air-conditioning and minibar. Every room has its private balcony or terrace overlooking a fascinating house reef.

The Restaurant:
Restaurant serves you a selection of eastern and international meals and beverages with many Egyptian specialities.

Facilities:
Laundry -Satellite TV in the Reception -Parking -Mail & Postage Services -Safety Deposit Boxes -Doctor On Call -3 Natural Pools in the Reef -Private Beach

Beach Chairs And Towels Service -Swimming Pool -Billiard & reading room

Bedouin Tent On The Beach -Reception Café -Light Music Hall -Beach bar

Shisha bar-Horse Back riding on call -Camel Riding on call -Squad riding on call

Desert Safari -Diving Safari

DANIELA DIVING CENTRE , DAHAB

The Daniela Diving Centre is integrated in the nice and friendly family owned Daniela Diving Hotel. The Daniela Diving centre is only minutes away from the most famous dive sites of Dahab , such as the Canyon , the Blue hole, the Bells and Abou Helal.

The house reef offers for divers and snorkel a beautiful and diverse variety of fish and coral. Three natural pools in the coral with sandy bottom give snorkel the feeling of swimming in an aquarium. The house reef can be dived with high tide and has a drop off of about 18 meters.

The Daniela Diving Team consist of a number of Dive masters and instructors as well as trainees and future instructors both PADI & CMAS. International, friendly and all eager to show you the under water world of the Red Sea.

At the Daniela dive centre all level and types of divers are served professionally and with enthusiasm. Whether you want to give it a try in our introduction dive or you are an experienced Nitrox diver we will be there to show you all Dahab has to offer. Even if you want to go down with tri-mix we can make the arrangements. Most divers however go for their financially interesting and diversified dive packages, combined with a safari. The latter is a must for first time dahab-divers. Since you'll combine camel-riding, reef-diving and visiting an original Bedouin village in one trip.

The dive centre has many full sets of equipment ranging from Scubapro and Beuchat jackets and regulators to Cressi fins. All the equipment is regularly maintained. They also have a large number of cylinders and own compressor. The centre also has its own vehicles " CoCo”.

The dive centre has a reception, filling station, equipments and workshop room, a cosy corner, classrooms, WC, showers and a room for your diving equipment.

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