Travel info - Egypt

Time: +2 GMT (standard), +3 GMT (summer)

Currency: Egyptian pound, US dollar or Euro

Language: Arabic and English

Visa: Maximum 30 days for tourists. (Normally included in Scuba Travel packages.  Please ask us for more information).

Health: If you are traveling on a liveaboard, keep in mind that you will need to take all necessary medicine with you, (ie. against sea sickness or colds).

Recommendations:
Bifolac or similar (ask in your local pharmacy), that helps to build up a good bacteria culture in the stomach and Immodium or similar that helps with tourist diarrhea.
Headache tablets, nose spray (one that will not dry out the nasal membrane) and sea/ motion sickness tablets are all useful to have.
Pharmacies and doctors are available for customers doing shore based diving.
**Remember not to drink water from anything but an unopened bottle!

Recompression chamber: Available in Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, El Gouna and Marsa Alam
Temperatures:

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul  Aug Sep Oct  Nov  Dec
 20   22   23   26   33    35    37   38   35    31    26    23  day time (ºC)
 09   09  13   16    20    23    24   24   23   18    14    11  night time (ºC)
 20  18    22   23   25    26    27   28   27    27    25    22  water (ºC)