Simply the Best

The route Simply the Best departs from Marsa Alam or Hurghada and covers Brothers Islands - Daedalus - Elphinstone.

Note: The Egyptian government requires all divers to have a minimum of 50 logged dives and an Advanced Open water diver or the equivalent.
Night diving is forbidden within the marine park area.  This means that it is often only three dives a day.  This came into place due to the fact that the currents can be very strong in this area.

Brothers Islands and Daedalus make up the northern marine park.  These two reef systems are in the middle of the Red Sea and their lighthouses have warned passing ships throughout the years of the dangers that hide beneath the waves. This tour ends with a visit to Elphinstone, just off the shores of Marsa Alam.

Brothers is the first stop on the tour. Sailing overnight means you wake up where the action is. Little Brother is the stage for shark diving, whilst Big Brother offers the wrecks of Numidia and Aida.  Giant gorgonians grow at precarious angles from the wall and cornet fish follow divers, hunting in their shadows.

Another overnight journey takes you to Daedalus Reef. Daedalus is a huge triangular chunk of a reef, with amazing vertical drop offs, giant hard coral structures, and a garden of beautiful anemones, whose damsel residents dart between tentacles.  Hammerheads school in the blue and individuals can also be seen visiting cleaning stations. They are often found around the northern tip, especially in the spring months. Thresher and grey reefs sharks skirt the edges of the southern plateau.

Rounding off the week is Elphinstone reef, completing a trio of unparalleled wall dive destinations. Elphinstone has earned a reputation in recent years as the place to see oceanic white tips and mantas pass over the northern plateau, together with grey reef sharks. Barracuda, snapper and tuna are usual residents seen on all sites.

Drifting on currents, diving can be fast paced and an SMB is essential. Photographers are advised to to bring a wide angle lens, but macro life is also rich and plentiful. The Marine Park islands are remote and the lighthouse crews are always pleased to offer visitors a glass of hot tea.