Dive Review of Red Sea Diving Safari/Shagra Eco Village in
Africa/Egypt

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Red Sea Diving Safari/Shagra Eco Village, Nov, 2010, by Frank Nelson, PA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 5839.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
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Comments	\It is a long trip from the States with many connections, but worth the trouble. Pgh to Atlanta, Atlanta to Gatwick UK, and the Thomson Air from Gatwick to Marsa Alam. Make sure you get visa $15 before you get in custom line. Custom went smooth and met by Red Sea Diving Safari van and 30 min ride to Shagra Eco Village. Check in quick but arriving after 5:30 when it is dark is a real hassle finding your room. Your front door is really the rear. Do not drink tap water. Have coolers every 3 huts and thruout village. Staff is very friendly and speaks and understands english. Had a resident shark expert giving lessons to the staff, an ecologist from Ireland who took care of everything enviromentally(water temp, critter sightings, currents, viz, etc) logging it from this village and the other 2 owned farther south. Recompression chamber across the road and the Dr dives daily and is on staff. They sat down with us and just chatted away. Very friendly and down to earth.When taking a shower the flooor drain overflows, which happens in all chalets. Can live in a tent on the beach but need to walk to another place for bathing and toilets. Village very clean despite all the sand around. There are no tv's radios, newspapers, Just dive, dive, dive. The house reef which extends in both directions for miles is a smoregasboard of aquatic life. Mountains of hard corals especially staghorn. Fish don't seem to be very skittish and easily appproached to take pics. The owners and workers are truly concerned about the enviroment and do whatever is necessary to keep it as pristine as possible. Most divers are from UK, France, Germany. I was the only US person there. It was hard to find any info in any magazines about this place. I learned about it from a Brit who I dove with in Mexico. If you can deal with the long flights it is well worth the effort.
Websites	Red Sea Diving Safari
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Riviera Maya Mexico
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	81-86°F / 27-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	3-100 Ft/ 1-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No restrictions so to speak. Dive to your hearts content
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Had no photo shop so to speak. Not sure if anything around could be found for repairs. RIB's used for excursions and boat handlers use to camera gear and very gentle with it. Rinse tanks available at the dive shade for regs and cameras, other tanks for other gear suits, bc, etc

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Dive Review of Red Sea Diving Safari/Shagra Eco Village in Africa/Egypt

Red Sea Diving Safari/Shagra Eco Village, Nov, 2010,

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Dive Review of Red Sea Diving Safari/Shagra Eco Village in
Africa/Egypt