El Gouna is the closest town to some of the best of Egypt’s northern dive sites including the Abu Nuhas wrecks and the WW2 wreck of the Thistlegorm. There is a huge variety of smaller marine life here and a good chance of seeing Bottle Nosed Dolphins and turtles.

The whole ares is quite crowded in the peak season between September and November, but the still warm in May and June and it’s a lot quieter.

The best things to do in El Gouna

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  • Diving the Abu Nuhas ship graveyard

    The curse of mariners is the fortune of divers, and some of the most popular dive sites in the Red Sea’s fringing reefs are tho…

  • Diving and snorkeling around El Gouna

    Something like a giant diving resort? El Gouna is an excellent place to learn to dive. As well as being well set up as far as…

  • Diving the Thistlegorm

    If it’s not the most famous wreck in the world then it’s in the top ten. 131 metres long, the Thistle was a WW2 military cargo…

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