Learn to scuba dive in the Red Sea, Dahab
| country: | Egypt |
| location: | Red Sea |
| departures: | Available throughout the year |
| price: | From £335 (8 days) excluding flights, based on 2 people sharing. Price includes B&B, PADI Open Water course and airport transfers, minimum diving age 12 yrs. We can arrange flights from the UK |
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the amazing things you'll be doing
If you are looking to learn scuba-diving, where better than among the coral reefs in the warm & clear waters of the Gulf of Aqaba. We offer various PADI courses and the dive centre has two large classrooms combined with tables outside for the occasional outdoor sessions. The classrooms have all necessary video & audio facilities, instructional materials and manuals.
Their instructors are highly experienced and qualified divers and at the same time have a laid back attitude to life. Virtually anybody in a general good health and fitness can learn to dive. The PADI Open Water course will take 4 days during which you learn the fundamentals of scuba-diving, including the basic theory, skill practice in a confined area of the sea and 4 open water dives. You will finish this dive experience with 4 extra recreational dives on dive site such as Eel Gardens, the Islands, Coral Gardens or even the Canyon.
The accommodation is on a B&B basis in a hotel located on the northern side of Dahab's seafront, approx 15 mins walk from the dive centre. This new hotel is designed with a Bedouin ambience, offering clean rooms with en-suite bathrooms, balcony and fantastic sea-views. You will be based in a five star dive centre, PADI Gold Palm Resort and TDI instructor facility, which has been running since 1995 from the convenient location of the middle of Dahab village. It is a British/Swedish owned, safety conscious outfit. All their staff are highly experienced and qualified divers. All staff, including their Bedouin drivers, are trained to administer at least CPR and oxygen.
The Centre offers diving in a very welcoming atmosphere and the location presents plenty of opportunities to relax in between dives with homemade lunches while listening to some music. Their staff have a very laid back attitude to life and you will never feel rushed or stressed when diving. As part of the PADI Open Water course a free PADI Coral Reef Conservation speciality course is available on request (excluding PADI certificate).
Their instructors are highly experienced and qualified divers and at the same time have a laid back attitude to life. Virtually anybody in a general good health and fitness can learn to dive. The PADI Open Water course will take 4 days during which you learn the fundamentals of scuba-diving, including the basic theory, skill practice in a confined area of the sea and 4 open water dives. You will finish this dive experience with 4 extra recreational dives on dive site such as Eel Gardens, the Islands, Coral Gardens or even the Canyon.
The accommodation is on a B&B basis in a hotel located on the northern side of Dahab's seafront, approx 15 mins walk from the dive centre. This new hotel is designed with a Bedouin ambience, offering clean rooms with en-suite bathrooms, balcony and fantastic sea-views. You will be based in a five star dive centre, PADI Gold Palm Resort and TDI instructor facility, which has been running since 1995 from the convenient location of the middle of Dahab village. It is a British/Swedish owned, safety conscious outfit. All their staff are highly experienced and qualified divers. All staff, including their Bedouin drivers, are trained to administer at least CPR and oxygen.
The Centre offers diving in a very welcoming atmosphere and the location presents plenty of opportunities to relax in between dives with homemade lunches while listening to some music. Their staff have a very laid back attitude to life and you will never feel rushed or stressed when diving. As part of the PADI Open Water course a free PADI Coral Reef Conservation speciality course is available on request (excluding PADI certificate).
travellers' tales
The Bedouin beach shelters; the hospitality; the friendliness; the great, and very patient, dive instructors; great food; yoga on the roof at sunrise; my kids on camels... are just a few of the great memories. (more)
how this holiday makes a difference
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The Dive Centre is very environmentally aware and actively works to reduce the damage to the coral reefs in the Red Sea through e.g. weekly free clean-up dives for their customers, training all staff in environmental awareness, offering a free Coral Reef Conservation course into their PADI Open Water programmes and through donations to environmental charities.
Furthermore, they employ local Bedouins as drivers and technical support staff, and even one of their most experienced assistant dive instructors, Adel, is Egyptian. |
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