Golden Dolphin IV

• St. John's Cave, this chain of five reefs lives up to its name. Umm Hararim impresses with its unique cave system. In the shallow area, surrounded by a wonderful hard coral garden, the main reef is perforated like a Swiss cheese on its south-west side. The corridors, most of which are open at the top, are easy to dive, overgrown with red coral and the play of light on the bright sandy bottom is unique. Hatchetfish gather in darker corners, blue-spotted stingrays search for crabs in the sand......there are desktop pictures!
• Abu Fandera, dozens of ergs (reef blocks) at a depth of 15m to 20m, overgrown with beautiful soft corals, awaken the explorer's instinct.

Brother Islands - Elphinstone

• The Brother Islands are undoubtedly one of the world's best dive sites. Rising steeply from great depths, two small islands, Big Brother and Little Brother, lie isolated in the Red Sea on the open sea, around 60 km from the coast.
• The Little Brother has a surprising abundance of creatures. Steep walls of superlatives await the diver. In the north, a narrow and long plateau stretches from 7 m to over 42 m in depth. Diving there is always a little adventure. Hammerhead sharks often have their rendezvous, but there is also a cleaning station for gray reef sharks, large barracudas are ready to hunt in the current, large Napoleons show themselves off to the diver, silky sharks and thresher sharks sometimes pass by. Especially in the south, turtles can often be observed, a manta ray flies past almost unnoticed in the current, hunting bottlenose dolphins, tuna and mackerel, all of which are possible.
• About one kilometer north of Little Brother is Big Brother. The lighthouse, built in 1883, is located in the middle of the island. The highlight for every diver there is certainly a dive on the wreck of the NUMIDIA. The British steel & screw steamer was on its way from Glasgow to Bombay & Calcutta when it ran aground at full speed on the northern tip of the reef on the night of July 20, 1901. A few weeks later, the Numidia sank and now lies on edge between 12m and 80m deep on the reef.
• Although the reef of Elphinstone has been very heavily dived in recent years due to its location close to the coast, it is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful reefs in Egypt and is a "must-be" for every diver. Not very wide, but long, a plateau stretches gradually from 18m to 55m in the north. Beautifully overgrown, it is worth keeping an eye out for big fish (gray reef sharks, hammerhead sharks, white tip sharks) before drifting east or west along the breathtaking steep wall, which is covered with gorgonians, wire corals and various soft corals. The plateau in the south is slightly wider, covered with coral blocks and turns into a drop-off at a depth of around 45m.

(Source: Golden Dolphin Safari World)