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Diving holidays in Dahab can be as busy or as lazy as you like:
- You can dedicate all of your vacation time to scuba diving in Dahab
- or you can have a mixed holiday and combine scuba diving with freediving, trekking, rock climbing and more.
- You can do all of this in Dahab
- or you can explore remote Protected Areas and sites.
Here are some example holiday programs. Plus some tips to steer you in the right direction.
EXAMPLE DIVING HOLIDAYS IN DAHAB
Here are a few ideas to get you started. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, just ask! Most things are flexible around here
2 Day Diving Holiday
2 days isn’t nearly enough, but you can still make the most it! Spend your days scuba diving Dahab’s local dive sites, chilling out in the Bedouin beach cafes in-between dives:
Day 1: Lighthouse & Eel Garden or the Islands
Day 2 OW divers: The South
Day 2 AOW divers: Canyon, Blue Hole
If you’re an Open Water diver who wants to dive the Canyon and Blue Hole, add your Advanced OW course to your holiday.
Daily Diving Dahab (1 week/10 dives)
The classic dive package, 5 days/10 dives with 1 week accommodation and transfers. Dahab is a shore diving location, with more than enough dive sites to keep you busy for 5 days of diving:
Day 1: Lighthouse, Islands
Day 2: The South (Golden Blocks / Om Sid / The Caves / Three Pools)
Day 3: Canyon, Blue Hole
Day 4: Mashraba, Eel Garden
Day 5: Abu Helal, Abu Telha / Rick’s Reef
1 Week Dahab Dive Experience
For certified divers, this is the most popular way to spend a week with us. It’s 1 week diving in Dahab, including an overnight Camel Diving Safari plus accommodation and airport transfers:
Day 1: arrive SSH, transfer Dahab, check in and relax
Day 2: Lighthouse, Islands / Eel Garden
Day 3: The South – Golden Blocks, Om Sid or The Caves, Three Pools
Day 4: Dive at the Canyon and Blue Hole
Day 5-6: Camel Diving Safari (4 dives, full board, camping on the beach under the stars in Ras Abu Galum
Day 7: No fly day
Day 8: transfer SSH and depart
You’ll be planning your next trip to Dahab by the time you leave 🙂
2 Week Diving Holiday
Lucky you! With 2 weeks, you’ll have time to dive almost everything. 2 dives a day, exact sites and program are flexible:
Day 1: arrive SSH, transfer Dahab, check in and relax
Days 2-4: 6 dives at a mix of sites like Lighthouse, Eel Garden, The South (Golden Blocks, Three Pools, Caves, Om Sid), Canyon, Blue Hole
Day 5: Early start to boat dive the Thistlegorm wreck and Shark and Yolande (3 dives)
Day 6: Rest, maybe try rock climbing!
Day 7: Mashraba, Abu Helal
Day 8: Boat diving Gabr El Bint, 2 dives
Days 9-11: 3 day Camel Diving Safari to Ras Abu Galum (6 dives, full board, camping on the beach under the stars)
Day 12: Rest, safari briefing 5pm
Days 13-14:Desert day trip inc midnight hike Mt Sinai and St Catherine monastery
Day 15: transfer SSH and depart, completely addicted to Dahab 🙂
MIXED DIVING HOLIDAYS
The scuba diving in Dahab is fantastic, and it’s just the start of your adventure! You can combine diving with freediving, rock climbing, trekking and more
1 Week Diving & Freediving
Want to learn to freedive, but not quite ready to give up your entire diving holiday to freediving? No problem! In the 1 Week Diving & Freediving package you can learn to freedive and do three days of scuba diving.
1 Week Diving & Rock Climbing
There are surprisingly few places in the world with excellent rock climbing AND scuba diving, but Dahab is one of them! Our 1 week Dive and Climb package was created for our many climber divers
1 Week Dive & Trek
Even the most committed Dahab divers get curious about the desert. This Dive and Trek package combines 3 days diving with 3 days deep desert trekking to (start!) to satisfy your curiosity.