Safaga, formally known as Port Safaga, is located approximately 60 Km south of Hurghada and is encircled by Makadi Bay, Soma Bay, and Sahl Hasheesh. Safaga is considered Egypt’s primary phosphates export centre and vital marine port. It is also an exceptionally vital therapeutic destination, offering its visitors an extraordinary potential of curing psoriasis, rheumatoid, arthritis, mild neck and back ailment, and improving blood circulation. It also has a vital effect for skin treatment and beautification purposes.

This incredible therapeutic ability is owed to the unpolluted atmosphere, black sad – dunes, and mineral springs that acquired specific characteristic for remedy, in addition to high saline levels in the sea.

Safaga’s pure beaches and stiff breezes make it an exceptional spot for diving holidays. The house reef at Emperor Divers is a classic highland reef, which rests just a few meters from the beach. Although it is not deep, it teems with a huge variety of marine life rare to find elsewhere, in addition to a large area of sea grass that is home to a multitude of invertebrates and infantile fish.

In spite of being an eminent diving and snorkeling site, Safaga is more renowned for kite and wind surfing, which made it the perfect setting for the 1993 World Windsurfing Championship.

Day trips by speed boats to the Fire Wall, Forbidden Reef, and the ferry wreck of Arish El Tor can be coordinated with our representative. Furthermore, trips could be arranged to the famous Tobia Islands, Panorama of Abu Qitan towering reefs, and the legendary Mona Claudianus, the ruins of a Roman settlement dating back to 68 A.D. where granite building blocks from surrounding mountains were used for the sole purpose of beautifying imperial Rome.

Accommodation in Safaga mainly depends on bungalows, rest houses and a handful of hotels. Visitors can have a glimpse of the local Egyptian life where the atmosphere tends to be relaxing, based on the pace of the traditional rural life without the aggravation of the city life.