rated the Zabargad Dive Resort as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food |  | |
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| said: My wife and I went to Zabargad for two weeks for a diving holiday.
Diving bit:
The Orca Dive Centre in the hotel was very professionally run with a system going that meant maximum enjoyment with minimum effort, whether diving the house reef or on day boats. We took our own gear but the hire equipment available was in a good condition and well maintained.
ie: Sign in for a house reef dive, give them a time, check your Nitrox in the air station and by the allotted time the resident donkey Prince Ali will have transported your gear and air to the end of the jetty. He brings the gear back after as well.
There were two dive boats operating when we were there, but there can be more. Good standard of boats with clean toilets and the boat lunch is very good . The chef Ali is an Ace! The Dive guides were Egyptian, Belgian, English and German, and all were very good. One immediately felt confident in them. Dive briefings very informative but laid back. On the reefs we dived on, you can follow a dive leader or with sufficient experience go with your buddy. I believe it depends on the reefs, which are awesome! The boat crew could not be more helpful getting you into your kit and into the water and help you on the way out.
OK now the resort bit:
We were accommodated not far from the dive centre which suited us. The room was basic but cleaned well, beds made, and towels replaced every day.
On days we didn’t dive we had the pool and all the sun beds to ourselves. The same with the beach areas (out of season?)
Food: Breakfast was basic and the same as the two Egyptian hotels I stayed at last year, so use your imagination. A mid-day meal could be bought at the dive centre for from 3.5 to 8 euros and was good value. The evening meal is possibly best described as predictable. Beef and chicken and on other days chicken and beef with the occasional fish dish. The usual things accompanied this. No one was ill from the food.
There were no children and no mosquitoes, but on occasions it was Fly Central. People were not waving at you, as you arrived for breakfast, they were clearing the flies away.
Would we go again? Very much yes. Maybe in the Autumn this year. But I would take a fly swot. Try Google Earth.
24 15 19 N 35 24 10 E
'Excellent' diving with an 'Average' hotel so it has to be
'Above Average'.
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