Red Sea governorate
🏙️ Marsa Alam
The wild southern Red Sea: turtles, dugongs, dolphins and empty white beaches.
📍 Districts & areas
Port Ghalib
Marina town with restaurants and dive boats.
Marina town with restaurants and dive boats.
Abu Dabbab
Bay famous for snorkelling with green turtles.
Bay famous for snorkelling with green turtles.
Wadi El Gemal & Hamata
National park, mangroves, Sharm El Luli and the Qulan islands.
National park, mangroves, Sharm El Luli and the Qulan islands.
🏛️ Places to visit
- Abu Dabbab Bay, Marsa Alam
- Port Ghalib Marina
- Wadi El Gemal National Park
- Sharm El Luli Beach
- Hamata & Qulan Islands
- Elphinstone Reef
- Sataya Reef (Dolphin House)
🍽️ What & where to eat
- Mostly resort restaurants; fresh fish in Port Ghalib
- Bedouin tea in Wadi El Gemal
🛍️ What to buy
- Ababda crafts and incense from the Wadi El Gemal community
🏬 Where to shop
- Port Ghalib's marina shops