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Red Sea Diving Safari/Shagra Village: "A so so diving", Nov, 2024, by Bela Asztalos, MA, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 13717 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Marsa Shagra, November 2025 Some of my Hungarian friends decided to go to Marsa Shagra for a week. Because of the good company I decided to join them. Going to the Red Sea from Europe is very convenient as regular or charter planes fly to Marsa Aalam from some European cities. Marsa Aalam is the center of many resorts on the seashore. Our destination: Shagra Village resort is about 40 km south of Marsa Alam. For me, flying from Boston to Marsa Alam was not easy. I had a couple of choices to get a connection, but each flight to Marsa Alam started early in the morning, therefore, I had to fly a day before and stay overnight. I chose Budapest where I met with my friends and flew to Marsa Alam by a charter airline (Smartwings). After about a 3-hour flight we arrived at Marsa Alam where several large and small buses and a bunch of agents from several resorts were waiting for the 180 people on the plane. After a lot of mismatches of people and luggage and final destinations we settled in two vans. After a forty-minute ride we arrived at Shagra Village Eco Resort with all plus one extra baggage. Checking in was easy and fast. The ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
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Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Caribbean, Indonesia, Raja Ampat, Palau, Sipadan, Socorro
Closest Airport	Marsa Alam	Getting There	There are regular or charter flights From some European towns
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	28-30°C / 82-86°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	5-30 M / 16-98 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	On outer reefs we had to come up together
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
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Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The rigid inflatable boats what is used have no room for large camera sets ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Red Sea Diving Safari/Shagra Village in Red Sea/Marsa Shagra Village

Red Sea Diving Safari/Shagra Village: "A so so diving", Nov, 2024,

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Dive Review of Red Sea Diving Safari/Shagra Village in
Red Sea/Marsa Shagra Village