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The guide to discovering Giftun and the islands

Our guides

For a first intro dive in Hurghada, our top pick is the “2 dives for beginners or snorkeling” trip run by a...

For most travellers, our first choice is the shared Giftun or Orange trip with snorkelling and lunch: it is...

Wild dolphins cannot be booked: a "Dolphin House" trip takes you where they often rest, but cannot promise ...

To see the reef without diving, book a semi-submarine rather than a "submarine": the best-selling offer is ...

For a first snorkeling trip in Hurghada, the best-selling offer is the speedboat with dolphins, snorkeling ...

List Map

The Giftun islands (Giftun Kebir, the big one, and Giftun Soraya, the small one) form a protected...

Orange Bay is a developed white-sand beach on Giftun Island, facing very clear turquoise water. I...

Hurghada is one of the Red Sea's major diving bases. Dive-club boats leave the harbour for nearby...

The Sindbad tourist submarine, for years one of Hurghada's best-selling trips, stopped running af...

Paradise Island (also sold under the name Hula Hula) is a small island in the Giftun area, off Hu...