Egypt is growing in popularity year on year as a holiday hot spot for Brits looking for some winter sunshine, particularly the Red Sea. A recent survey revealed that the three MET destinations (Morocco, Egypt and Turkey) were more popular than the traditional, and more expensive, Med, as travelers look for cheaper and better deals.
The Red Sea is a body of water like no other in that it is a semi-enclosed sea communicating only with the Mediterranean through the man-made Suez canal and with the Indian ocean through the shallow Bab El-Mandab strait. This unique physiography has created a marine environment that supports flourishing coral reefs and endemic wetland communities in latitudes far north of their limits elsewhere.
It encompasses a segment of the Red Sea coastal plain and mountains (refer to the following section “The Red Sea Environment”). It is located between 24° 25` N in the north and 24° 05` in the south, and between Red Sea shoreline in the east, and about 34° 40 E in the west and covers 70 km north/south. It is bounded by Mersa Alam on the north, and Hammata/Wadi Gemal on the south including Gebal Hammata and deltas of Wadi El-Gemal.
The Red Sea Coast is a region of eastern Egypt, runs from the Gulf of Suez, and the many mountain ranges inspired the mariners of antiquity to name it the “Sea Mare Rostrum,” or the Red Sea following the shoreline of the Red Sea for 800 km from Suez in the north to the Sudanese border in the south. It is Egypt’s fastest developing area for overseas travelers and is best known for its warm climate. The marine life in the Red Sea is also mind-blowing. You can regularly see manta rays, whale sharks, hammerhead sharks and endless tropical fish. There is “something for everyone,” with both beginners and more experienced divers able to enjoy what the water has to offer.
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