Sharm El Sheikh Tours & Sinai Excursions 2026

All three sail the same waters at 9am and return around 4pm, with transfers and fees included. Pirates is the family choice: a themed ship, big decks, lots of children on board. Elite VIP is the quiet, comfortable one — fewer guests, a proper bar, BBQ grilled at the stern, three snorkeling stops. Classic Boat is the value option and also does three stops, with a simpler buffet and a smaller boat. Same sea, different day.

A bare sandbar off Ras Mohamed with no vegetation and no shade, which surfaces as the tide drops and disappears again as it rises. Boats anchor alongside and you wade ashore onto white sand in the middle of open water. Because it comes and goes with the tide, whether you get to stand on it depends on the day — the captain works the timing around it, but nobody can promise it.

Ras Mohamed is the national park at the southern tip of Sinai — sheer coral walls, the Blue Lagoon, and the best-known snorkeling in Egypt. Tiran is an island in the strait north-east of Sharm with four large reefs around it and generally calmer, shallower water, which suits weaker swimmers. Route depends on the day's wind: the captain decides in the morning, and in a strong northerly Tiran is usually the safer call.

Often, but never on demand. Spinner and bottlenose dolphins are resident in the straits and regularly ride the bow wave on the run out to the reefs — several times a week in season. Any operator who guarantees dolphins is selling you something they cannot deliver. Sit near the bow on the outward leg and you'll have the best chance.

Because the boat operators publish them that way, and in Sharm the tiers are not even consistent between products. The Semi-Submarine has three published rates — 750 EGP for Egyptians and residents, $25 for Arab nationals and $35 for other foreign visitors. The three full-day boats publish only two: an Egyptian and resident rate in pounds, and a foreign rate. We list each product's tiers exactly as contracted rather than flattening them into one number, so you see the rate that applies to you. Bring your Egyptian ID or residence permit on the day if you booked the resident rate.