Dahab is a little bedouine-village on the peninsula of sinai at the gulf of Aqaba approx. 90 km north of Sharm-el-Sheikh and it means “gold” in arabic. The tribe of the Mezeinah was established here long time ago. The mixture of the traditional bedouins and the young visitors to Dahab Assala makes a completely different atmosphere than it normally is in tourist destinations.

Dahab developed from a hippy village to a dive spot with a well functioning infrastructure. The village originally consisting of four parts almost grew together today. The northernmost part, Assalah, is the former bedouin village.

in the tourist center called Masbat with the Lighthouse, you find restaurants, bazaars, Cafés, Bars at the beach. 0.5 km south of Masbat you can find our hotel. Not far away from the bustle, but nevertheless far enough, in order to find at night the necessary silence. Southernmost is Dahab town center. Here are the city administration, the post office, gas stations and banks.

Diving - the diving sport was introduced end of the sixties. From the hardcore-destination for loners Dahab was established to a well developed diving destination. Whom Hurghada and Sharm is too overflowed, Nuweiba too spartan, gonna feel good in Dahab. All dives will be done from land and are organized by us with jeeps or Pick-up. Missing anchor- and landingplaces keeps Dahab so far from mass diving tourism from the south. The kilometer-long reef along the coast of Dahab offers you an ideal spot with about 30 diving-sites for divers of all experience stages.

Snorkeling - snorkeling-suitable sites are everywhere in Dahab. Also at the famous diving spots “Blue-hole” and “Canyon” you can have lots of fun snorkling. .

Meals & drinks - we offer a large variety of national and international meals in our restaurant. A rich buffet or a three-course meal (with half-board) refreshes your energy for your diving days. Otherwise we offer a la Carte meals.

Prices - Dahab is an absolute Low budget spot, compared to Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh.Higher flying costs can be compensated easily by the low prices standard. Lunches are available for a few euro, a complete meal is about five euro.

Additionally all diving centers of the Sinai charge a fee of 1 US dollar per diving day as contribution to maintain the function of the deco-chamber in Sharm el Sheikh.

Climate - in Dahab extremely dry desert climate with summer temperatures up to 40°C prevails. Due to the mountains, which penetrate close to the coastal line, however sometimes the temperature during the "cold winter months" January and February falls down to 15° Celsius. Just as well it can be up to 27° Celsius.

Clothes - in the winter time a jacket and warm pullovers for the colder evenings might be needed. In the summer light cotton clothes. .

Best travel time - Dahab can be traveled the whole year. High season prevails in the winter around Christmas and in the summer. Most pleasant travel time for europeans are the months April until June and October, November, if the sea is still pleasantly warm (23 to 27° degrees Celsius). But also the months between are recommended specially for divers who prefer quiter dive sites and lower prices.

Diving equipment - in the winter and for those who dive a lot we recommend for the whole year 5-7 millimeters neoprene. In the summer and for those who dive less at least 3, better five millimeters. A good spare parts assortment (O-rings, high and low pressure hoses as well as sealing material) can become very helpful with smaller incidents. In addition, our diving center is well equipped with spare parts.

Next deco-chamber - Sharm El Sheikh, Hyperbaric Medical center, telephone +20 (0)69 661992

Medical care - medical basic care is given in Dahab, for larger treatments a transfer to Sharm is recommendable. In front of our hotel there is an physician and a pharmacy.

Money - in Dahab there are several banks, the national bank maintains branches in Dahab town center and at the bus station. In Assala there are 2 cashmachines. The machinees are working usually without any problems with all usual cards. We recommend to have however in each case at least Visa or MasterCard. A taking along of foreign currency is not necessary (anymore): Euro are changed at every bank without problem.

All in all we offer a great experiance in Dahab, cosy evenings in one of the numerous streetcafes as well as spectacular diving spots.

Welcome in Dahab

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