Egypt · Snorkelling

8-Hour Snorkeling Tour from Taba with Pharaoh's Island Fortress

8 Hours Round trip from 12 Salah Salem Hard pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Visit the fascinating Salah El-Din Fortress on Pharaoh's Island
02 Snorkel beside Pharaoh's Island's especially well-developed coral reef
03 Explore a site of both historical and natural interest in the Gulf of Aqaba
04 Enjoy lunch on board during your island excursion

Step back to the Byzantine period with a visit to the fascinating Salah El-Din Fortress on Pharaoh's Island. This 8-hour tour from Taba combines history and marine beauty, giving you time to enjoy snorkeling beside the island's especially well-developed coral reef. Discover a site of both historical and natural interest before relaxing over lunch on board.

The northeast coast of the island has an especially well-developed coral reef, and the island itself is known as a coral island.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Hours

Tour type Private

Activity level Hard

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Taba, Nuweiba

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Pharaoh's Island Snorkeling and Salah El-Din Fortress

Pick up from your hotel in Taba by your tour guide.
Visit the beautiful Pharaoh's Island (Gezerit El Fraraun), a site of great interest from both the historical and natural points of view. The northeast coast of the island has an especially well-developed coral reef, and the island itself is known as a coral island.
Enjoy snorkeling next to the island.
Explore the fascinating Salah El-Din Fortress, built on the island during the Byzantine period. It was occupied by the Crusaders in 1116 and enlarged at that time by Sultan Saladin.
Have lunch on board.
Transfer back to your hotel.