Egypt Tourism

The Red Sea

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The beaches of the Red Sea are exquisite gift of nature. The sea, with its clear blue waters, offers colourful corals and rare marine life. The long chain of mountains, with their different colours, run parallel to the coastline, separated from the sea only by a plain, most of which is suitable for camping. All these elements, the work of the Creator, blend into a rare painting of magnificent winter and summer climate and enchanting natural beauty that charms the visitor into believing he is on a legendary tour of a paradise on earth.

The Red Sea-1930 Km.-long and 270,000 Km2 - is boarded by Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen and Djibouti. Mount Sinai, 2285m., is the highest peak. Its climate is equatorial with temperatures between 35 centigrade and 41. Water temperatures range between 18 and 21 in winter, and 21 and 26.5 in summer. Underwater visibility is more than 30 meters and diving is possible up to 45 meter's. The average diving depth, however, ranges between 12 and 25 meter's.

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