The Red Sea is only around 40 million years old, a relatively young sea. It is approximately 1800 km long, 300 km wide on the widest spot and up to 3 km in depth. The Gulf of Suez with the numerous small islands is flat-bottomed and a mere 30-40 meters in depth. The Gulf of Aqaba is approximately 200 km long, 25 km wide and reaches a depth of up to 2 km. The ocean ends up in the Tiran Strait.

The unique thing about the Red Sea is that it is almost completely confined by land (The Red Sea Riviera). And except from the Dead Sea it has the world’s highest concentration of salt. Underneath the surface of it you will meet an undersea paradise filled with colorful inhabitants.

The corals consist of several thousand different living organisms which inhabit a common skeleton. They filter the water for food-particles with their long fanlike tentacles. In the area surrounding the reefs live thousands of fish in all shapes and sizes, for instance the clown-, parrot- and dragon fish. It is not unusual to see dolphins, sea-turtles and whale-sharks. The presence of sharks is usually a sign of a reef’s good health.

The coral reefs in the Red Sea are protected and it is strictly forbidden to touch or damage any part of them.