Overnight Thistlegorm Trips Available from Sharm el Sheikh

One of the top dives in the world is the wreck of the Thistlegorm. Sunk in World War II, the British transport carrier went down full of war armaments: locomotives, trucks, motorcycles, guns and boots for soldiers.  To dive the Thistlegorm is a lifetime experience and to dive her at night is a truly unique opportunity.  There are also far less boats diving the Thistlegorm at night than during the day.  The Thistlegorm is a long transit from ports of the Northern Red Sea and recent government restrictions state that only live board type dive boats are allowed to travel and stay overnight on the great wreck. Sleeping on the deck of your daily dive boat is no longer allowed.  Learning Through Travel is partnered with Emperor Divers who offers overnight Thistlegorm trip as an option to a daily diving package from Sharm el Sheikh which can be part of your travel program with Learning Through Travel during your trip to Egypt.

Jackson Reef is also a world famous dive site accessible by day boat from Sharm.  Hammerheads are known to frolic on the backside of Jackson Reef during the late evening hours.  Emperor Divers in Sharm offers the unique opportunity to do a mini overnight safari to see the Hammerheads off the back of Jackson Reef or do night dives on Thistlegorm.  The overnight safaris includes six dives over two days with both day and night dives on the featured dive sites of the safari.  The latest addition to the Sharm fleet - MY Orchid was recently purchased to meet the local government restrictions and provide an option for overnight diving at the famous dive sites accessible from Sharm.  Emperor Sharm intends to rule the local waters and be the only land based dive center to offer these unique overnight trips.

Land Tour Options: Learning Through Travel combines daily diving packages from Sharm with a variety of land tours of ancient Egypt, Biblical Jordan and the Holy Land of Israel.  All of our travel programs are comprehensive and include international and domestic Egypt airfare, guided land tours, diving packages (live aboard or day boat) and most meals.  Fantastic package rates are available by request for most dates in 2010 and discounts on brochure rates apply for dates in 2009.  Please see popular land tour and Red Sea diving itineraries at www.redseatrips.com