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David Hartman will be giving a presentation on Egypt-Red Sea dive travel Saturday August 28, 2010 at 6:00 pm at Sterling Silver SCUBA in Sterling, VA.  Mr Hartman’s presentation will cover information on touring ancient Egypt and the Red Sea as a dive destination as well as details on Sterling Silver SCUBA group trip to Egypt on June 25-July 10, 2011. Please call Kevin Davenport at Sterling Silver SCUBA to reserve a spot in the seminar (703) 731-0257. Guests are welcome.

Sterling Silver Divers Egypt-Red Sea Group Trip page:

http://www.silverdivers.com/trips/2011/7/1/egypt-and-the-sinai-july-2011.html

Trip Highlights: 11 days/9 Nights Cairo, Luxor, Land based day diving in Sharm El Sheikh and Dahab

Hi Mr. Afifi:  Just a quick note to say how much I along with Joe Fogel, Tom McConnell and Dan Schopp enjoyed our first visit to Egypt.  Egypt is an amazing place with a rich history and wonderful people. We worked closely with Darlene and David at Learning Through Travel out of New York on this FAM trip.  They did an excellent job on the trip itinerary, but your team had to do the actual tours and logistics once we arrived in Egypt.  From the moment we arrived we were treated with exceptional service and that continued throughout the trip.  Your team is to be commended and the Learning Through Travel experience will be recommended without reservation to travel prospects.  Well done!  Rami was incredible.  An excellent communicator and problem solver.  We made changes during our trip with a balloon air ride in Luxor, spending one a night in Sharm El Sheik to dive the Ras Mohamed, adding Dan Shopp to our visit to Petra, Jordan and riding camels to the top of Mt Sinai.  All handled without a hitch.  Nice.  Rami, was a take charge person that made things happen and a joy to be with (kind of like traveling with a friend).  Awesome! Tarek was absolutely an amazing driver!  Hotel selection was very impressive.  Manal did a great tour of Cairo and was good at navigating the various venues and helped us with shopping.  We felt we were in good hands during our visit.  Ahmed and George did great tours of Luxor, the temples and the Valley of the Kings.  Rami and Tarek resumed contact with us in Sharm, Dahab and Mt. Sinai.  The diving was great in Ras Mohamed and the wall dives in Dahab we absolutely amazing.  The dive masters Mohamed Said and Mora (hope I got the spelling right) did great jobs in Sharm and Dahab.  The trip to Jordan went well as well.  Basim and the tour coordinator did a great job in Petra.  The camel ride to the top (plus a bit of a hike at the top) at Mt Sinai plus the visit to St. Catherine’s was very special!  In summary, it was an outstanding trip.  We are sharing our trip with others in the Atlanta market.  Should something develop, we’ll be in touch with Darlene.  Once again thank you for wonderful experience!  You have an excellent group of professionals in Egypt! Shukran! 

Bryan Kovacs, Trip Leader: Atlanta Dive Group

13 days/11 nights Trip: Cairo, Luxor, Sharm and Dahab land based day boat and shore diving

“The trip was excellent. One of my best ever and the diving lived up to the world class expectations.  Learning Through Travel has a fantastic setup with their staff and team leaders.  If I planned the trip myself, our group would be stuck in Egypt and out of money.  LTT makes the travel through Egypt absolutely seamless.  We are already planning a return trip to Egypt in the next two years.

    -George Campbell, Travel Director 

      Deep Six Underwater, New Paltz, New York

The show is over but the specials continue. Take advantage of the Egypt dive travel specials below first offered at Beneath the Sea for a limited time only.

DISCOVER DAHAB DIVE EXPEDITION: “Dive the Blue Hole; Ride a camel to diving”

10 Days/8 Nights $3,125.00  -Valid May 1-19, 20, August 20-December 12, 2010

                                   $3,525.00  -Valid May 20-August 19, 2010

Package includes international air NYC-JFK to Cairo; domestic flights in Egypt; 7 nights accommodations at Dahab Hilton or similar; 5 days of diving-10  guided dives (boat and shore); Half day sightseeing in Cairo at Pyramids and Sphinx; 8 breakfasts and 5 lunches and transfers within Egypt and porterage of 1 piece of luggage.

DOWNLOAD DAHAB SPECIAL TRIP FLYER

Gulf of Aqaba North Cruise

This new 7-day safari will take you to sites where few, if any, boats venture. There will be some known dive sites but the aim is to discover new ones!  Magnificent drift, reef and wall diving, caves, plateaus and the blue. Dive into an underwater world that is unique in both its variety and its sheer number of species.   Here’s what you can expect to visit on a typical Gulf of Aqaba North Cruise.   Some dive sites might not accessible due to weather conditions.  

Day 1
Transfer to the boat. Welcome on board, cabin arrangement and boat-briefing.
Day 2
Sail early morning. Check dive/skills review is made at a local dive site. The boat then sails to the Straits of Tiran.
Day 3
Passing by Dahab you can visit the famous sites of the Bells, Blue Hole, Canyon, Eel Garden or the Islands. South of Dahab, within in the Nabq National Park, Gabr el Bint features a steep wall and colorful coral gardens. Two dives are possible here. These dives are among the most attractive in Sinai. Dive Gebel El Aswad, an underwater mountain only accessible by boat.
Day 4
One of the highlights is the Ras Mamlach area, home to the most northern dive sites of the Abu Galum National Park. Amazing fan corals, table corals, soft corals followed by a steep wall. Barracudas and jacks pass by in the blue of the Gulf of Aqaba.
Day 5
Dive sites in the Nuweiba area include Marsa El Muqabila and Ras El Shaitan with its incredible mountain scenery. Closer to Nuweiba is El Magana, this site is famous for sea grass beds with small marine species such as nudibranches and seahorses – a superb location for macro photography. Other dive sites include the M.F.O. Pipeline, Abu Lou Lou and the Sinkers, an old Israeli buoy with chains that are covered in beautiful soft corals. El Mazrique has a landscape of coral hills and valleys and an impressive five meter high brain coral!
Day 6
More ravines, walls, caves, hills and chimneys. Ras Abu Galum is a sheltered bay where you can dive incredible wall dives from both the north and the south.
Day 7
Back to Sharm and dive the world famous Shark and Jolanda Reef in Ras Mohammed National Park.

Follow the link for more information: http://www.emperordivers.com/liveaboards_routes_deepnorth.php

Come by Learning Through Travel’s booth #646 at Beneath the Sea this weekend and check out our show travel specials:

DISCOVER DAHAB DIVE EXPEDITION: “Dive the Blue Hole; Ride a camel to diving”

10 Days/8 Nights $3,125.00  -Valid May 1-19, 20, August 20-December 12, 2010; $3,525.00  -Valid May 20-August 19, 2010

Package includes international air NYC-JFK to Cairo; domestic flights in Egypt; 7 nights accommodations at Dahab Hilton or similar; 5 days of diving-10  guided dives (boat and shore); Half day sightseeing in Cairo at Pyramids and Sphinx; 8 breakfasts and 5 lunches and transfers within Egypt and porterage of 1 piece of luggage.

DOWNLOAD DAHAB SPECIAL TRIP FLYER:
http://www.corridorofmarvels.com/BTS_2010/DAHAB_BTS_2010_Special.pdf

EXPLORE EL QUSIER EXPEDITION: “The undiscovered Egyptian dive destination”

10 Days/8 Nights $2,475.00  -Valid May 1-19, 20, August 20-December 12, 2010; $2,875.00  -Valid May 20-August 19, 2010

Package includes international air NYC-JFK to Cairo; domestic flights in Egypt; 7 nights accommodations at Raddison Blue or similar; 5 days of diving-10 guided dives (boat and shore); Half day sightseeing in Cairo at Pyramids and Sphinx; 8 breakfasts and 7 dinners and transfers within Egypt and porterage of 1 piece of luggage.

DOWNLOAD EL QUSIER SPECIAL TRIP FLYER: 

http://www.corridorofmarvels.com/BTS_2010/EL_QUESIR_BTS_2010_Special.pdf

I traveled to Southington, Connecticut on Saturday to conduct a dive shop presentation for International SCUBA, a store right next to my hometown of Cheshire, CT.  The dive shop owners Joe and Cheryl Cherubini designed a great trip with Learning Through Travel that included a full land tour of ancient Egypt, a Nile Cruise, 3 Night Mini-Liveaboard, days of diving in Dahab plus a full day tour of Petra, Jordan, tour of Abu Simbel and even the Karnak Temple Sound and Light Show.  The goal of the presentation was to launch the Egypt trip for the dive shop and launch is indeed what happened as I was greeted by 25 eager potential trip paricipants. Some of the presentation attendees came well prepared with research on Egypt and the Red Sea completed and checks in hand for their trip deposit. The custom powerpoint presentation lasted over an hour and was well received with numerous oohs and ahhas of my pictures and lots of questions. After the presentation, Joe and Cheryl commented that everyone loved the show and they believed they already sold out the 16 spots on the liveaboard safari boat. The Cherubini’s also expected a fair number of non-divers to join the trip who would spend time resorting in Sharm while the divers were on the dive boat.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS: $6,570.00 per person
• International Air New York/Cairo/New York
• Domestic Air Cairo/Aswan-Luxor/Sharm El Sheikh-Cairo
• 3 nights accommodation in Cairo at the Mena House Oberoi Hotel or similar
• 5 days/4 nights 5-star deluxe Nile Cruise
• 4 day/3 night mini-safari from Sharm El Sheikh
• 3 nights accommodation in Dahab at the Hilton Dahab Hotel or similar
• 1 night accommodation in Cairo at the Heliopolis Fairmont Hotel or similar
• All transfers: Cairo/Aswan/Luxor/Sharm El Sheikh/Dahab
• Sightseeing and transfers by deluxe motor coach
• English speaking guide throughout Egypt
• Full day sightseeing Pyramids (entrance into 1 pyramid)/Sphinx–Memphis/Sakkara
• Full day sightseeing Egyptian Museum of Antiquities including entrance into the Mummy Room-Citadel, Mosque & Bazaar
• Abu Simbel Excursion
• Sound & Light Show Presentation at Karnak Temple
• Full day tour to Petra, Jordan
• Transfer of dive equipment from Cairo/Sharm El Sheikh/Dahab/Cairo
• 4 1/2 days of dive excursions (2 dives per day – 3 or 4 if possible while on live aboard and in Dahab)
• Camel Safari Dive
• Marine Park Fees
• Egypt and Jordan Visa Fees
• All entrance fees and shore excursions on Nile Cruise
• 14 breakfasts, 11 lunches and 12 dinners
• Hotel taxes and service charges
• Porterage

For more information, go to International SCUBA’s web site:  http://Interscubact.com

LEARNING THROUGH TRAVEL INVITES YOU TO EGYPT

EGYPT-RED SEA APRIL 30-MAY 12, 2010 FANTASTIC TRIP SPECIAL

Custom Travel Options: Learning Through Travel combines daily diving and 3 to 7 night liveaboard packages from Sharm El Sheikh, Dahab, Hurghada, El Quesr and Marsa Alam 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.  Individual traveler package rates are available by request for most dates in 2010 and 2011.  You can view Learning Through Travel’s popular travel programs on our Red Sea trips page: www.redseatrips.com  Custom group packages are available upon request.

15 Day/13 Night Full land tour of ancient Egypt: Cairo, Luxor, Nile Cruise +5 Days of diving from Sharm El Sheikh and Dahab

“The trip was one of our best ever and our dive shop travels all over the world. No one wanted the Nile cruise to end and the diving was fantastic. I give Learning Through Travel an A+.”

    -John Langlois, PADI Course Director/Owner

    Enfield SCUBA

    Enfield, Connecticut

From Dahab, Egypt on Snefro Spirit from Emperor Divers Starting in June 2009
This new safari will take you deep north of the Red Sea where only very few boats venture. We will cover some known dive sites but also aim to discover new ones!  Starting in Dahab, a traditional Bedouin community on the Sinai Peninsula just northwest of Sharm el Sheikh, it goes to the north crossing past Nuweiba to the end of Gulf Aqaba to Taba on the border of Egypt and Israel.

Planned dive sites are:

• Taba: Coral Island, Fjord Pool, Marsa El Muqabila, Ras Burka, Big Ruta, The Stars
• Nuweiba: Abou Lou Lou, M.F.O. Pipeline, Sinkers, Outside Hilton, Mazeriq, Ras El Shetan, The Valley, El Magana, Eid’s Place (Abu Gallum National Park), Ras Mamlach, Ras Abu Gallum
• Dahab: Bells, Blue Hole, Canyon, Eel Garden, Islands. South of Dahab Gabr el Bint and Straits of Tiran are not for from the dive sites of Dahab.  The Dahab/Taba safari is an expedition.  All liveaboard itineraries are subject to Egyptian Government and Marine Police approval.
• Land Tour Options: Learning Through Travel combines the Dahab/Taba Expedition 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.  Please see popular land tour and Red Sea diving itineraries at www.redseatrips.com  The Dahab/Taba Expedition is provided by Emperor Divers and is subject to availability.

The Busiest Diving Season for Americans in Egypt

Diving season is in full swing in Egypt, and despite the world wide economic recession, Learning Through Travel is celebrating our busiest season of sending American divers to Egypt.  We expect hundreds of divers from the United States to travel to Egypt this year for land tours of antiquities and of course to dive the crystal clear waters of the Red Sea.  “Egypt is a trip of lifetime for American divers and the proof is in our customer response.  Everyone has rave reviews upon their trip home. The destination is the draw that makes people look beyond the current economic conditions,” says Darlene Buonauro, the President of Learning Through Travel.