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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

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

Are you interested in joining a fun group already planning a trip to dive the Red Sea? Stop by the booths of our group travel partners at Beneath the Sea.  Each group partner is offering a unique Egypt-Red Sea trip on different dates in 2009.  You can find Learning Through Travel’s group travel partners (dive shops and dive clubs) at the following booths at Beneath The Sea March 27-29, 2009:

SCUBA Connection: Egypt Trip Dates: April 17-May 2, 2009: Booth #’s 402 to 408

Oceanblue Divers: Egypt Trip Dates: May 22-June 3, 2009: Booth # 108

Indian Valley SCUBA: Egypt Trip Dates:Sept 22-Oct 3, 2009: Booth #’s 228 & 230

For Beneath The Sea Dive & Travel Expo information, go to: www.beneaththesea.org

Traveling to Egypt soon? Diving the Red Sea? Check out our recommended guides and books below that will get you fully informed before you next trip to Egypt and the Red Sea.  The Sinai Diving Guide by Siliotti is one of the best dive guides I have seen for any destination anywhere.

Travel Guides:

Egypt, Knopf Guides (revised 2005) (excellent history, pictures and drawings)

Egypt, Lonely Planet (2006) (modern travel guide with reviews and travel tips)

Egypt Pocket Guides, Alberto Siliotti, The American University Press in Cairo, (2002)

-Luxor, Karnak and the Theban Temples

-Sinai

-Islamic Cairo

-Abu Simbel and the Nubian Temples

-The Valley of the Kings and the Theban Tombs

-The Pyramids

-Aswan

-Alexandria and the North Coast

 Red Sea Dive Books:

The Sinai Diving Guide, Vol. 1, Alberto Siliotti, Geodia (2005)

Diving Guide to the Red Sea Wrecks, Swan Hill Press (1996)

Diving Snorkeling Guide to the Red Sea, John Ratterree, Pisces Books (1995)

The Great Shipwrecks of the Red Sea, Alberto Siliotti, Geodia (2006)

 Red Sea Fish ID:

Coral Reef Guide: Red Sea, “The Definitive Guide to over 1200 Species of Underwater Life,” Ewald Lieske and Robert F Myers, HarperCollins (Osiris Office) (2004)