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Shark’s Bay (also Shark Bay, Sharks Bay) is a bay, resort and diving area about 10 kilometers north of the Naʿama Bay (Sharm esch-Sheikh) and immediately south of Sharm El Sheikh Airport. The bay also has a fine sandy beach. The northern resorts are on a hill. The Arabic name Beit el-ʾIrsch (بيت القرش) Means "house of the shark". The house is there, but there are hardly any sharks. Only the sharks caught by the fishermen were unloaded here.
getting there
The resort is located just a few kilometers south of the 1 Sharm el-Sheikh airport
(IATA: SSH). You can get here by taxi.
mobility
There are shuttle buses to the Naʿama Bay.
Tourist Attractions
This is located between the Pyramisa Resort and the Shark’s Bay Resort Diving area1 Shark’s Bay(27 ° 57 ′ 4 ″ N.34 ° 23 '5 "E). The dive usually starts near the boat dock. The diving area can be reached by boat or from the beach at Shark’s Bay Resort, which is subject to a fee.
There are several coral blocks with hard and soft corals on the sandy plateau. The sand plateau has meanwhile been "pimped up" with rubbish residues. In the south you can explore a small canyon. The reef inhabitants include butterfly fish, parrot fish, stone fish and lion fish.
The dives are easy and the area is also suitable for night dives.
At the Dessole Royal Rojana Resort there is a 1 amphitheater.
To the northwest of the Maritim Jolie Ville Royal Peninsula Hotel is the botanical garden 2 Peace Park(27 ° 56 ′ 41 ″ N.34 ° 21 '30 "E), also Susan Park named after the former wife of the president.
activities
The main activities are water sports such as swimming, snorkeling and diving. Diving is possible in the area of the Pyramisa Resort.
Diving centers:
- Sharks Bay Umbi Diving Club. Mobile: 20 (0)122 714 2029, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 0944, Email: [email protected]. Dive base with hotel (see below), active since 1982. Diving training according to PADI. Day trips with yachts.
- Sunshine Divers, Sharks Bay. Mobile: 20 (0)122 783 1388, Email: [email protected]. Since 2007 existing diving center in the style of a Bedouin village with German-speaking diving instructors. Extensive range of diving and diving instructor training according to PADI, equipment rental. Boat trips are carried out with the 25 meter long yacht "Rozanta Flower". The diving base includes a camp with holiday apartments (see below). Closed since July 2020..
shop
There is one in Shark’s Bay, between Umbi Diving Village and Sunshine Divers Camp 1 Supermarket.
kitchen
There are restaurants in the hotel complexes.
nightlife
The nightlife takes place mainly in the hotels. Further possibilities exist in the Naʿama Bay and in Old Sharm.
accommodation
Almost all hotels offer a high standard. Hotels located more northeast are below White Knight, south-westerly below Tiger Bay listed.
Cheap
- 1 Sharks Bay Umbi Diving Village (Sharks Bay Bedouin Home), 15 Km Sharm El Sheikh-Dahab Road. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 0942, (0)69 360 3470, (0)69 360 3471, Mobile: 20 (0)114 454 4066, (0)120 000 1558, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 0944, Email: [email protected]. 2-star hotel with 96 twin rooms. The hotel rooms are located on the mountain slope, cheaper wooden huts on the mountain top, and so-called beach cabins near the beach. The rooms have air conditioning, refrigerator and indoor bathroom, some with TV, balcony or terrace. The hotel has the Umbi fish restaurant and a beach bar. There is also a Bedouin tent near the beach. The overnight stay with breakfast costs 37-61 or 85 € for the 1- to 3-bed room or suite in the hotel, 26-51 € for the 1- to 3-bed room in the wardrobe and for the 1- to 2-bed room in the Huts 19–24 € (as of 1/2014). WiFi. With diving center.(27 ° 57 ′ 8 ″ N.34 ° 23 '5 "E)
- 2 Sunshine Divers Camp. Mobile: 20 (0)122 783 1388. One of the few remaining camps. To the north of the guest house is the diving center, and the Raggio di Sole restaurant between the diving center and the beach. Rooms on the beach BB for single or double rooms 25 or 30 euros, guest rooms with garden view cost 5 euros less (as of 01/2014). There are also apartments for 1-4 people with a balcony / terrace, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen-living room. Free wifi. Closed since July 2020..(27 ° 57 ′ 6 ″ N.34 ° 23 ′ 3 ″ E)
medium
- 3 Al Diwan Resort, Shark's Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 0777, (0)69 360 0775, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 0778, Email: [email protected]. 3-star hotel with 149 mostly two-bed rooms.(27 ° 57 ′ 27 ″ N.34 ° 21 '55 "E)
- 4 Logaina Sharm Resort, Shark's Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 1162, (0)69 360 1163, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 1163, Email: [email protected]. Unclassified hotel with 39 double and multi-bed rooms.(27 ° 57 '24 "N.34 ° 21 '59 "E)
Upscale
4 star hotels
- 5 AA Grand Oasis Resort (Tropicana Grand Oasis), Sharks Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 3930, (0)69 360 3934, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 3932, Email: [email protected]. 4-star hotel with 440 mostly two-bed rooms.(27 ° 57 ′ 17 ″ N.34 ° 23 '27 "E)
- 6 Coral Beach Rotana, Tirana Resort, P.O. Box 165, Shark’s Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 3444, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 3440, Email: [email protected]. 4-star hotel with 367 mostly two-bed rooms.(27 ° 56 ′ 27 ″ N.34 ° 23 ′ 1 ″ E)
- 7 Gardenia Plaza Resort (Domina Gardenia Plaza Resort), Shark Bay. Fax: 20 (0)69 360 3702, Email: [email protected]. 4-star hotel with 407 double and multi-bed rooms.(27 ° 57 ′ 26 ″ N.34 ° 22 ′ 6 ″ E)
- 8 Jaz Sharks Bay, Sharks Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 4560, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 4561, Email: [email protected]. (27 ° 57 ′ 31 ″ N.34 ° 21 '54 "E)
- 9 Sharks Bay Oasis, Sharks Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 0450, (0)69 360 0451, (0)69 360 0452, Mobile: 20 (0)109 888 4954, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 0453, Email: [email protected]. (27 ° 57 ′ 12 ″ N.34 ° 23 '6 "E)
5 star hotels
- 10 Dessole Royal Rojana Resort (Royal Rojana Resort), Sharks Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 2260, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 2262, Email: [email protected]. 5-star hotel with 538 two-bed rooms.(27 ° 57 ′ 17 ″ N.34 ° 23 '16 "E)
- 11 Grand Rotana Resort & Spa, P.O. Box 296 Shark's Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 2700, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 2711, Email: [email protected]. 5-star hotel with 626 two-bed rooms.(27 ° 56 ′ 21 ″ N.34 ° 22 ′ 57 ″ E)
- 12 Dessole Pyramisa Sharm El Sheikh Resort (Sea Magic & Spa Hotel), Shark Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 1091, (0)69 360 1092, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 1094, Email: [email protected]. 5-star hotel with 720 mostly two-bed rooms.(27 ° 56 '52 "N.34 ° 22 ′ 56 "E)
- 13 Sunrise Grand Select Arabian Beach Resort, Shark Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 0444, Mobile: 20 (0)122 233 8190, Email: [email protected]. (27 ° 56 ′ 33 ″ N.34 ° 22 ′ 59 ″ E)
- 14 Sultan Gardens Resort, Shark's Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 2130, Fax: 20 (0)69 360 2141, Email: [email protected]. 5-star hotel with 550 mostly two-bed rooms.(27 ° 56 ′ 39 ″ N.34 ° 22 ′ 57 ″ E)
- 15 Xperience Sea Breeze, Sharks Bay. Tel.: 20 (0)69 360 4700, Mobile: 20 (0)120 308 0304, (0)120 308 0307. (27 ° 56 ′ 44 ″ N.34 ° 22 ′ 56 "E)
Practical advice
On the south side of the road between Sunshine Divers Camp and Dessole Pyramisa Resort there is one near the shore 1 Police station.
trips
A visit to the Nabq nature reserve it's worth it.
literature
- : Sinai Diving Guide: Part 1; German edition. Verona: Geodia, 2005, ISBN 978-88-87177-66-4 , P. 100 f. Dive site 11.
