Shams Lodge Safaga is a serene retreat set along the pristine shores of the Red Sea, near the town of Safaga.
Famous for its crystal-clear waters and vibrant marine life, Safaga is a haven for water sports enthusiasts and a gateway to breathtaking coral reefs. Combining warm hospitality with awe-inspiring scenery, the lodge offers a perfect blend of relaxation and adventure. Its charming accommodations provide both comfort and stunning views of the Red Sea’s azure waters. Guests can enjoy golden sandy beaches and a variety of activities, including windsurfing, kite surfing, snorkelling, and scuba diving. Shams Safaga Lodge is the ideal destination for an unforgettable escape into nature’s tranquillity.
Accommodation
Shams Lodge Safaga features 56 spacious beachfront bungalows, each designed with contemporary, bright decor and surrounded by green gardens. These delightful bungalows offer a serene retreat, with private patios where you can unwind and enjoy a drink while taking in mesmerising sea views or the peaceful garden atmosphere after an exhilarating day on the water. Inside, each bungalow is thoughtfully equipped with elegant bathrooms featuring walk-in rain showers.
Guests can choose between comfortable king-size or twin beds for a restful night’s sleep. Modern amenities include air-conditioning to keep you cool, LCD satellite TV for entertainment, a minibar stocked with refreshments, a safe for your valuables, and a hairdryer for added convenience. Whether you’re seeking rest or adventure, Shams Safaga Lodge provides everything needed for a memorable beachfront holiday.
Facilities
Shams Lodge Safaga offers the perfect blend of relaxation and adventure, making it the ideal choice for your ultimate Red Sea escape. Start your day relaxing by the attractive swimming pool, soaking up the sun and enjoying cooling drinks served directly from the poolside bar. For a laid-back evening, head to the rooftop bar - a tranquil spot providing breathtaking panoramic views of the Red Sea. Here, you can unwind in a relaxed atmosphere, sip your favourite cocktails, and even indulge in a traditional shisha experience beneath the twinkling stars.
Tucked along the beautiful Safaga beach, the resort is a haven for water sports lovers. It boasts a fully equipped water sports centre where you can try kite surfing or windsurfing, or simply watch others glide across the turquoise water. For diving enthusiasts, the onsite dive centre arranges trips to iconic underwater sites, allowing you to explore vibrant coral reefs, fascinating marine life, and shipwrecks that make the Red Sea globally renowned.
Whether it’s peace you seek or an energetic adventure both in and on the water, Shams Safaga Lodge offers everything you need for a remarkable holiday. With world-class amenities, stunning natural scenery, and activities for all interests, it’s a destination that promises cherished memories for every traveller.
Location
Nestled on the stunning Safaga beach, Shams Safaga Lodge offers the perfect blend of tranquillity and adventure, making it an ideal retreat for those seeking relaxation and thrilling underwater experiences. With its onsite dive centre, the lodge provides seamless access to the mesmerising world beneath the Red Sea’s surface. Guests can embark on professionally guided scuba diving and snorkelling excursions to some of the region’s most renowned dive sites.
Highlights include the iconic Panorama Reef, known for its breathtaking coral walls; Middle Reef, a vibrant underwater garden brimming with life; the haunting yet captivating Salem Express wreck; the dramatic drop-offs of Abu Kafan; and the shallow, picturesque coral formations of Shaab Claude. Each location showcases dazzling marine life, vivid coral landscapes, and unique underwater features, promising unforgettable adventures for divers and snorkellers of all experience levels.
Whether you’re a seasoned diver or a curious beginner, Shams Safaga Lodge offers an extraordinary journey both above and below the waves, ensuring memories that will last a lifetime.
Resort Features
- On Site Dive Centre
- Oceanfront
- Swimming Pool
- Full Board Available
- Gym
Recommended for
- Singles
- Dive Clubs & Groups
- Families
- Beginner Divers
- Learn to Dive
- Snorkellers
Our Holiday Prices
The price quoted is a guide, based on the cheapest time to travel and two people sharing. Flight prices change daily, so we'll prepare a personalised quotation to ensure that you receive the most competitive price for your chosen travel dates.
Please call 01353 659999 or complete an enquiry form for a quotation.
Shams Lodge Safaga
8 days from £1,175 inc. flights, transfers, accommodation, diving.
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At a Glance
- When to Go Feb-Dec
- Rental Equipment Yes (£)
- Rooms 56
- Nitrox Free
- Group Discount Please enquire
Highlights
- Value
- Own beach
- Watersports
- House Reef
What's included?
Price per person typically includes:
- Flights to/from UK
- Airport transfers to/from resort
- 7 nights accommodation on a half-board basis
- 6 boat dives & 4 house reef dives
- Services of our in-country representative
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Shams Safaga Dive Centre
Shams Safaga Dive Centre is conveniently located onsite, offering a comprehensive range of recreational diving courses for all abilities, from absolute beginners to experienced professionals. Whether you’re looking to take your first plunge into the underwater world or to advance your skills, the centre’s expert instructors and well-equipped facilities ensure a safe and enjoyable experience.
Equipment Rental
Nitrox Available (Paid)
Groups
Boat Diving
Shore Diving
Courses
House Reef
Environmentally Aware
The Shams Safaga Dive Centre explores incredible dive sites effortlessly with dedicated day boats, fully equipped for comfort and convenience. These boats whisk divers off to some of the area’s most iconic locations, including the fascinating Shaab Claude, a shallow reef where intricate swim-throughs and sunlight streaming through cracks create a mesmerising underwater display. Whether you’re diving from shore or joining a boat trip, Safaga promises unforgettable underwater adventures in one of the Red Sea’s most outstanding areas.
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Dive Info
Safaga offers some exceptional diving and is still relatively undiscovered. Tucked in just south of Hurghada, most diving is conducted by boat to reach the spectacular offshore reefs and wall dives of sites like Panorama Reef, Middle Reef and Abu Kafan.
Learning to Dive
Despite the area’s reputation for exciting wall diving, Safaga is also a good choice for novice divers. Several reefs are situated just 30 minutes boat ride away and offer several sheltered spots ideal for beginners to get their sea legs.
The Tobia reefs, or the Seven Pinnacles as they are often known, are particularly stunning and boast beautifully coloured corals and a huge variety of fish including schooling juvenile barracuda, stingrays, trigger fish, puffers and groupers. Shallow coral gardens such as Gamul Soghira and Gamul Kebira are also superb for spotting myriad reef fish in kaleidoscope colours.
Qualified Divers
As you head further away from the coast, Safaga offers more challenging and breathtaking sites where the diving is concentrated primarily on three areas.
Panorama Reef is the most northerly and it is situated around a 60–90-minute boat ride from Safaga. Due to the currents, this site is one of the highlights of the area and best dived as a drift dive. There are huge coral formations with walls dropping to over 200m and numerous grottos and overhangs, gorgonians and soft corals. Jacks, barracudas and reef sharks often visit the area and a well-known family of napoleon wrasse are frequently sighted.
Middle Reef is best known for its colourful and dramatic hard coral gardens, including spectacular brain corals, which are rated as some of the best in the Red Sea.
Abu Kafan, or ‘the deep one’, is probably the most spectacular dive site in Safaga with stunning, sheer walls plummeting towards the seafloor hundreds of metres below. Luxuriant soft corals, gorgonians and black corals abound and this is a regular haunt of schooling barracuda, reef sharks and turtles.
Wreck enthusiasts are often drawn to Safaga to visit the Salem Express, an Egyptian passenger ferry that sank on its return journey from Mecca in 1991. 300 victims perished in one of the greatest marine tragedies of all time. This is a stunning site but a dive that is generally considered one for reflection rather than pleasure.
Helpful Information
Getting Around
An excellent destination for world-class windsurfing and first-rate diving, Safaga is an old port where you can see traditional Egyptian daily life. Its hotels are situated along a splendid sandy beach with a variety of restaurants and bars.
Climate
The hottest time of the year is July and August with air temperature of over 30ºC. The coolest time is January with the temperature at around 20ºC. Rainfall is negligible and it is invariably sunny but breezes can be cool.
Time
Egypt is 1 or 2 hours ahead of GMT depending on the season as Egypt does not operate Daylight Saving Time.
Currency
Egyptian pounds or LE
We recommend that you take some money in Cash to Egypt. There is a currency exchange desk available at the hotel. Please note that Scottish notes and Australian Traveller's Cheques are not accepted in Egypt.
Tipping
Although entirely voluntary, tipping is a recognised part of life in this region of the world. Some local staff will look to travellers for personal recognition of the services offered. We would advise that you allow approx. £10 for gratuities for local staff for the duration of your stay.
Activities
Safaga has been used for World Championship windsurfing because the wind and water conditions are ideal. Other outdoor pursuits available include:
- Water sports
- Island boat trips
- Camel & jeep safaris
- Horse riding
- Bedouin camps
- Trips to Luxor & Hurghada
Planning your Holiday
Flight Information
Flights are available to Hurghada (HRG) from a number of UK airports. Please note that flight schedules may be subject to change by the airlines at any time. Full and up-to-date flight details will be provided with any holiday quotation.
Flight duration: Approx 5–5½ hours
Transfer times: These vary according to the hotel choice. Minimum transfer time is approx. 20 minutes, certain more remote destinations require longer transfers.
Departure tax: N/A
Visas
Entry requirements vary from country to country, and it’s important to check the latest visa information well before you travel. Some destinations may allow visa-free entry for a limited period, while others require an eVisa or a visa obtained in advance. To ensure you have the correct documentation for your trip, we recommend checking the official advice from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) or contacting the relevant country’s embassy or consulate. Other nationalities should check with their own consulate/embassy.
Passports
Before you travel, make sure your passport is valid for the full duration of your trip and meets the entry requirements of your destination. Many countries require at least six months’ validity beyond your planned return date, while others may have different rules. For the most reliable and up-to-date information, visit the UK Government’s passport guidance or the official travel advice pages for your destination. Other nationalities should check with their own consulate/embassy.
If you’re planning to travel to or via an EU country (with certain exceptions) your UK passport must meet two key requirements, it must be less than 10 years old on the day you enter the country and it must be valid for at least three months after your planned departure date.
Vaccinations & Health Advice
Health and vaccination requirements differ depending on where you're travelling. Some destinations may require proof of specific vaccinations or recommend certain precautions to protect your wellbeing.
We’re not qualified to provide you with specific advice on vaccinations and strongly recommend that you contact your healthcare professional before you travel to discuss the inoculations you may need to consider.
For trusted guidance on health and vaccination advice, refer to the NHS Travel Vaccination Advice, Masta Travel Health or Travel Health Pro websites.
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