Airport taxes

Included in your plane ticket price.

Currency unit

Egyptian pound - Bring cash (dollars and euros accepted everywhere). Change desk and cash machine in the hotel Menaville.

Moving around

Taxis and minibus (local buses) in front of the hotel.

Communication

The international calls are very expensive. Cells do work in SAFAGA and when at sea.

Internet

Internet available at Menaville hotel and WI Fi at CNS Fun-Kite center.

Electricity

220 volts (an adaptor is needed for earth's plug - the locals are smaller)

Time difference

+2 hr GMT.

Baksheesh

Integrated in the culture as a reward for a service (tips).

Health

No vaccination needed. Don't drink the water from the tap. Some people experience diarrhea due to the change in diet. Sun cream. Mosquito spray.

Drug store

There are many pharmacies, which are very well stocked

Clothes

Winter: (November to March) warm clothes at night (high drops in temperature at night): Better wear long sleeves surf suit (possibly with wet boots), gloves and sunglasses.

Summer: light clothes, hat, sunglasses, gloves, shorts or lycra (June to September) and wet boots.

Arriving at the airport of Hurghada

Go straight to Safaga either by taxi or bus (45mm). The travel agencies will arrange your transfer.

Have a drink

In the hotels or in SAFAGA: Diver's house, Ahmed Cafe (great fruit juices). Also many local cafes will welcome you to have teas, sodas and smoke the famous shisha.

Food

All hotels are available in half board or full board.

Lunch on the beach in front of the Club Nathalie Simon®.

Going out

Restaurants and clubs in the hotels, Safaga's Bar

Hurghada

Bars on the beach, good clubs, great ambiance