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Awesome & Incredible Beauty.

Sinai... a place made unique by a combination of its charming and attractive elements:

Sinai -- by its geographical location -- is the junction between Asia and Africa. It is shaped like an inverted triangle, with the base stretching between Rafah ;and Port Said, in the north, and the apex, Ras Mohammed, in the south.

This prominent and strategic position of the Sinai Peninsula has made it, since the dawn of history, the gateway to Egypt from the east. Sinai's history goes back to the Pharaohs who explored its land, searching for gold, copper and turquoise. Thus, it came to be known as the Land of Turquoise.

Sinai is rich in scenery. To the north, palm-shaded sandy beaches stretch along the Mediterranean shore. Along the Gulfs of Aqaba and Suez, soft golden sands surround bays of clear blue water. There are tourist villages and fishing and snorkeling centers, where the waters are rich with rare marine life and exquisite coral reefs.

Sweet water springs are scattered throughout Sinai. In the south, the towering mountains with their beautiful reddish colored rocks are surrounded by huge valleys leading to the Holy Mountain.

Sinai also boasts various medicinal plants and different kinds of indigenous and migrating birds.

Because of its geological nature, Sinai was divided administratively into the twin North and South Sinai Governorates, with Al-Arish and Al-Tor as their respective capitals.

Crystal Clear.

The beaches of the Red Sea are an exquisite gift of nature. The sea, with its clear blue waters, offers colourful corals and rare marine life. The long chain of mountains, with their different colours, run parallel to the coastline, separated from the sea only by a plain, most of which is suitable for camping. Mount Sinai, 2285 m., is the highest peak.

All these elements blend into a rare painting of magnificent winter and summer climate and enchanting natural beauty that charms the visitor into believing he is on a legendary tour of a paradise on earth.

The Red Sea -- 1930 km. long and 270,000 km square -- is bordered by Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen and Djibouti.

Its climate is equatorial with temperatures ranging between 35 degrees C and 41 C. Water temperatures range between 18 C and 21 C in winter, and 21 C and 26.5 C in the summer. Underwater visibility is more than 30 meters and diving is possible up to 45 meters. The average diving depth, however, ranges between 12 and 25 meters.

 

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