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Sharm el Luli

Also known as Sharm al-Luli; Sharm El Loly; Marsa Sharm el Luli

Sheltered white-sand bay inside Wadi el Gemal National Park, mainly a snorkelling destination

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Sheltered white-sand bay inside Wadi el Gemal National Park, mainly a snorkelling destination. Shore; Slight current. Within Wadi el Gemal - Hamata National Park, declared 2003, covering roughly 7,450 km2 of desert, coast and sea including the Qulaan/Hamata island group, Wadi el Gemal Island and Sataya.

Highlights

  • Sheltered white-sand bay inside Wadi el Gemal National Park, mainly a snorkelling destination

Marine life

  • seagrass fauna
  • turtles
  • reef fish

Good to know

Protected status
Within Wadi el Gemal - Hamata National Park, declared 2003, covering roughly 7,450 km2 of desert, coast and sea including the Qulaan/Hamata island group, Wadi el Gemal Island and Sataya. Managed by the EEAA Red Sea Protectorates; a published Management Plan for Wadi El-Gemal-Hamata exists (PDF hosted by abughosoun.org).
Fees
Red Sea marine park / environmental fees have been levied intermittently; HEPCA records that as of January 2011 'no fees collection at all except the entrance fees to Samadai reef'. Day-boat operators commonly bundle a marine-park charge into the trip price.

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