orange bay from Makadi Bay/Sahl Hasheesh/Soma Bay/Safaga

We were on the bus for a hour before we reached the boat, The boat stopped for water sports, which was charged extra. We were not told of this so had not brought enough money. it then took us to a beach to let others off whilst we had to stay on board. This was mid day so over 4 hours travelling! The beach we ended up at for about 40 minutes (Giftun) was just sand with nothing to do, Our first snorkel sop was poor and the second not much better and it was very wavy and by this time the sun was setting so felt cold.. We have much better snorkelling at our hotel. The food was good.

Booked this boat trip, for an extended faimily of 10 with ages ranging from 6 to 65+. The trip was well organised with fast responses to queries by email before we went. A mini bus picked us up from the hotel, the driver arrived early, was very friendly and spoke very good english. There were 32 people on the boat including several children, 4 of whom were in our party. The boat was lovely and the crew were great fun and really made the experience. Overall they were fantastic, they even entertained the kids with some towel art during the trip. We had 2 lovely snorkelling stops before going to