As promised, we were met at Marsa Alam airport, given our visa and taken to the ship. There we had a delicious dinner, after which all the formalities were completed. The next day, after breakfast, the boat docked at the first dive site where the check dive was carried out. There were 25 of us and we were divided into 3 groups, each with a guide. The briefings beforehand were detailed. On each dive, the various options were presented and the wishes of the participants were taken into account, e.g. one group wanted to go drift diving with the zodiac, the other wanted to see sharks and the third wanted to see the reef. For example, when the first dive at Daedalus did not result in a hammerhead shark sighting, but longimanus were seen near the boats, the plan for the second dive was quickly changed! In any case, the variety of dive sites was great.
Two of the guides spoke very good German as well as English. They were always up for a bit of fun, but were always on hand to provide competent assistance. They also had medication with them for health problems (earache, colds, etc.), which they distributed.
The food was varied and always amazed us. The two cooks conjured up everything in the small kitchen. In the morning fresh omelettes made to order, for lunch and dinner a buffet with several dishes to choose from. In addition to soup and salad, there were 2-3 side dishes, several types of vegetables and at least two different meat dishes. As a snack after the third dive, we were served everything from pizza slices to hot dogs and hamburgers. In each case with a freshly prepared juice. There were also cookies and fruit available around the clock.
The cabins are fine. The safe could only be operated with the emergency key and two small plates were loose in the shower (which resulted in a cut on the sole of the foot). The doors were a little warped. But it was tidied up and cleaned several times a day.
The service on the ship was good. Everyone went to great lengths!

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The service was basically not bad, but I have experienced better. For example, not all fridges were always filled with soft drinks (only when asked were they replenished, in the case of the open-plan fridge after several hours). In the evening when sitting together you could put out snacks (happened once).

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As always a great ship with excellent facilities and crew. The food is amazing. Will definitely be back. Thanks to the crew.

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Wifi was very limited. Would have been good to know this in advance.
Cabin was very musty at first.

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The first welcome on board was constantly interrupted by other people.
I would have liked some drift dives, and 3 to 4 times more a drop off.
One dive guide, Mohamed , withdrew in a huff, but we had really only made a constructive criticism, some underwater signs were only known to him.
I think possibly he was also not 100% familiar with the dive sites.
The refrigerator in the cabins could be removed to have a little more storage space.
It's well meant, but I don't think anyone would consume cool drinks in the cabin and stay there.
Everything else has worked well.
Against the ever increasing fish poverty of the sea no one can do anything

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Take refrigerator out of cabins to create more storage space. Toilets would be welcome on the upper deck. Food was very good and sufficient. Only the space for eating is very limited. Other chairs would be helpful. One of the 3 dive guides was haphazard, but the other two were very good. Unfortunately there are very few fish to see at the dive sites. In comparison to 10 years ago devastating. Very very sad ☹️ I would have expected more.

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First of all, we found it great that the crew was all Egyptian, including the dive guides. I always find it unattractive when the "best" jobs on a boat go to "foreigners". What we have to criticize regarding the guides, however, is that the diving was not always sensible: According to briefings, it was actually always said that no diving against the current, but de facto we are often floated against the current, which even I found as a medium young, fit woman sometimes really exhausting, two older British guests and a younger American with knee problems, however, had to fight really hard and have then skipped dives in the course, as soon as in the briefing current was even mentioned, which should have been done better or stick to the plan discussed in the briefing.
As for the dive sites we were quite disappointed, a route called Fury Shoals, but then takes place to 2/3 around Marsa Alam, was not what we had imagined. I have done this route a few years ago with another fleet, we were 2/3 at the Fury Shoals. However, it must also be said that further south, due to the increased water temperature (30 degrees at the end of September), the corals are 75% bleached, that is, dead. This has shocked us all totally and makes you suddenly very aware of climate change, really terrible!!! Accordingly, there was of course much less fish than expected and known from earlier. Further north, the water was "only" 29 degrees warm and the corals still a little healthier, and there was more fish, but not as much as usual. By the way, sharks don't come up at Elphinstone in the early morning at this warmth... for us it was in any case the last Egypt vacation, because I'm afraid that the coral bleaching will probably rather progress there and soon you won't get to see anything at all.
But back to the Miss Nouran:
We had the master suite up front, which was of the equipment ok, although a bit worn, although the ship is not so old (facing of the drawer fell off eg constantly), but it is now times the only cabin with double bed - which was mega hard. Unfortunately, we did not know that the deck in front of the cabin is the lounge deck of the crew, so actually permanently at least one, but usually several of the guys sat right in front of our windows and loudly talk, talk on the phone, etc. have. The windows are black from the outside and so you probably can not look inside - at least if inside no light is on - but I as a woman have nevertheless felt very uncomfortable when undressing / changing and especially showering, so we had the curtains actually always closed and of the great view thus nothing (with open curtains, however, one would have looked at the heads of the guys sitting in front of the window, so it was with the view anyway nothing). If we had known that, we would not have booked the expensive cabin!

Super we found the safety and fire drill, after the incident in June this year, this showed us that one has learned from it and safety is taken very seriously; in addition, there were life jackets in each cabin and a working smoke detector and we were encouraged to always check whether the also flashes, ie the battery is full. Exemplary!

Finally a word about the food: The quality was not bad and even I as a (unannounced) vegetarian usually found something, even if it was French fries. I have eaten much better on other boats, but it was overall ok. What was really outstanding were the desserts - there was an own pastry chef and he baked everything imaginable, so there were always fresh cookies, cakes (dry and with various fruits), cupcakes, etc.. The hammer! Just for that the tour was worth it ;)

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The cabins do not ventilate ( well), smells very much of mold and is damp. Airco is very old and makes a lot of noise (like a plane taking off). Despite Airco, remains much moisture / vapor in the cabin. Really not healthy (let alone pleasant) to sleep in such a cabin. Boat is nicely finished but the year of construction is not 2021 but considerably earlier ( 20 years old?), in 2021 the boat is only ( partially) renovated. Food was delicious, boat crew super friendly and helpful ( not on all liveaboards in Egypt in it so). Dives and dive guides fine, although it would help if all guides communicated a bit more with the group- saying good morning, asking how the dive was and other basic chit chat would be nice.

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Stowage offer is too small in the cabin and too few hooks.
Hanging up the suits on the platform could be improved. Loading options on the platform hardly available and no sufficient safety against falling down.

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The boat is ingenious. The only criticism: much too hard beds.

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Everything tip top! Gladly again at any time :)

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The dive crew was working around the clock. All always friendly and very helpful. Whether you had lost something again or otherwise had a problem. Everyone was taken seriously. We had such a great week. We will 100% book again. Thank you all for everything ????????????

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The boat was great, great layout of the cabins. Great food with 4 meals spread throughout the day. Good support before and after the dives. Good pre-booking of the dives. Unfortunately I was not clear beforehand that 80% of the trip was about seeing sharks, so we spent a lot of time in the blue and no changes were seen by the dive guide even on repeated requests from the group. It was a wonderful trip with lots of amenities but if I had known better it was so "shark heavy". I would have definitely chosen a different trip.

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All in all the tour was a great experience. All divers were very nice and everyone got along well with each other. The whole crew was extremely helpful. A special thanks goes out to Ismail, who was really always on the spot to help taking on and off the gear.

The food was very good, although a bit much.

I liked the dives sites. We had no luck with big fish, but that's nobody's fault. Sadly we were unable to go to Elphinstone due to the weather.

We had two Egyptian guides. We had some issues with the one who guided my group. When we were given a feedback sheet to fill out on the last evening, we mentioned these problems.

The next morning, the manager came and sought the conversation because of these complaints. I am convinced that the manager will sort it out and the problem we had with the guide will not happen again.

I would definitely recommend the Sea Serpent Glory to others.

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Super nice crew and dive group. Just great

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Maximum possible number of dives (21)
Super nice coral reefs
1h snorkeling with dolphins, 1 TG with dolphins
very good atmosphere on board
Ship was not completely booked, so I had the cabin to myself
"Room for improvement":
Guides were good and very competent, could have used a little more "authority/responsibility" with the divers with little experience one or the other time.
In general there were relatively few fish (which of course nobody can influence :-) )
no sharks; even not at Elphinstone
Dive at Elphinstone would probably have been more successful if the inexperienced divers and the experienced divers had been split up. Then the experienced divers could have dived on the other side of the reef, which would have massively increased the chance of seeing sharks.
Otherwise I can say: Super ship, super crew, super vacation :-)

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A beautiful ship with a very attentive
Crew you can recommend at any time!

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The route Brothers-Deadalus-Elphinstone is not as exhilarating as 10 years ago. Still nice, but no 10 points anymore, maybe 8. The reefs are not so colorful anymore, some damaged and also big fish only a few.

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everything was ok and kudos to the cook
the food super .

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It was by and large a top safari week with a perfect crew that was always helpful and on hand. The food was perfect. The dive sites were also great only sometimes not quite my case. But that is just my personal opinion. In the cabins are still missing a few storage options and in the bathroom a puller. Otherwise they are very bright and modern. The guides have also given a lot of effort to make it right for everyone, which of course is not possible. I would definitely make a safari again with the boat crew and guides.

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We felt totally at home.

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For 22 divers 2 guides are definitely too few. At Thistlegorm one of the guides had to fix the boat to the wreck. Thus he was not available for the next dive and we had to go into the wreck without a guide. An absolute no go!!!
The boat crew was top notch. Even the captain helped the guests.

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Super ship, everything is clean and new. The crew and dive guides are very professional. The diving holiday on the ship was great. Unfortunately, the last night we were taken to a hotel, which was a "party hotel" in Hurghada (Bella Vista), with poor service. The hotel was awful, the food bad. The time on the ship on the other hand was great, it is a real shame that the last night was in Bella Vista.

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It was a perfect liveaboard. Only the finish at the hotel (last night) was disappointing.

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Hotel for the last night was not satisfactory compared to the whole week on the boat. Hotel staff very unfriendly, food hall huge and crowded with too many guests.

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