Shams Alam Beach Resort

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Resort

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Egypt

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  4.9 out of 6
total of 19 Ratings
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Anke Glistau

Travelled in: November 2024, Rated on 20.11.2024, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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The dive center lacks a proper management, after the death of the old manager many things no longer seem to run optimally. The staff are helpful, but there is room for improvement in terms of organization. On some days the boat was too full with 25-26 divers, only towards the end were two boats used.
The house reefs suffered a lot when a lot of sand was washed into the sea after heavy rain in the summer. Unfortunately, a zodiac is not available every day when two boats are out and the additional boat is in use for snorkeling. This is where you notice the lack of organization and the necessary repairs to the small boats. The concept of diving on the house reef, the use of zodiacs and the possibility of going out by boat is a good one.
Unfortunately, there was no water dispenser in the entire hotel, dive center and boat, only an infinite number of small water bottles.
It is to be hoped that the house reefs will recover. The rooms are getting on in years and all need to be renovated.
Otherwise a nice resort with potential.


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Thomas Jürgen Schmeling

Travelled in: March 2024, Rated on 05.04.2024, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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Marie Trappl

Travelled in: October 2023, Rated on 19.11.2023, Booked with Tropical Seas
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Koen

Travelled in: April 2023, Rated on 12.05.2023, Booked with Diving World
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Fine diving resort

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Grietje

Travelled in: November 2022, Rated on 30.11.2022, Booked with Diving World
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there were many people sick this time, unlike April. The hotel was full now and in April only 50 guests. Too much pressure on the staff and therefore less attention to hygiene???

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Gerrit

Travelled in: October 2022, Rated on 07.11.2022, Booked with Diving World
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- The hotel is not very special.
- There is nothing to do and the waiters seem to only want to serve you for a tip.
- Cleaning rooms was okay though.
- Dive center is well equipped and even has its own day boats.
- Great house reef with several places you can go to or have them take you ( and pick you up) with the Zodiac.
Dive packages are ok
- nitrox is not in the packages and must be paid extra ( missed opportunity that they do not offer this as standard)
Cylinders are well filled and nitrox usually around 33 /34%
Staff , at the dive base and boat, are helpful.
Nice big private jetty where you can also find and leave your cylinder.

We were with a group of 15 ( most experienced) divers.

Gerrit Bredewoud


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Richard

Travelled in: October 2022, Rated on 02.11.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Ursula Maria Uedelhoven

Travelled in: September 2022, Rated on 24.10.2022, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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The trip was really very nice. We enjoyed it very much. Everything worked out very well. Also the room was nice and big and had a beautiful view of the sea and the sunset

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Bea

Travelled in: July 2022, Rated on 08.08.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Atmospheric resort in Arabic style, laid out along the beach. Buildings up to one storey high. Beautiful garden. Swimming pool with sun terrace, but also a large stretch of sandy beach with sunbeds. Spacious rooms, cozy, but a bit worn here and there. For us not annoying. All very clean. Good bed, air conditioning. Restaurant in buffet style. Many different dishes, but little variation per day. Quality reasonable, but always something you like. Near the resort is another resort and further only desert. Marsa Alam city is a 1 hour drive away. Except diving, little other entertainment if you do not want to lie "baking" all day. The dive base is next to the hotel, within walking distance, but because the hotel is stretched along the beach, it makes a difference if you have a room on the side of the dive base. Family rooms are two rooms with a (lockable) dividing door. For us a great hotel for 7 to 10 day diving vacation.

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Paul

Travelled in: July 2022, Rated on 08.08.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Helmut Klehr

Travelled in: April 2022, Rated on 10.05.2022, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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The hotel is good by Egyptian standards.
The house reef offers with its 6 good dive sites everything the heart desires.
The boat dive sites we dived were maximum 20 m deep, the coral garden was very good, fish abundance normal.
Attraction: encounter with the manatee at the house reef.

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Franz Binder

Travelled in: November 2021, Rated on 28.11.2021, Booked with Tropical Seas
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The pool is miserable!
The dive center is not flexible enough! With this huge offer of dive sites, most of which can be reached in a good half hour, it should not happen that I have dived 5 dive sites twice!


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Henry Uwe Vogel

Travelled in: November 2021, Rated on 25.11.2021, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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Harald Küppers

Travelled in: November 2021, Rated on 25.11.2021, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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Giorgio Cattacin

Travelled in: November 2021, Rated on 24.11.2021, Booked with SELEGER SportsTravel
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Franziska Iglesias

Travelled in: November 2021, Rated on 23.11.2021, Booked with SELEGER SportsTravel
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Krenn-Ahorner Elke & Günther

Travelled in: October 2021, Rated on 02.11.2021, Booked with Tropical Seas
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Mark

Travelled in: October 2019, Rated on 25.08.2020, Booked with Tropical Seas
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Konstantin Angenendt

Travelled in: July 2019, Rated on 03.06.2020, Booked with Nautilus Tauchreisen
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