The ship is very spacious. The cabins are new and top quality. Personally, I miss the wind-protected seats on the first upper deck (they are only on the 2nd upper deck). Food and crew were brilliant. The guides were OK. The choice of route and dive sites (north tour) were good for the weather conditions and made sense in terms of safety. WLAN on the boat was very poor (for a boat in this price range I expect WLAN on the first and last day in the harbor).

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Very impressive diving trip with comfort and all imaginable amenities! The entire team goes to great lengths to maintain the high standard. As an acceptable shortcoming, I can only mention the problem of water, salt and changing air temperatures in connection with the cabin, regardless of the ship. All metals are susceptible to rust. Door fittings rust, wooden doors warp. But still a very successful vacation!

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A very nice tour! The crew is polite, courteous, helpful and available at all times. The food is excellent, drinks were available at all times and chilled according to the weather. Regarding the safari ship SS Grand, minor faults were rectified immediately, otherwise very clean!!! Safety on the ship, for me no noticeable defects. Life-saving equipment is as good as new and in perfect condition! If these standards are maintained, I am already looking forward to the next trip with the Sea Serpant Fleet. Best regards Jens Opitz.

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A lot has happened in terms of safety in the last year. There was an evacuation drill and the emergency exits in the lower deck were shown. I did not have that on past safaris. Keep up the good work.

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After landing in Hurghada, a Sea Serpent representative quickly showed up in front of passport control to stick the visa in our passports, so passport control went smoothly. Since our diving luggage was 'once again the last at the issue, a Sea Serpent representative showed up there again to look after the right. Leaving the airport building we were met by the driver of the shuttle and the other waiting divers to immediately start the drive to the marina. The shuttle brought us safely to the ship (Grand Sea Serpent), which now took on the last of the 28 guests (out of a possible 28).
After stowing our luggage, we had dinner in the salon.
The following week on the ship was a great experience for us as newcomers. Crew and guides pampered us where they could. The diving professionals could of course do without guides and create their own fun.
The food was always excellent.
Briefings were detailed before each dive.
Air conditioning in the cabin was strong and loud or turned off. The approx. 50 m yacht was already great, even if it is a little worn in detail, but this does not detract from the overall great impression. The required cleanliness was always and everywhere given.
There were usually 4 dives a day, followed by a delicious meal.
EAN32 was used as standard.
A night trip was very demanding for all guests due to the extremely rough sea; many had to sacrifice extensively to Neptune, so that the dives the following day were less frequented.
For minor aches and pains, the guides kept very effective remedies of the Egyptian on-board pharmacy ready.
Highlight for us was the encounter with a school of dolphins, but also the wrecks were very interesting to look at. For us newcomers the first experience with partly massive current was also an experience.
After 7 days we unfortunately had to say goodbye and went to the "Breakers" at Soma Bay. Sea Serpent had provided a shuttle for this.

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Stellungnahme von Wolfgang, Alma Mare
Hallo Peter und Stephan, vielen Dank für die ausführliche Bewertung.

The ship is beautiful, but getting on in years and would need some "sprucing up".

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Stellungnahme von Wolfgang, Alma Mare
Danke euch beiden für die Bewertung

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The ship is unfortunately getting on in years despite being in dry dock.

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Boat crew top (very friendly and helpful).
Diving: Very detailed briefings.
Group split: 1st group Americans. 2nd group rest of the world. So one group was 6 divers, the 2nd 10 divers. Here surely also a division 8 divers and 8 divers would have been possible. Also would have been able to drive certainly still the one or other more beautiful dive spot.

WLAN
2 classes social

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Stellungnahme von WeDive
Vielen Dank für die Bewertung.
Wir schätzen Ihr Feedback sehr.

During the last 2 days the soft drinks ran out and therefore only limited drinks were available. One gets the impression that the service is rapidly declining after the tips were collected and most of the crew left the boat on the penultimate day in port. This unfortunately somewhat clouds the otherwise perfect catering and good service, a pity.

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Stellungnahme von Wolfgang, Alma Mare
Danke an das tauchsportcenter.de für die Bewertung

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I absolutely enjoyed this fine diving vacation!!! I would like to mention the following:
About the dive guide Ahmed and the crew I was very satisfied but with the other stressful dive guide Amr I could not talk and in my opinion he was not competent enough. During the dives he was more concerned with himself than with the divers. Safety was very poor while diving with dive guide Amr, hence these stars in this review. Some of these complaints have been reported by several divers.
I also think it is not nice that at the end of this dive vacation 2x 100 euro tip is asked! Of course a tip should be given and Divingworld told me this but I didn't think it was appropriate to mention this amount so emphatically.


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The SS Grand is a comfortable safari ship. Only the fact that 28 divers are on board and thus the procedures are very tough, diminishes a little fun. Until all are in and out of the water, depending on the dive site takes up to three hours - more than a maximum of three dives can not be made per day. The dives on the first and last day of diving at Hurghada are rather disappointing.

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There was a pleasant atmosphere despite 24 divers on board. There were enough retreats for everyone. The requirements are high and nothing for beginners. Almost every dive was over 30m deep. You have to go that deep if you want to see hammerhead sharks close up. We have seen them once from the proximity. The dives to the Zeil with Zodiac - inflatable boats were without exception well led. The entire crew was always extremely courteous. The food was always in buffet form. In my opinion there was something for every taste. Desserts, cakes and cookies were available all day. Non-alcoholic drinks were free of charge except for expresso.

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Very spacious boat with great crew and super catering, super guides, briefing for my taste sometimes a little too extensive

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It was super cool! The food was amazing! Our own baker, who bakes fresh bread every day...
Recommendation!!!

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