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The Brothers Islands
8 days / 7 nights · Red Sea, Egypt · Aphrodite Liveaboard
● OFFSHORE RED SEA · WALLS & WRECKS
The Brothers Islands
Two tiny isolated pinnacles 60km offshore with two of the most famous wrecks in the Red Sea — the Numidia and the Aida — walls smothered in soft coral, and reliable shark encounters.
7 NIGHTS
EGYPT
PER DAY
NITROX INCLUDED
ROUTE OVERVIEW
What You'll Dive This Week
Two tiny isolated pinnacles 60km offshore with two of the most famous wrecks in the Red Sea — the Numidia and the Aida — walls smothered in soft coral, and reliable shark encounters.
🚢 The Brother Islands — Big Brother and Little Brother — two isolated promontories 60km from the coast.
🪸 Daedalus Reef — Also known as Abu Kizan, a 400m standalone reef ~90km from Marsa Alam with a lighthouse …
🪸 Elphinstone — A long finger-like reef running north to south in the open sea.
🐢 Abu Dabbab — One of the few places in the world to dive with the rare dugong (sea cow), plus friendly…
Included
✓ 7 nights full-board accommodation
✓ 3–4 dives per day (2–3 last day)
✓ Dive guides on every dive
✓ Free Nitrox
✓ Tanks & weights
✓ Non-alcoholic beverages
✓ Local transfers
Excluded
○ Flights
○ Rental equipment
○ Alcoholic beverages
○ Visa
○ Crew gratuities
DIVE SITES
The Dive Sites
Every site on this route, aboard M/Y Aphrodite from the Red Sea coast.
The Brother Islands
5–80m+
Big Brother and Little Brother — two isolated promontories 60km from the coast. Walls covered with sponges, anemones and soft coral alcyonarian in astonishing colours. Sharks are common: hammerheads, thresher, grey, silvertip and whitetip. Big Brother holds a lighthouse and the wreck Aida.
The Brother Islands
5–80m+
Big Brother and Little Brother — two isolated promontories 60km from the coast. Walls covered with sponges, anemones and soft coral alcyonarian in astonishing colours. Sharks are common: hammerheads, thresher, grey, silvertip and whitetip. Big Brother holds a lighthouse and the wreck Numidia.
Abu Dabbab
5–25m
One of the few places in the world to dive with the rare dugong (sea cow), plus friendly green sea turtles and guitar sharks in the shallows. Superb macro too — ghost pipefish, thorny seahorse and hairy pygmy pipehorse.
Elphinstone Reef
5–80m+
The south plateau and arch is where the oceanic whitetip sharks (Longimanus) live year-round. North plateau gets hammerheads in season. Soft coral walls in purple and red on both sides.
BOOK YOUR RED SEA LIVEABOARD
Book The Brothers Islands
Dive this route aboard M/Y Aphrodite — full-board, free Nitrox, expert guides.