MY Blue Pearl

Notes: Diving experience required: for North & Wrecks safaris - Open Water diver license and 20 logged dives; for St. Johns Reefs safaris - Open Water diver license and 30 logged dives; for Brothers, Daedalus Reef & Elphinstone safaris - Advanced Open Water diver license and 50 logged dives. Some schedules may appear to overlap, where this is case the last night of the trip is spent at a hotel instead of onboard the liveaboard. Divers must have a minimum of 30 logged dives to join these liveaboard safaris.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, water, bottled soft drinks and hot drinks, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (number depends on route), tanks, weights and weightbelts, nitrox fills for certified enriched air divers.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 152 per trip), return transfers from Hurghada airport to boat for Hurghada departures and from Marsa Alam airport for Port Ghalib departures at US$ 20 per person, dive insurance, fuel surcharge US$ 56, national park and other charter fees:
Brothers (incl dive permission): US$ 62,
North & Wrecks (incl dive permission): US$ 20,
Marine Park (incl dive permission): US$ 96,
St Johns: US$ 20,
St Johns/DZR: US$ 96,
Port Ghalib (to or from) port fee: US$ 28,
Dive permission: US$ 20.
Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash or credit card).

Optional extras: Return transfers Hurghada to Port Ghalib (US$ 23), alcoholic drinks, dive computer, torches. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.

How to get there: MY Blue Pearl departs from Hurghada and Port Ghalib and return transfers are included from nearby hotels and from Hurghada and Marsa Alam airports to the departure point. There are direct flights from Cairo to Hurghada (1 hour) and Marsa Alam (1.5 hours) via Egypt Air. From certain destinations in the UK and Europe it is possible to fly into Hurghada and Marsa Alam direct. For more information see our travel information section for the Red Sea.
The first and last nights of the itinerary are spent in the harbour. Guests arrive and board on the first day. The boat leaves the harbour on the morning of the second day. Full tourist visas are available only at the airport for citizens of certain countries, unless obtained in advance. Please ensure you understand the tourist visa requirements that apply to you. The last dive of the trip will be at around 10:00 hrs. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.

Non-diver rate: 10% off the published price.

Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travellers may choose to share a cabin or pay a supplement of 80% of the published price.

Dive clubs and group discounts: See whole boat charter rate below. Approximately equivalent to pay for 16 guests and 4 additional divers can join the cruise in Standard cabins free of charge (total 20 guests).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): US$ 2,767. There is an additional charge of US$ 756 for 2 dive guides on all whole boat charters in the Red Sea.

Add-on package: If you have time, we strongly recommend that you consider some of the wonderful antiquities tours in Egypt which can add a whole new dimension to your holiday. Cairo museum's royal mummies, the pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, a glorious cruise down the Nile staying in a luxury cabin, The Valley of the Kings, all of these and more can be seen in packages starting at 6 nights' duration. Other activities such as 4x4 safaris and camel tours are also available as are custom-made packages to suit your needs.

• Individual control air-conditioning
• Private bathroom with hot water shower
• Double portholes on lower deck, windows on upper deck
• Towels & shower gel
• Cabinets & shelving
• Mirror
• Bedding
• 24-hour, 220v electricity supply
• European-style 2-pin plugs
• Life jackets

• 2 Dive Instructors / Divemasters
• Captain
• 2 Cooks
• Engineer
• Maid
• 2 Stewardesses
• 3 Deck Hands

• The main meals on board Blue Pearl liveaboard consist of international and local cuisine.
• The menus are not fixed and meals are served buffet style accompanied by waitress service, in the dining section of the air-con saloon on the main deck.
• Main meals comprise a pre-breakfast snack, breakfast, lunch and dinner with snacks in between.
• Snacks include biscuits, candy bars, ice cream, bread/toast, cake and fruit, which along with tea, coffee, water and soft drinks in bottles are all complimentary.
• Soft drinks cans, beer, wine and other alcoholic drinks are available for purchase on board.
• All diets, including vegetarian and halal, can be catered for with prior notice.
• Catering starts with lunch for early arrivals on check-in day.

• Built in 2003, restored & refurbished annually
• Size - 36m x 8m
• Top speed - 15 knots
• Cruising speed - 12 knots
• 2 x 764 HP Caterpillar engines
• 2 x 70 KW Kohler generators
• 2 x Bauer Mariner dive tank compressors
• Membrane enriched air nitrox system
• 12 litre aluminium tanks with DIN fittings and Int. valve inserts
• Electricity 220v - 24-hours per day
• Water capacity - 12,000 litres
• Fuel capacity - 21,000 litres
• Freshwater maker - 6,000 litres per day
• Waste storage tank

• 2 x 25 person capacity life rafts
• 2 Yamaha 40 & 25 HP dinghies
• Radar
• Ray Star GPS
• Navman tracker
• Navman fishfinder
• Sounder
• Satellite & mobile phones
• HF, SSB & DSC radios
• Bilge pump alarm
• Search light
• EPIRB
• Fire alarms / detectors
• Life jackets in all cabins
• Fire extinguishers throughout
• MFA box and trained staff
• 20,000 litress of continuous flow oxygen
• Customer diving insurance not included - see our insurance programme for a competitive quotation