Note: Cassiopeia is now under new management and has relocated to Mexico. this page is out of date.
The MY Cassiopeia is a luxury steel-hulled vessel offering outstanding service, sumptuous cuisine and most importantly, awesome Red Sea scuba diving. Stylish, spacious accommodation and quality of service are priority, contributing to a great safari experience.Dive experience: For North & Wrecks safaris - Open Water diver license and 20 logged dives; for St. John's Reefs safaris & North Sudan - Open Water diver license and 30 logged dives; for Brothers, Daedalus Reef & Elphinstone safaris & South Sudan, Deep South Sudan - Advanced Open Water diver license and 50 logged dives.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, water, soft drinks, hot drinks, dives, experienced English-speaking divemasters (max 13 divers per DM), tanks, weights and weightbelts, personal EPIRB, internet Wi-Fi, boat permissions and taxes, shisha (tobacco smoked through a water-pipe).
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment, no rental equipment available on Sudan trips, dive insurance. National park fees. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash only).
Optional extras: Return transfers from airport/hotel to departure points, alcoholic drinks, nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers, torches, diving computer. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.
How to get there: Cassiopeia departs from Hurghada or Port Ghalib for Egypt liveaboard trips. Transfers can be arranged at additional cost from these airports to the departure points. There are flights from Cairo to Hurghada (1 hour) with Egypt Air. For further details visit our Red Sea travel information section.
The first and last nights of the tour 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. 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: US$ 200 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 40% of the published price.
Dive clubs and group discounts: None available.
Whole boat charter rate (per night): None available.
Add-on package: Cairo city breaks to explore the museums, the pyramids of Giza, and the Great Sphinx, cruises from Luxor down the River Nile to visit the Valley of the Kings. Do these add-ons appeal to you? To plan the perfect Red Sea scuba vacation, visit our page on Egyptian antiquities tours.
Customer reviews:
"The boat was newly renovated and in very nice condition, good common areas. Tasty buffet lunch and dinner. All meals were good and filling. New style of folded napkins / made up bed every day! They cleaned our toilet at least once a day. Every cabin had ensuite toilet and shower. Up to 4 dives a day. 2 guides did the briefings and guiding under water, very helpful and funny. Very helpful staff overall. Equipment had to be pre-booked in advance, normally no spares on board." - Nina Axman, Sweden, 3 July 2013 ...Customer rating: Excellent!
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