Port Ghalib
Port Ghalib is just 10 minutes from Marsa Alam airport and the marina is the nucleus of the community. The port can accommodate up to 1,000 boats of 50m in length. The Port Ghalib community is developing into one of the finest marinas in the Red Sea. There is a 1km stretch of retail outlets, restaurants, cafes and bars as well as international hotels and a myriad of activities available on land and sea.
There is no faster way into Port Ghalib than through the doors of the Marsa Alam International Airport. Marsa Alam airport has served as an international air gateway to Egypt’s South Red Sea coast since its opening at the end of 2001. The airport terminal is less than five minutes drive from the heart of Port Ghalib. Charter flights operate from the UK and other European countries. There is also a scheduled internal service to Cairo.
Port Ghalib is a resort that will rapidly develop in the future but for 2009, it is mainly a destination for scuba divers who want to dive on Elphinstone or search of the resident dugong (a few miles south). In addition, Port Ghalib is also ideal for those in search of a quiet holiday away from it all.
Map: Click on “Satellite” (we’d love to default the view for you, but unfortunately, the plug-in doesn’t allow us to). Port Ghalib and Marsa Alam airport are just to the north of Umm Rus.
I stayed at the Marina Lodge in Port Ghalib for a weeks diving and thought the set up was superb. Emperor Divers are based at the hotel and you can walk from the breakfast room to the dive boat in less than a minute – perfect !!!
The marina is still a bit of a building site but I agree that the set up for divers at the Marina Lodge is ideal. We did the day trip to look for the Dugong but didn’t see him