Thank you for your answers.
I thought about a 2-week trip off Port Sudan or off Ras Ghaleb. But of course, I don´t want to do the the same trip twice. I would like to get to Angarosh and the famous sites for sharks.
On one week trips, boat operators offer the sites like Angarosh for a surcharge as well. When will customers decide about the itinerary?
Any recommendations for dedicated 2-week trips?
It is so much hassle to get to Sudan for 5.5 days of diving...
Yours,
Liberty
Even though there are many reefs in Sudan, only 15-20 spots are regularly dived. So in reality there aren't a list of different itinerarys to chose from. The question is more if you want to hurry up and cover as many as possible, or stay a little longer on a few select spots. Sometimes weather (wind is a major factor) dictates what's possible. Normally the guests discuss among themselves and with the captain as you go along. You do want some degree of flexibility, because if a place like Sha'ab Rumi South is 'on', you might want to stay there an extra day instead of hurrying to the next reef. And it's hard to tell in advance which spots are going to be 'on', as it changes from trip to trip with currents etc.
A few years back, the classic one week trip from Port Sudan included Umbrea, Sanganeb, Sha'ab Rumi and sometimes Sha'ab Suedi (Blue Belt wreck) if the weather was good. This has changed with growing competition, and now a few boats also include some of the reefs further north like Angarosh, Abington and/or Quita El Banna on the one week itinerary, and Mesharifa in fall. However, as you might suspect, it will make for a somewhat 'rushed' trip, trying to cover all places in 5-6 days of diving. And a few of them really should get a couple of days attention, as they have more than one dive and some sites you want to dive more than once.
What can be done as an alternative itinerary, is to go south from Port Sudan and dive in the Suakin Arhipelago. Some great diving there as well, but very weather dependent as there are very few known spots for overnight anchoring. And for a first visit to Sudan, the classic sites are a must inmo.
So, conclusion: try to book yourself on a dedicated two week trip in march-may, either from Port Sudan on one of the boats reccomended in this thread or on the Royal Evolution from Ras Ghaleb in Egypt. Then you don't need to think about the itinerary - you can dive them all and have a few days to spare for those spots that are 'on'. Unfortunatelly I don't have the specific schedules of the various boats on top of my head, so you have to do some googling and asking around
good luck
Christian
