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The Sinai
AWAY AWAY
Dahab |
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 The Dahab bay before "discovery" |
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In the begin-90's Dahab was not much more than a bedouin village with a palm tree oasis in the mouth of the floodway, with one or two small restaurants, divecentres and camps on the bay. One of the only big hotels was the Novotel, positioned where the kibbutz was during Israeli occupation. A small administration centre was located near the Novotel (now called Dahab City). |
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Now Dahab has grown to a tourist town with more than 60 divecentres, as many restaurants and many large and small hotels and still a numerous amount of camps. Compared to Sharm el Sheikh Dahab seems less organised. The local Bedouins are intertwined with the place and until now Dahab still keeps some of the Sinai atmosphere. | ||
 Diving is mostly off shore diving, with numerous divesites to the north (including the famous Blue Hole) and the south of Dahab, as well as inside Dahab. As all entrances are from the shore, extra care has to be taken not to damage the reef. Use only the "easy entrances" that are signposted. |
 Windsurfing & kiting is good in Dahab as there are moderate to strong winds 70% of the time. There are numerous surf centres in the Lagoon and one surfcentre in the Dahab Mashraba bay area. |
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Dahab is an ancient settlement, dating back to the Nabatean/ Byzantine period. Excavations found ruins of a fortress, port and pier not far south of the bay area, next to Nesima Dive Centre. The Nabateans were dealing with copper, mined in the Central Sinai area, and Dahab was probably one of the ports for transporting goods and copper to Petra (Jordan), their capital. |
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There are many restaurants to choose from along the bay, but most offer roughly the same menu. |
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For more information contact us at: katherine@awayaway-sinai.net or call 00 20 122270443 |