Destination: Sudan

Sudan & Djibouti (7-14 Nights) | From $198++/night

MY Lucy Quick Pitch

M/Y Lucy is a 37 meters mono hull luxury dive safari boat (live-aboard) designed for a maximum level of comfort for the seasoned scuba diver who appreciates diving within a high standard and secure environment.

Why You'll Like MY Lucy

• Unparalleled luxury and comfort
• Full board accommodation
• Nitrox available
• Free Wifi
• The only Sudan liveaboard organizing trip to the Seven Brothers Islands

Dive Overview

Colorful, pristine reefs, uncrowded dive sites, unforgettable wrecks, healthy shark populations, and big schools of fish can be seen in Sudan. Sudan usually attracts more experienced divers and those who might have dived the Red Sea before. Djibouti is situated at the beginning of the Red Sea and is influenced by the Indian Ocean in virtue of this phenomenon here from October to January there are a lot of whale sharks in addition to coral fishes, giant groupers, pelagic fishes all fed by the massive presence of oxygen and plankton. This destination is for divers and snorkelers and for those people who love whale sharks.

[See: Sudan Dive Travel Guide]

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Accommodations

Types of Cabins, Amenities, and Photos

MY Lucy Accommodation Overview

Lucy sleeps up to 20 guests in 10 double cabins with individual air conditioning, small fridge, private shower, and toilet. Bath towel and bathrobe provided to each diver.

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General Facilities

MY Lucy Boat Features

• Sundeck
• Cinema lounge
• Bar
• Multimedia station
• WiFi

MY Lucy Dive Facilities

• Nitrox (Bauer 32%)
• PADI diving courses
• Spacious dive deck
• Charging points for camera & batteries
• Equipment rental
• Zodiacs: 2 x 7m & 8m, Yamaha 115hp each
• 30 x 12 l ALU tanks DIN/INT; 5 x 15 l ALU tanks DIN/INT
• Dive guides

Food & Drinks Aboard MY Lucy

A superb three-course meal is served to guests in a fresh and contemporary designed dining room.  

MY Lucy Liveaboard Deck Plan

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Schedule, Rates & Availability

MY Lucy Schedule & Rates

The prices shown below are per person in USD. The pricing at the time of booking may vary depending on the latest EUR/USD exchange rate.

[See also: Inclusions & Exclusions]

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Inclusions

• Full board cruise (the service starts with onboard welcome and dinner the day before the beginning of the cruise and ends when returning to the marina with breakfast on last day.)
• Diving
• Dive guide
• Night dives
• Drinking water, tea, coffee, and soft drinks
• Transfers to/from the boat

Exclusions

• Sudan itineraries: boarding and tourism tax, airport transfer assistance, Visa, fuel surcharge
• Djibouti itineraries: Djibouti Visa fees
• Supplement for 2 double cabins in main deck 50 Euro a week/person
• Supplement for single cabin 800 Euro.
• Nitrox 50 Euro a week and 5 Euro a dive. (To be paid on site)
• Equipment rental (to be paid on site)
• Tank 15 L. 45 Euro a week (to be paid on site)
• Alcoholic drinks, espresso (to be paid on site)
• Complimentary tips for the crew usually 45 Euro/pax or more

RATES & AVAILABILITY

For more information on other departure dates, rates, and on availability email us at info@bluewaterdivetravel.com or call us at +1-310-915-6677 and we will gladly help you plan your dream dive vacation!

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Dive Information & Destinations

Sudan Dive Overview

Sudan is one of the world's most unique diving destinations. The coast of Sudan has remained wild and untouched, with less than a thousand divers venturing there every year. To diving connoisseurs, Sudan's dive sites at Sanganeb, Angarosh, Sha'ab Rumi and Cousteau's pre-continent all sound very familiar and evoke unforgettable dives. This is the place to see schools of hammerheads with a colorful coral backdrop, white tip, grey, silk, longimanus, tiger sharks regularly pass by the points of these famous reefs. But this is not only the best place to admire sharks; pristine reefs are incredibly rich in underwater life and visited by turtles, mantas, schools of barracudas, dolphins, etc. Famous World underwater photographers and divers such as Hans Hass, Leni Riefenstahl, Folco Quilici, Raimondo Boucher, Gianfranco Bernabei, Mario Morra, Paolo e Giuseppe Notarbartolo, Umberto Pellizzari, Jeremy Stafford Deitsch, all agree this is truly an underwater paradise.  

Sudan North Itinerary in One Week

This is a special and beautiful itinerary with Large reefs, lagoons, and pinnacles exposed to the open sea. The features of these dives are the beauty of corals and walls and the possibility to see: hammerheads, grey sharks, white tip, Longimanus, pelagic fishes (big tunas, Jack Fish, barracudas). During this week will be possible to dive in Abington, Angarosh, Merlo Reef and Qita el Banna that are reefs emerging from water depths. These dive spots are not so often visited guarantee an exceptional amount of fish, beautiful coral reefs and sharks. The island of Mesharifa is surrounded by shallow waters and protected by two reefs. In hot season here you can see large groups of manta rays. To swim with these friendly creatures is an experience that you’ll remember forever. During this week will be also possible to visit Mayetib (Snake’s Island) and fantastic beaches to make bird watching.

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• Friday: arrival, boarding, papers permission and boarding taxes.
• Saturday: departure to Sanganeb, Sha’ab Rumi where there are the follow diving spots: the 
• legendary Cousteau’s Precontinent and the wonderful south plateau (shark point).
• Sunday: departure to Qita el Banna, Angarosh.
• Monday, Tuesday: Angarosh, Merlo Abington, Shambaya, Mesharifa.
• Wednesday: Angarosh, Qita el Banna.
• Thursday: Shab Rumi and Umbria wreck and back to Port Sudan.
• Friday: breakfast, visit Port Sudan transfer to the airport.

Sudan Deep South in One Week or Ten Days

This is a special adventure for divers a perfect cruise that will exceed your expectations, at the far South of Sudan, on the border with Eritrean waters. During this itinerary will possible to see islands and diving spots still unknown and virgin like Dahrat Abid (last island before Eritrea) Darraka Island (where Jack Cousteau did some experiment after left Shab Rumi) Dahrat Qab and Karan Masamirit. Where will be possible to see various kind of sharks like albimarginatus & silky, mantas, any kind of pelagic fishes, turtles, reef’s fishes and big schools of hammerheads are likely to be sighted.

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• Friday: arrival, boarding, papers permission and boarding taxes.
• Saturday: departure to Sanganeb, Sha’ab Rumi where there are the follow diving spots: the legendary Cousteau’s Precontinent and the wonderful south plateau (shark point).
• Sunday: departure to Qita el Banna, Angarosh.
• Monday, Tuesday: Angarosh, Merlo Abington, Shambaya, Mesharifa.
• Wednesday: Angarosh, Qita el Banna.-Thursday: Shab Rumi and Umbria wreck and back to Port Sudan.
• Friday: breakfast, visit Port Sudan transfer to the airport.

Sudan Mixed Classic & South Itinerary in One Week

During this itinerary, besides diving the classic sites like Umbria, Shab Rumi, and Sanganeb, it is possible to see the Southern reefs of Suakin Archipelago, taking the name from the old Port constructed by coral blocks. During this week you can encounter a huge school of hammerhead sharks. Every night, the boat will be in the Shab Ambar Lagoon. Often you can be escorted into the lagoon by dolphins. From here there are numerous sites that you can visit on daily base: Jumna, Pinnacle, Kery Reef, Shaab Ambar etc.

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• Friday: arrival.-Saturday: departure to Shab, Rumi, and Sanganeb (lighthouse) then to Shab Ambar and spend the night.
• Sunday, Monday, Tuesday: Pinnacle, Shab Quseir, Seil Ada Kebir (turtle’s island), Kery reef, every night the boat will go back to shab Abambar as it is the only safe place to spend the nights in that area, all the others reef are too small.
• Thursday: back to Wingate reef /Umbria wreck, then to Port Sudan
• Friday: breakfast, visit Port Sudan transfer to the airport.

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Djibouti Dive Overview

Djibouti is far from the beaten track for most scuba divers but if it is whale sharks you want to see, there is no place better. Whilst most whale shark encounters are close to shore, we stingily recommend a liveaboard here so you can escape the crowds of day boat snorkelers and focus on these stunning plankton-eating sharks. There is no doubt as to what the main attraction is here. Each and every year whale sharks cruise into Djibouti's waters, stopping off on their annual migrations.  

Djibouti Seven Brothers Itinerary

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• Saturday: arrival in Djibouti City in the afternoon and transfer to M/Y Lucy.
• Sunday: check dive at MOUSHA ISLAND, second dive: Obock night cruise to Seven Brothers.
• Monday: 3 dives at Seven Brothers
• Chinese Garden, Boeing East, night dive on the big Island.
• Tuesday: 3 dives at Seven Brothers
• The South Island, the East Island, Japanese garden.
• Wednesday: 3 dives Seven Brothers
• 2 dives at White Lady wreck, night dive on the big Island
• Thursday: 3 dives Seven Brothers
• The South Island, The Arch of Tolka, and the Round Island
• Friday: Boeing West, Les Marches d’Obock
• Saturday: breakfast on board; transfer to the airport or to your excursion tour such Lac Assal, lowest point in Africa (-155meters) with a luxury coach featuring climate control, DVD, Wi-Fi, toilet etc.

Djibouti Seven Brothers/Tadjourah Itinerary

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• Saturday: arrival in Djibouti City in the afternoon transfer to M/Y Lucy.
• Sunday: check dive at MOUSHA ISLAND, second dive at Obock, night navigation to Seven Brothers.
• Monday: 3 dives Seven Brothers
• Chinese Garden, The Boeing, The Arch of Tolka.
• Tuesday: 3 dives at Seven Brothers
• The south island, The east Island, Japanese garden.
• Wednesday: 2 dives at Seven Brothers
• The South Island, The Round Island, then cruise to Obock and 3rd dive. Cruise to Ras Koralie.
• Thursday: Depending on the presence of whale sharks, diving or snorkeling with them in Ras Korali area,
• Friday: Depending on the presence of whale sharks, diving or snorkeling with them in Ras Korali area. Saturday: Breakfast on board, transfer to the airport or to your excursion tour such Lac Assal, lowest point in Africa (-155meters) with a luxury coach featuring climate control, DVD, Wi-Fi, toilet etc.

Djibouti Tadjourah Special Whale Sharks

From mid-October to February, plankton ‘blooms’ develop in an enclosed bay named The Gulf of Tadjourah near Djibouti City. Although whale sharks can be seen throughout the year, encounters are especially common from October to February. The plankton-rich waters of Djibouti attract many of the great pelagic species. Recent research has recognized the particular importance of the bay in the development of juvenile whale sharks, which stay within the safe confines of Djibouti’s coastline. The rich feeding grounds that make up Djibouti’s coastal waters attract a range of other different species, alongside manta rays, beaked and pilot whales. Additionally, most species of dolphin are represented in great numbers off Djibouti’s coast, and are often seen ‘running’ the bow wave of boats. Grey and nurse sharks are the most commonly encountered species, whilst both tiger and hammerhead sharks have occasionally been seen. This itinerary is absolutely recommended besides the divers to snorkelers and free divers.

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• Saturday: arrival in Djibouti City in the afternoon transfer to M/Y Lucy.
• Sunday: check dive at MOUSHA ISLAND, second dive at FAON wreck, overnight at Mousha islands
• Monday: first dive in RAS EIRO, snorkeling with whale sharks, second dive at ILE DU REQUINS, night dive and overnight in Ras Eiro
• Tuesday: first dive at THE DOM, snorkeling with whale sharks, second dive at BAIE DES ETOILES, overnight at la Baie de l’Etoile
• Wednesday: first dive at LA VIERGE ROUGE, second dive at THE CRACK, snorkeling with whale sharks, la Baie de l’Etoile
• Thursday: first dive at SEC DE LA PASSE, second dive at LE BOULEVARD DU CECAP, snorkeling with whale sharks, overnight at Ras Korali
• Friday: snorkeling with whale sharks, second dive at FAON wreck, night in Djibouti Bay, with a visit of the city
• Saturday: breakfast on board, transfer to the airport or to your excursion tour such Lac Assal, lowest point in Africa (-155meters) with a luxury coach featuring climate control, DVD, Wi-Fi, toilet etc.

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Other Information

Boat Specifications

• Length: 37 meters
• Width: 7.5 meters
• Engine(s): 2 CUMMINS 700 HP engines
• Generator(s): 2 generators of 80 KW each
• Compressor(s): 3 compressors 2600 l/min - NITROX
• Cruising speed: 12 knots
• Zodiac/RIB: 2 fiberglass boat with a 115 HP Yamaha engine each. One is 8 meters long, the second 7 meters.
• Watermaker: 8,000L per day
• Maximum guests: 20
• Number of cabins: 10
• Diving: 30 x 12 litres + 5 x 15 litres, aluminium tanks, double exit, 400 kg of lead weight
• Emergency equipment: Oxygen, first aid kit, defibrillator, Life jackets, VHF, SAT Phone, 2 life raft

Practical Information

• Time Zone: UTC+3
• Local Currency: Sudanese Pound (SDG)
• Language Spoken: Arabic, Italian, French, and English
• Electricity: 220 volt
• Payment Onboard: Cash & Credit Cards (Visa & MasterCard)

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