Exclusive journey to dolphins
On a luxurious yacht
30.12-06.01.2024
8 days in Egypt with dolphins in their natural habitat. The trip is organized by Morethan.travel X Dolphinstrip teams.
Life abroad on a luxury yacht with experienced instructors.
Swimming skills required.
Life abroad on a luxury yacht with experienced instructors.
Swimming skills required.
What is it all about?
Completely new experience that will change you and your usual view of yourself and the world around you. Our luxury yacht will anchor in a picturesque place near the reef, where families of dolphins live and where we will spend seven days with them. We will learn to dive, swim with dolphins (a lot), listen to lectures by a freediving instructor or marine biologist.
It will be a great company, bright sun and unlimited sea overboard!
Each morning will begin with a landing with the dolphins, and each evening will end with a swim in the sea after sunset, when it is impossible to see the horizon and distinguish the stars in the endless sky from the myriad luminous accumulations of plankton under the water. You will be saturated with the smell of the sea and will feel like its inhabitants - free, joyful and feeling your limitless potential.
If you love snorkeling and ever dreamed of “chatting with dolphins” after breakfast, then you should come to us. Special training is not required, and underwater swimming skills are not required. It is enough just to swim confidently in the open water and your impressions will be no less than those of experienced freedivers. After all, dolphins are known to be more willing to communicate with positive, open and curious people, and not just with those who have the best swimming skills.
There is no better reason to finally try freediving.
Want to see yourself swimming underwater with a pod of dolphins?
Join us!
It will be a great company, bright sun and unlimited sea overboard!
Each morning will begin with a landing with the dolphins, and each evening will end with a swim in the sea after sunset, when it is impossible to see the horizon and distinguish the stars in the endless sky from the myriad luminous accumulations of plankton under the water. You will be saturated with the smell of the sea and will feel like its inhabitants - free, joyful and feeling your limitless potential.
If you love snorkeling and ever dreamed of “chatting with dolphins” after breakfast, then you should come to us. Special training is not required, and underwater swimming skills are not required. It is enough just to swim confidently in the open water and your impressions will be no less than those of experienced freedivers. After all, dolphins are known to be more willing to communicate with positive, open and curious people, and not just with those who have the best swimming skills.
There is no better reason to finally try freediving.
Want to see yourself swimming underwater with a pod of dolphins?
Join us!
Schedule
- ArrivalThe first day. Let's get ourselves comfy on a luxury yacht.
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Arrival at Hurghada airport. Transfer to the marina. Accommodation on a yacht. Meeting-acquaintance. Yacht instruction. Dinner. Night sleep on a yacht.1 - Crossing to SatayaToday we are waiting for the first freediving experience.
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Wake up. Warm up at sunrise. Morning run 3-5 km. Leaving the marina. Breakfast. Sailing to the Sataya reef. Introductory lecture on freediving. Snorkeling at the reef. Lunch. Afternoon lecture. Dinner. Night on the yacht.2 - SatayaGood Morning at the Dolphins Reef!
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Wake up. Warm up at sunrise. Swimming with dolphins. Breakfast. Swimming with dolphins. Lunch. Freediving session (working out diving techniques). Evening lecture. Dinner. Film show. Freediving under the stars. Night on the yacht.3 - SatayaDaily schedule will remain the same, but the experience will be different.
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Wake up. Warm up at sunrise. Morning snorkeling. Breakfast. Swimming with dolphins. Lunch. Freediving session (working out diving techniques). Evening lecture. Dinner. Sharing. Freediving under the stars. Night on the yacht.4 - South LagoonExploring the Southern end of the reef.
____________________________________________________________Wake up. Warm up at sunrise. Morning snorkeling. Breakfast. Moving out to see the caves of South. Lunch. Swimming with dolphins. Evening lecture. Dinner. Sharing. Freediving under the stars. Night on the yacht.
5 - SatayaEvery night we freedive under the stars.
____________________________________________________________Wake up. Warm up at sunrise. Swimming with dolphins. Breakfast. Swimming with dolphins. Lunch. Freediving session. Evening lecture. Dinner. Sharing. Freediving under the stars. Night on the yacht.
6 - SatayaEnjoying the last morning at the reef.
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Wake up. Warm up at sunrise. Swimming with dolphins. Breakfast. Swimming with dolphins. Departure from the reef. Lunch. Visiting desert Seal Island. Farewell dinner. Night on the yacht, sailing back to mainland.7 - FarewellHappy and satisfied, we bring home new experience, emotions and skills.
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Wake up. Warm up at sunrise. Morning run 3-5 km. Breakfast. Farewell sharing. Check out from the yacht. Transfer to the Hurghada airport.8
Price: from € 1950 per person
Prices vary by the room type
Prices vary by the room type
- Standard room€ 1950
- Deluxe room€ 2200 - 2300
- Suite€ 2650
- VIP Suite€ 3000 (Sold out)
- Accommodation at the yacht
- 3-meals a day, snacks / tea available 24h.
- Group transfer from / to the airport
- Instructions for interacting with marine animals
- Freediving lessons (theory and practice)
- Group freediving equipment (buoy, bottom weight, torches)
- Evening practices/lectures
- Reportage underwater video shooting
- Guide and yacht crew services
- Fuel and parking fees and all entrance fees and swimming permits in the National Parks
- Individual freediving equipment (mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, belt - rental can be arranged in advance)
- Airplane tickets to/from Hurghada
- Private transfer from/to the airport (between €40 and €150 if your flight arrival/departure time is very different from the recommended ones)
- Egyptian visa ($25)
- Tips for the yacht's crew (€80/person)
- Individual photo-video session on a yacht / underwater (price on request)
- Individual scuba-diving activities (price upon request)
- An after-program voyage to the turtles and dugong (from €100/person). Overnight event, extra costs for accommodation. Extended date of departure required.
We’re updating the payment system now. Payment by bank transfer is available. Please contact us by clicking “BOOK IN” or at social media to discuss on payment options.
Sataya
Picturesque reef, 30 km away from the coast. Habitat for spinner and bottlenose dolphins
Picturesque reef 30 km away from the coast. Habitat for spinner and bottlenose dolphins
About us
Oleg and Ksenia Glybchenko
Organizers
Freedivers, happy parents of 4 children, in love with the sea. First time tried freediving back in 2011, we have been diving and travelling a lot to various seas and oceans since then. During last 2 years we reside in Egypt.
Ksenia is the ideological inspirer and organizer of the trip to the dolphins. Organizes maritime family trips since 2012. Certified as a swimming instructor for children aged 0 to 4. An excellent guide to the underwater world for beginners to get acquainted with freediving.
Oleg put on a diving mask for the first time 10 years ago. Now he is a certificated freediver (4th wave Molchanovs) and dives to a depth of -90m (VWT). In October 2020, he participated in deep competitions in Egypt. Oleg trains and assists in coaching at Touch Down School. He is known as an attentive instructor and a reliable guide to the depths (and back).
Ksenia is the ideological inspirer and organizer of the trip to the dolphins. Organizes maritime family trips since 2012. Certified as a swimming instructor for children aged 0 to 4. An excellent guide to the underwater world for beginners to get acquainted with freediving.
Oleg put on a diving mask for the first time 10 years ago. Now he is a certificated freediver (4th wave Molchanovs) and dives to a depth of -90m (VWT). In October 2020, he participated in deep competitions in Egypt. Oleg trains and assists in coaching at Touch Down School. He is known as an attentive instructor and a reliable guide to the depths (and back).
Irina Tsukanova
Traveler, entrepreneur. Owner of the More Than Travel
Travels for happiness for more than ten years:
- 54 countries
- 350+ unique trips with experts
- 80+ destinations
- 50+ involved experts
Irina swam with whales with the cameraman of the film "Oceans", descended into the craters of volcanoes with the country's most famous volcanologist, danced on the table visiting Slava Polunin, reached Antarctica with Dmitry Krylov and his "Unlucky Notes", plans to walk-trough all the continents.
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FAQ
You will need: mask, snorkel, fins, wetsuit, belt.
If you already have your freediving equipment, take it with you. If you want to buy something now, we advise you to pay attention to:
- Wetsuit 3mm or thinner. In the Russian Federation, they are sewn by Molchanovs, Auqa Discovery, Buni, etc. There are also many famous international companies like Polo Sub, Elios, Best Dive, Hydra, Cetma Composites
- Freediving mask with minimal mask space, such as: Aqua Sphere / Molchanovs (good, but lenses scratch), Technisub Micromask, Cressi Minima, Mares FreeX, Mares Samurai, Scubapro
- Children's mask for 0 - 3 years: Aqualung Reef/Mix
- Children's mask for 4 - 10 years: Cressi Moon Kid
- Freediving snorkel - plastic or silicone snorkel (not frontal).
- Freediving fins, the longer and softer the plastic, the better: Cressi Gara 3000 LD, Gara 3000, Seac Sub, Sopras. For experienced freedivers, pack your carbon/glass from Carbonio GFT, Cetma, Alchemy hellas, Molchanovs, Sargan, 2befree, Leaderfins, Flippers, etc., they will come in handy.
- Rubber weightbelt for freediving with Marseilles buckle
We’re updating the payment system now. Payment by bank transfer is available. Please contact us by clicking “BOOK IN” or at social media to discuss on payment options.
The program includes daily three meals a day on the yacht, as well as all accommodation and almost all movements on the ground (except for an individual transfer from the airport). Therefore, you may need cash in a minimum amount for:
- your own-planned pre- or post-program activities
- buying drinks/souvenirs/grosseries at marina
- individual photo-shooting or scuba-diving activities onboard
- payment for an individual transfer
- tips for the ship's crew
In the reef lagoon, in the place where the yacht is anchored, the depth is from -6 to -12 m. The maximum possible depth for installing a buoy is -30m. It is quite enough to perform good and useful exercises and productive training. This is if you get bored with dolphins, although we have not seen this yet.
It is quite warm in the south of Egypt, but a hoodie or sweatshirt with sleeves and leggings or pants will not hurt - you might like to sleep under the stars. The wind is almost always blowing on the reef, so a light surfer cap will also be useful. For the winter months (November - March) it is recommended to bring warm pants and a hoodie, as well as a windbreaker or windstopper.
How to book the trip
Contact us in any way convenient for you to book a place and get answers to any questions you may have about the journey
info.dolphinstrip@gmail.com