Emperor Elite, Egypt

Name: South and St. Johns (Marsa Ghalib - Marsa Ghalib)
Start: 2027-03-25
End: 2027-04-01
Location: Egypt

9.2 Superb

Nitrox available
Free Internet
Free Nitrox
En-Suite bathrooms
Aircon Cabins
Warm Water Showers

from $ 119 / day Check dates

“The crew in particular made it extraordinary: so friendly, helpful and always in a good mood – I felt completely at home.”
Janne Marieke H, Germany

Highlights

All port, fuel, and park fees are included
Winner of Best Liveaboard 2020, voted by DIVE magazine
Choice of contemporary standard cabins and 2 suites
Free Nitrox, Free Wi-Fi, and Free red wine with dinner

M/Y Emperor Elite, Egypt, is a 38m custom-built liveaboard offering year-round diving to some of the best sites in the Red Sea. She can accommodate up to 26 guests with a crew of 10 on hand to ensure their satisfaction. With an emphasis on comfort, Emperor Elite has 13 cabins equipped with individual air conditioning and en suite bathrooms. 8 standard cabins are on the lower deck, 3 premium twin cabins on various decks, then 1 Premium Executive suite, and 1 double Junior suite on the upper deck. Emperor Elite features two air-conditioned salons with a bar and TV/Video/DVD/CD, and a large shaded sundeck for relaxing.

Your diving holiday aboard Emperor Elite Egypt includes a shared cabin, 7 nights onboard, buffet-style meals, soft drinks, red wine with dinner, 6 days of diving, local transfers, guide, tanks, weights, environmental tax, Marine Park fees, port departure fees, and free Nitrox fills. Two dive guides are available to assist divers with at least 2 dives per day on the Red Sea. MY Emperor Elite sails year-round from Hurghada and Marsa Ghalib Port and offers numerous itineraries, including Simply the Best, South and St John’s, Reefs and Wrecks, and Red Sea sharks.

Trips aboard Emperor liveaboards include all port and park fees, free Nitrox, and even complimentary wine, while you will never be charged extra for itinerary or fuel surcharges. What you see is what you pay.

An Emperor Elite Egypt liveaboard diving holiday is a fantastic adventure. Book today.

Emperor Elite is part of the Emperor Fleet, which operates dive liveaboards in Egypt, the Maldives, and Indonesia.

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19 Nov

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,904

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26 Nov

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,680

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17 Dec

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,456

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24 Dec

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,456

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31 Dec

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,456

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07 Jan

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,456

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04 Mar

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,568

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11 Mar

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,568

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18 Mar

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,512

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25 Mar

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,568

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01 Apr

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,736

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08 Apr

8 Days / 7 Nights

$ 1,792

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Included: VAT, Fuel Surcharge, National Park Fees, Port Fees, Airport Transfer, Hotel Transfer, Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Wine with Dinner, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Special Dinner, Diving Package, Extra Dives, Nitrox, Cabin Towels, Deck Towels, WiFi internet.

Optional Extras: Gratuities (€120-150), Alcoholic Beverages (€3.50), Nitrox Course (€160), Private Dive Guide (€599), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses (€69-250).

Book now, pay later: You can easily place your booking online. We will then hold the spaces for you and you can confirm with a payment later.

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Boat features

Free Internet
En-Suite bathrooms
Aircon Cabins
Warm Water Showers
Air Conditioned saloon
Sun Deck
Seaview Cabins
Custom built for diving
Charging stations
Indoor Saloon
Library
Audio & video entertainment
Available for Charter
Local & International Crew
Daily housekeeping
Bar

Food & Drinks

Beer available
Snacks All Day
Buffet style
Western Food
Local Food

If you have any specific dietary requirements whilst on-board your cruise, you can add this to your special requests on step 2 of the booking form. We advise limiting these requests to religious beliefs or food allergies.

Diving

Nitrox available
Free Nitrox
Shaded Diving Area
DIN Adaptors
Rebreather Support
Dive deck
Tenders for diving

Languages Spoken

The crew speaks English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, and Italian.

Gear Rental

Equipment is available for rent on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. If the rental gear is not included in the price, you will need to pay for it on board the boat. Show prices

Drawings & Vessel Layouts

Cabin Types

Boat Specifications

Year built: 2006

Year renovated: 2015

Length: 38 meters

Beam: 8 meters

Engines: 2 x 764HP Caterpiller

Max guests: 26

Number of cabins: 13

Number of bathrooms: 14

Tenders: 2 x Zodiacs

Water capacity: 11000 L / Day & storage

Freshwater maker: 15000 liters per day

Boat navigation and safety

Radar
Depth Sounder
GPS
Radio VHF/DSC/SSB
Emergency Rafts
Life Vests
Fire Alarm & Fire Extinguishers
Oxygen
First Aid Kits
Satellite & mobile phones
Crew trained in first aid
Emergency flares

Emperor Elite Reviews

9.2 Superb

Vessel

8.7
Crew

9.3
Food

9.6
Diving

9.1
Value

9.1

10 Exceptional
Waleed H
United Kingdom

Excellent boat, crew, guides, food and diving!
With so much diving it’s so nice to have a hot shower, good food and a very luxurious boat to relax in between dives and in the evening
Recommended for
Great food, helpful crew, high quality everything
11 Nov, 2023

9.6 Exceptional
Alessio F
Italy

Excellent
Great liveaboard. Remote route where you often end up being the only boat on the site. Very well organised boat, everything was great.
Recommended for
Contact with nature. Organization. Space management.
15 Jul, 2025

Translated from Italian

10 Exceptional
Kuonen M
Switzerland

An unforgettable experience
The whole package was great!
Recommended for
The food was super tasty, the crew very helpful and friendly and the boat very spacious and beautiful.
04 Aug, 2022

Translated from German

10 Exceptional
Frederick P
United States

Our first liveaboard and absolutely the best experience with an amazing group of people!
the swim throughs, meeting so many amazing people, the dive guides, the food
Recommended for
THE PEOPLE
17 Jun, 2023

10 Exceptional
Stuart A
United Kingdom

Better than a 5 star hotel
There were highlights for each dive, but being on scuba with a pod of 14+ dolphins around us for almost 10 minutes was incredible. Diving the Thistlegorm has been a goal ever since I started diving 18 years ago, and being able to dive it 3 times, one after the other was truly a wonderful experience. Our guides and boat went to great efforts to ensure that the sites we visited were easy to dive without there being the need to swim too far or be overwhelmed by other diving tours - Most of the time we felt like we were the nylon divers there, and the Red Sea belonged to us. We will definitely be back!
Recommended for
The crew were always friendly, helpful and willing to assist with anything and everything to do with our stay on board as well the diving experience, whether it was gearing up, gearing down for diving, or waiting for you with a warm drink after a cool night dive. We always felt welcome on-board. The dive guides were incredibly knowledgeable about each site we visited, and always acted with our best interests in mind, ensuring both our enjoyment and safety. The meals on board are just out of this world.
11 Feb, 2019

9.6 Exceptional
Patricia S
Switzerland

Very nice tour
The guides, the crew, the food was great. At the dive sites we were mostly alone, except for Elphinstone.
Recommended for
The friendly crew. The food. The diving spots.
23 Jul, 2026

Translated from German

9.6 Exceptional
Andrei P
Sweden

Good
We visited a lot of different dive site - great opportunity to discover new places and reefs. We traveled a lot.
Recommended for
Friendly and helpful crew; we visited a lot of different dive spots, We were allowed to change the itinerary a bit when we, the divers decided to go to Elphinstone the last day
20 Apr, 2017

10 Exceptional
SANDRA N
Canada

Fabulous!
The dolphin and shark encounter! The service on board was fabulous, and the people were smiling and attentive. Whether it was the guys on the wet deck or the chef and captain everything was awesome!! Thank you
Recommended for
Sly, Dive master, food and service!!
01 Jul, 2019

Translated from French

10 Exceptional
Nico F
Germany

Perfect first liveaboard
Great crew and perfect service.
Recommended for
Crew. Diving. Organization.
02 Nov, 2025

Translated from German

9.2 Superb
Marco S
Germany

Successful safari
Diving with the Longimanus in a group, beautiful reefs and partition walls
Recommended for
Diving with the Longimanus, beautiful reefs, great diving communities.
06 Oct, 2023

Translated from German

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9.2 Superb
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10 Exceptional
Pol S
Spain

Amazing Diving Safari in the Red Sea
The liveaboard experience was amazing. The boat itself was very spacious and provide the divers all the necessary services to be as relaxed as possible and only focused on diving. The itinerary was great, selecting the dive sites carefully and giving very detailed briefings of each site. The food was excellent, having a wide variety of dishes and desserts. Overall, a perfect place to do a liveaboard trip.
Recommended for
Diving, Comfort and Food
21 Nov, 2019

9.6 Exceptional
Tobias P
Germany

Living life to the fullest
The trip ended way better than I expected, even though my expectations were already high. The Crew makes you feel like in a 5 Star Resort and the diving was incredible
Recommended for
The Crew. The spontaneous change of dive sites. The food.
16 Mar, 2026

10 Exceptional
Jean alexandre V
Canada

Semaine incroyable
Shipwreck, and some nice divespot and all night dive awesome
Recommended for
Lovely staff, good equipment, good food
13 Jan, 2023

9.2 Superb
Victor R
Colombia

Amazing experience, briefings very detailed and the crew was very friendly and helpful.
Beautiful diving sites and plenty of marine life.
Recommended for
Briefings, good food and diving sites.
13 Dec, 2021

10 Exceptional
Pauline P
United States

Excellent and safety-focussed liveaboard
We had a wonderful time on the emperor elite - this is our second liveaboard and we were so impressed with the safety protocols in place, how helpful the entire crew was and the food was amazing. Would recommend
Recommended for
Staff,safety,food!
04 Aug, 2022

8.4 Very good
andrew J
United Kingdom

A great week
Saw a turtle and baby dolphin for the firest time. Crew were amazing, all ways ready to help.
Recommended for
Crew, food, divind
03 Jan, 2017

10 Exceptional
Louise R
United Kingdom

Fantastic experience for a relatively new diver
Excellent guiding and advice Lovely experience and variety of dives Good company Helpful and supportive throughout Catering for my dietary needs and giving me individual meals
Recommended for
Itinerary. Staff and crew. Safety.
26 Sep, 2025

10 Exceptional
Daniel J
South Africa

The best way to dive! Possibly the best way to travel!
After having a rather disappointing experience in Egypt due to our baggage having been severely delayed, arriving at Hurgharda Airport to find an Emperor transfer bus (Who was collecting other guests, we had missed a connecting flight due to lost baggage) and a friendly well spoken driver who immediately began to put us at ease, offering us wifi to contact our worried family and calling the office to make other required arrangements. This was just the beginning, but most definitely characteristic of the amazing service we came to expect from the staff of the Emperor Elite and Emperor staff in general. Our cruise was amazing, the boat was clean and well kept and well stocked, we wanted for nothing. The chefs did a wonderful job, providing plenty well prepared delicious dishes throughout. The crew on board were friendly and helpful. Exceptionally so. The diving was extraordinary and will remain a cherished memory for as long as I live. The dive guides were impeccable and will remain friends for a long time to come. I would most definitely recommend a trip to the red sea with Emperor and if possible on the Elite.
Recommended for
Dolphins were the absolute highlight, the friendly service and the comfortable accommodations were a close second
12 Jan, 2018

10 Exceptional
niels V
Denmark

simply the best
very good
Recommended for
sharks hospitality
13 Apr, 2015

10 Exceptional
Ran Y
China

A wonderful liveaboard diving trip
The dive guides are experienced, professional, safety-oriented, and highly disciplined. The crew members are warm-hearted, humorous, and provide attentive service. A rich and varied selection of food and drinks is served daily. We also met many new dive buddies here and had a wonderful liveaboard diving trip together.
Recommended for
The enthusiastic and humorous crew members. Rich and delicious food. Interesting dive buddies.
13 Oct, 2025

9.2 Superb
Nils M
Germany

The cabin was OK (my room mate was snoaring very load...) food really prefact - thanks - diving as expected - nice.
The biggest moray eel ever - Big George!!
Recommended for
Diving, food - that's it!
25 Dec, 2022

9.2 Superb
Casper M
Denmark

Amazing intensive dive experience
It was a super great experience. The emperor crew went to great lengts to accomodate the guest and give them the best dive experience possible.
Recommended for
Service level, atmosphere, dive sites
29 Jan, 2020

10 Exceptional
Susan W
United Kingdom

Highly recommended! I would struggle to find anything that was sub-standard.
I really could not fault the crew and the quality of the trip. To a man, the crew were outstanding and I was really impressed with how seriously and thoroughly safety was always the primary concern. It was very reassuring.
Recommended for
Crew safety, service and friendliness. Guides. All were great and I had an unbelievably good night dive with Saif who was awesome!. Food was of a really high standard, varied, well presented and very tasty!.
03 Mar, 2026

9.2 Superb
Marc T
Switzerland

Great week with lovely crew
Lucy, the cruise director/diveguide Wonderful corals Hammerhead and Longimanus Nightdive with a friendly and curious octopus
Recommended for
diving, crew and the good price
24 Nov, 2023

9.6 Exceptional
Markus M
Germany

A great and relaxed diving holiday with friends.
Dive with curious hammerhead sharks for 20 minutes, experience the Egyptian hospitality, international and experienced divers, don't have to worry about anything
Recommended for
Dancing with Hammerheads, friendly and courteous service, perfect organization
17 Jul, 2023

10 Exceptional
Justin G
Italy

Ringing in the New Years properly!
Great 8 days aboard Emperor Elite. From start to finish the team was incredibly hospitable and supportive. Due to delays I missed my connection flight and Emperor worked with me to arrange a transfer at 3:30am and still get me on the boat before departure. Each day the diving, food, and housekeeping was on point and everyone was friendly. Perhaps due to world affairs at the moment, the route, etc, the SS Thistlegorm and other sites were never more than 4 boats. We were lucky in having an incredible encounter with a pod of 15 dolphins. Lots of marine life and beautiful hard and soft coral. I’ll be keeping eye out on other itineraries for this boat.
Recommended for
Dive spots, hospitality, dive guides
06 Jan, 2024

9.2 Superb
Rebecca B
Switzerland

Astonishing Week with tons of fun diving
St. John's Caves where very beautiful and I liked the night dives a lot. The people were all friendly and the crew was helpful and courteous
Recommended for
sharks, food, the drinks after diving
23 Sep, 2022

10 Exceptional
Michael R
Switzerland

Perfect diving trip
The dive sites we visited were great, the reefs are stunning. We also had great divemasters and a fantastic crew on board to help and assist with everything. The food was also really good. Definitely would go with Emperor again.
Recommended for
Divemasters, crew, dive sites
04 Aug, 2022

9.6 Exceptional
Annika A
Germany

Great diving experience in the Red Sea
The food was exceptional and diving was quite nice. We couldn't go to St. John's because of the weather, but Deadalus and Elphinstone totally made up for it. The crew made the best decision under this circumstances, but also involved us in the decision. Saw hammerhead sharks, oceanic white tips, turtles and loads of colorful reef fishes. The crew is very nice and helpful all the time, so you can enjoy your diving holiday. Highly recommended if you plan a trip to the Red Sea.
Recommended for
food, diving
01 Jun, 2017

9.6 Exceptional
Simon L
Germany

Southern Solitude
This year I decided to go on the big southern tour with the Emperor Elite and was not disappointed. We had a wonderful week on the boat and were able to explore great dive sites day and night. The atmosphere on the boat was always excellent and we laughed a lot and heartily, about an uminous camel in the lower deck, the rare Red Sea bikini fish and much more, fun was always :-)...The organization of the trip was very good and the start in Port Gahlib was very relaxing. The cabins were good and the food was great. I found it particularly positive that we didn't go back to the port until the day of departure and stayed out at sea for a long time, so that we did 21 dives on the 6 days of diving. Many thanks to Abdul, Eslam, Lucy and the rest of the crew for the great experience and see you soon.
Recommended for
Wonderful dive sites, great group and a great crew.
26 Apr, 2024