Emperor Superior, Egypt

Great value for money

“No particular hightlights”

Nicolas M, Belgium Belgium
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Highlights

  • Custom built by divers, for divers
  • Great setup for underwater photographers
  • Complimentary Nitrox, WiFi, and red wine at dinner
  • All port, fuel, and park fees are included

The Emperor Superior, a member of the Emperor Fleet of liveaboards, offers fantastic year-round diving in the Egyptian Red Sea. She caters to 26 guests in 13 staterooms with four different cabin options. All cabins have a private ensuite bathroom, individually controlled AC, storage space, and two towels per guest. The spacious air-conditioned salon with an entertainment system and dining room serves freshly prepared cuisine throughout the day. There is also an al-fresco lounge at the front of the main deck, perfect for dolphin spotting or enjoying a drink with fellow divers at the end of the day. Two sundecks with loungers mean ample space for all guests to relax between dives.

Itineraries aboard the Emperor Superior liveaboard are week-long, many of which offer more than 21 dives per trip, ensuring divers get the most out of their Red Sea dive safari. With camera set-up stations, charging areas, and dedicated rinse tanks, she is a photographer's dream. The dive deck has individual gear storage, ample space for all divers to get ready comfortably, and two dive tenders to make getting to and from the dive sites hassle-free.

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.

Join the experienced and professional crew of the Emperor Superior for your Red Sea diving safari. Book online today.

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

Optional Extras: Dive Insurance (7 EUR), Travel Insurance, Gratuities (75 EUR), Airport Transfer (12-58 EUR per activity), Alcoholic Beverages (3.50 EUR), Nitrox Course (160 EUR), Private Dive Guide (599 EUR), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses (69-250 EUR).

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Boat features

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

Food & Drinks

  • Western Food
  • Local Food
  • Buffet style
  • Beer available
  • Snacks All Day
  • Free Wine w/Dinner
  • Fine Wines Selection
  • Free Soft Drinks
  • Wine Available
  • Full-board Option

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

  • DIN Adaptors
  • Nitrox available
  • Tech diving
  • Rebreather Support
  • Rinse Hoses
  • Dive deck
  • Tenders for diving
  • Free Nitrox

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


Gear Rental

There is diving gear available on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. See below for further details on inclusions and pricing. Show prices.


Drawings & Vessel Layouts

#deckplan floorplan

Boat Specifications

  • Year built 2004
  • Year renovated 2015
  • Length 37 meters
  • Beam 8.3 meters
  • Engines 2 x turbo 764HP
  • Max guests 25
  • Number of cabins 13
  • Number of bathrooms 13
  • Tenders 2 x Zodiacs
  • Water capacity 11000 L / Day & storage
  • Freshwater maker 2 x 11'000 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
  • Search light
  • Crew trained in first aid
  • Emergency flares

Emperor Superior Reviews

  • 8.9 Fabulous
  1. Vessel
    8.1
  2. Crew
    8.8
  3. Food
    9.6
  4. Diving
    9.2
  5. Value
    8.9
  • 7.2 Good
  • Nicolas M
  • Belgium Belgium
Good experience with Diving Emperor

No particular hightlights

Recommended for
The other guests on the boat, and the overall organisation meeting expectations
  • 8.4 Very good
  • Ricardo R
  • Italy Italy
Awesome experience

All the crew members are awesome, they made this trip unforgettable. The dive sites are indestructible

Recommended for
Crew, dive sites, equipment
  • 8.4 Very good
  • Christian R
  • Switzerland Switzerland
Third time, would come for a fourth time

As allways, great boat, nice crew, super food. Just one negative comment, some of the rooms might need minor renevation as soom door handles aso are broken.

Recommended for
Food, Dive, Boat
  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Jacek P
  • Poland Poland
Emperor Superior Adventure

Great service and crew knowledge in most professionally chosen dive sites. Highly recommend

Recommended for
Friendly Atmosphere, Great Dive Sites,
  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Cheryl R
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom
One of the best!

Seeing dolphins, octopus and the rejuvenated coral

Recommended for
Crew, most dive sites, Sun areas
  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Andreas R
  • Germany Germany
we had an exciting week with excellent dives and an unbeatable crew

ss thistlegorm, ras mohammed and dunraven wreck in one day

Recommended for
great dive sites, helpful and friendly crew, great food
  • 9.2 Superb
  • Tamas S
  • Hungary Hungary
Great week on the Red Sea

Super friendly crew, great dive locations and great food. The boat itself is a bit old and sometimes it shows: small things break every once in a while, but the crew always fixed them very quickly, so its really not that big of a deal!

Recommended for
Wrecks, Food,
  • 8.0 Very good
  • colin M
  • Ireland Ireland
Nice trip but cabin toilet was broken which made cabin smelly and uncomfortable.

First good dives in a long time. Diving with dolphins. Nice time on board with crew and guests.

Recommended for
Great crew, great guests, nice diving.
  • 4.4 Review score
  • Mark O
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom
Very very poor liveaboard

None - very unsatisfactory even for a middle range liveaboard. No cold beer on boat on day of arrival - no welcome drink or opportunity to meet other guests on first night socially Ice only provided occasionally Our room was very poor with a flood from the portholes half way through the trip saturating all our clothes in sea water (we had two day city break in Athens afterwards and had tide marks and stained clothing). Crew did not attempt to assist with drying our clothes Bins in bathroom emptied sporadically (cannot flush paper in toilet) - Only had hot/medium hot water once for a shower in our room Only soap provided was liquid handwash - I had to find a bar of soap from another guest and one of the crew let me have some shampoo I had diarrhoea from day two of the trip that lasted throughout and still does - this meant I lost 4 dives and felt/feel very unwell Food was very poor and I believe not kept properly - this excludes the deserts which were very well made and presented. Itinerary was not put up to give the guest the plan for the day. More than once when I asked the dive leader the dive times I was advised I would be told later - she has since apologised Limited number of dive sites (we did the Thistelgorm 4 times) Bedlinen was not changed nor were beds made during the week. The sheets were in a very poor condition Our room number 1 was directly above engines and there was a constant smell of diesel. Our Nitrox fills were usually only 30% and not the standard 32% We told the dive leader on our arrival that we would like a different room (we were given room 1) and that we were longstanding Emperor guests (15 years +) but she did not believe us and said later that we had only booked twice previously. It seems that if you do not book with Emperor direct they disregard you. The last night of the trip when we were due to leave the boat to go into town we had to wait to have a chat with the CEO. We were very unhappy about this as we were not given the opportunity to decline and furthermore we were unable to raise issues as the dive leader also participated in the meeting which meant we would have had to confront and be critical to her face/personally. We will not be travelling again with Emperor. The treatment we received was very poor and displayed a total lack of customer care. If a guest advises that they have been travelling on a boat numerous times previously, I recommend the company defaults to accept the assertion rather than confront the guest that they were lying!!!! Shockingly bad. I did not mention the lewd manner of the "Gas Man" who stared unashamedly at female guests, commented in whispered voice, and made inappropriate physical contact. This I raised during the trip and was told that the crew member would be approached regarding this.

Recommended for
Dive support crew, deserts,
  • 7.2 Good
  • Roxane P
  • France France
Good trip

The Red Sea never disappoints - but the trip route ended up disappointing and the boat and zodiacs had a few issues

Recommended for
The Red Sea, the food, staff friendliness