Excursions to the Eastern Desert are available. Take a camel trek or a jeep/quad bike safari around the region. On the way you can stop at a traditional Bedouin oasis, and experience the local flavour. You can also catch some desert wild life at the Wadi Gimal National Park.
Along the desert road to Marsa Aslam, at Kanais, lies a small rock-cut temple built by Seti I (1305-1290 BC). A little further, you’ll come across prehistoric rock inscriptions of hunting scenes and trading expeditions. Also on this route are the ancient gold and emerald mines in the mountains south of town; today it is rich only in phosphate.
When here visit the tomb of 13th-century Sufi Sheikh Sayyed El-Shazli. A moulid is celebrated here on the fifteenth day of the Islamic month of Shawal every year.  
Marsa Alam has the most beautiful coral reefs and exotic marine life, which makes it a popular diving location. Some of the more known sites here include: Elphinstone (famous for its hammerheads), Samadai or Dolphin Reef, the famous St Johns Reef, Abu Dabab, Shaab Marsa Alam, Daedalus Reef, Shaab Sharm (Gota Sharm), Habili Gamal and many more. 
 
Take an excursion to Zabargad, a mountain rising out of the sea; it is surrounded by a lagoon and a circular reef with lots of ghostly shipwrecks.

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