Marsa Nakari Village

Amazing place with an even great staff. // Place Is secluded from all the scams and noise from bigger cities. You quickly feel welcome and the pure contrast to the people you met at the airport. Has some very beautiful house reefs as well as curated exhibitions off-site where you can both go snorkeling and diving. Great for experiencing the underwater life in your own tempo and pleasantry. The chalet we lived in was a very nice place to call home for our week-long stay and there was not far between dive shade, cafe area, restaurant and living areas // Staff Makes your experience feel very personalized. They remember you, will share laughs and language lingo and make sure that you have everything you need. This also goes for the diving instructors, who makes sure you feel safe, which ables you to explore and take in the beautiful coral reefs. Special shout-out to Ahmed, who tought us our PADI course in a fun and learning way and remained a patient and firm hand throughout the experience - also as a general diving instructor once we were finished with the course. Disclaimer - the place is very laid back and figures situations out as they come, with a day to day mindset. So if you need everything organized and pin-point planned, you might have a different experience

After many times in Marsa Shagra we decided to try Nakari. Good choice. Only enthusiastic divers and snorkelers were there in this quiet season (first half of December). Great crowd to lunch and dine with, in the restaurant that is as good as in Shagra. Same with the diving shop and instructors: great! Friends after a week, never not in for a good plan, excellent instructions and supervision. The house reef is beyond anything seen before, and so are the dive sites. This is the truth! We stayed in a Luxury Chalet. No Aircon is needed in December and totally quiet at night. Marsa Nakari is far from anywhere, and there are no day guests, just your buddies to dive with. The equipment is fine, and the bottles are full. Marsa Nakari is totally recommended. And we plan to come back!

If you like to dive or snorkel and you want to escape the horrors of places like Hurghada or so called luxury resorts, you have to go to Marsa Nakari. It is one of the 3 eco resorts from Red Sea Diving Safari. It is a beautiful laid back place, it has in front a great house reef, and in the back the desert mountains. We slept in a tent which was really nice, but you can also choose for a room. The staff is great, from the housekeepers to the dive instructors. It looks like they all get along very well, and they really try to make your stay as good as possible. They are very concerned with the environment and the health of the reefs, and offer you very nice trips close to Marsa Nakari. And on top of that all, the food is great! We had a wonderful time. Henk and Elisabeth

We stayed a week in each of the 3 eco villages: Shagra, Nakari and Lahami. In each place the staff were helpful and friendly, but Nakari gave us the best experience. There was a warmth and camaraderie about the place that made the whole experience incredibly enjoyable. Dive staff - we are snorkellers, and all dive staff did their best to accommodate us on excursions and chatted to us about our experiences. (You can sometimes be treated as secondary to divers in some resorts.) It was casual but effective. All were great but Monty, Mustapha and Mahmoud made a big difference. And we felt safe and confident with Mahmoud, one of the boat captains. He efficiently battled high waves and spotted and steered around the dolphins. Katy was great to talk to, knowledgeable and helpful in identifying fish. Other staff - Ahmet the accommodation manager was informative and helpful (no point in saying 'friendly' as they all were), the guy in Reception so cheerful and interesting, doing his best with the crazy wifi slips of paper, the cafe guy and waiters and the chefs were all brilliant - I know I am gushing, but their positive attitude made such an impact on us. Snorkelling - the house reef is less interesting than Shagra and I think the coral is less colourful than five years ago, but the bay is still full of great creatures, especially the South side. We saw shoals of juvenile barracuda, a lot of porcupine fish (larger ones outside the bay), trevallies chasing striped mackerel, several blue spotted sting rays, a white tipped reef shark and a beautiful group of scrawled filefish - plus all the other usual suspects. Accommodation - we stayed in a chalet, which was fine. Great shower, room cleaned properly every day, kettle with coffee and tea, functioning a/c. Food - a highlight. Usually a selection of beef, chicken and fish plus pasta, a range of salads and vegetables, different types of bread and incredible puddings. Fruit, rice, eggs and beans for breakfast. The best night was a barbecue with chicken and kofta. All the grilled fish was good. And thank you for the football! (NB there is construction happening at the top end of the site that looks as if it will be there for a while. It was occasionally intrusive but did not detract from our holiday.)