Makadi Bay Resort

The Makadi Bay resort  is superb, a lot more beautiful than Hurghada, even though it’s farther, around 35-40 km’s of  Hurghada, but it’s not as busy, you get a feeling of space, privacy.

As well, the Makadi Bay is famous for snorkel and diving, and I for one adore this kind of activities, thus it’s a mall underwater paradise for exploration.

It’s sensational to dive in such a place, and it must be tried… it’s a fantastic sensation of freedom, you feel light, close to the gods, when you dive. You see with your own eyes these wonderful beings, in their own living environment, you touch them, admire them …

Another plus of Makady Bay is it’s beach.

The beach is very wide, sandy, and the water is warm, even at the beginning of January you could bathe without any problems.

Wrapping that up, visit Makadi Bay, it’s special, something else than Hurghada: aerated, new buildings, sandy beach, quality hotels, corals, diving, adventure in the desert, sensational sunsets and a lot of adrenaline.

Egypt is a poor country, and poverty is a phenomena that hits you from the very first moments in which you make contact with their civilization.

It’s incredible how a country with such resources, with such a past,  such an opulent history and an ancient civilization that was so advanced, now struggles in a abject poverty… hard to imagine.

On the other hand there’s an “Egypt” for tourists that sells very well, an opulent “Egypt”, idyllic and without worries, and there’s another “Egypt”, the one that belongs to the workers, which struggle to buy a bowl of cheap food… This comparison is scary.

I’ve been marked by the difference in livelihood. Amongst the tourists there were some that seemed unhappy with certain services, of course … there’s always the “unhappy-tourist” category … and there were some negative comments.

But seeing in what poverty the people struggled, I was becoming terrified… I couldn’t be unhappy with anything, even though some of my friends had some commentaries to make about certain services!! God, for those people our hotel was probably a opulent “palace”, where they served chosen goods, at which they wouldn’t even dream of!!!

Thus going on a trip, in a poor country, with extremely poor and simple people you have to be content with what’s given to you, because for them it’s enormous.

That is the risk here, once you leave the hotel you get hit by poverty, misery, the struggle to survive… At least that’s how I saw Egypt:  extreme luxury combined with degrading poverty.

Vacation Trips

Besides the vacation trips which you definitely need to acquire, namely, the impressive Luxor, the Krnak temple which is fabulous, Hatseput’s temple, Valley of the Kings, the pyramids – which if you don’t visit … you came to Egypt for nothing (but of which I’ll be talking another time), locally you can take on the Jeep-Safari or ATV safari trips or camels and go through the desert at a Bedouin village, the outing is sensational and you’ll have a blast.

Besides the fabulous diving which you can practice and where you`ll see a huge palette of underwater livelihood, I recommend you a submarine trip, it’s super funny.

Another particular thing is windsurfing. And this means adrenaline at its maximum. So, you got how to spend your time, regardless of age, options, what’s important is that you want to do something else than the well known “all-inclusive”.

Red Sea Diving

As well, the Makadi Bay is famous for snorkel and diving, and I for one adore this kind of activities, thus it’s a mall underwater paradise for exploration.

It’s sensational to dive in such a place, and it must be tried… it’s a fantastic sensation of freedom, you feel light, close to the gods, when you dive. You see with your own eyes these wonderful beings, in their own living environment, you touch them, admire them …

Besides the fabulous diving which you can practice and where you`ll see a huge palette of underwater livelihood, I recommend you a submarine trip, it’s super funny.

Of course the multicolored corals, but which you mustn’t touch … are a “must see”.

If you are afraid of diving, you can take the submarine thus you`ll see the corals as well.

It’s very funny on the submarine, because it’s something very small and at first glance it looks like a toy “cauldron” painted in yellow… it seems funny because it floats, let alone dive… But look, the small screaming-yellow submarine dives, besides the ship-crew makes a kind of underwater animation.

You must see the underwater life; get a grip to do “something else”, because Egypt means adventure.

Another particular thing is windsurfing. And this means adrenaline at its maximum. So, you got how to spend your time, regardless of age, options, what’s important is that you want to do something else than the well known “all-inclusive”.

Safari Trips

Locally you can take on the Jeep-Safari or ATV safari trips (or camels) and go through the desert at a Bedouin village, the outing is sensational and you’ll have a blast.

Don’t forget your sunglasses for protection as well buy from there some special scarves, with which you cover your head and protect yourself from the sand. Covered in those scarves you will become yourself small Bedouins in search of adventure.

In the desert, sandstorms come out of nowhere and you must be prepared for anything, that’s why the safari equipment is a sports one. The desert is a hostile environment and you can expect anything over there.

It’s very adventurous and you`ll have superb memories from the Jeep Safari, it’s a moment of exploration in which you get to know the sand dunes from the adventurer’s perspective, but the road is sinuous and jerky, so … be careful!

The ATV’s are relatively unstable, and they need to be driven carefully, not to mention the camels, they’re not easy but definitely sensational.

The entire excursion is being filmed by an operator, thus you have the occasion to buy the DVD… You’ll have a blast from it.

With the ATV, Jeep, or camel you reach a Bedouin village where you will be able to see the local traditions, enjoy dinner and admire the sunset up on a sand dune.

Some Bedouins will dance for you (everybody is expecting the women to dance, but the men will dance, because the women won’t expose themselves) in the dark … at torch light.

Coming back to the hotel will be done late at night, on a long and ticklish track, and a bit scary… but it’s worth it, it’s special!! Your one day stroll is really adventurous!

Around two years ago we arrived in Makadi bay, it was a cold winter… Anyways, Egypt is a touristic destination all year round, it’s always warm there, in Hurghada the winter is around 20-25 degrees. In conclusion we chose Egypt as a winter destination.

We’ve chosen a hotel from Makadi Bay – Le Meridien 5 stars and we were eagerly waiting to leave. The airport was overcrowded, the plane was full of tourists that were searching for sun; after a flight that took a few hours, and we were in Egypt … warmth, sun and dunes.

A bus transported us to our hotel, which was pretty far from the airport and of Hurghada, in a quiet place, ventilated and where you could only see vast and endless sands.

The buss-trip till there is excellent, because the highway is wide and the infrastructure is very well built. Also the safety is very high, the busses were escorted (at least in the winter of 2008 when we were there) and there’s a permanent control (probably because of the fear of bombing attempts).

Le Meridien hotel 5* was ok, it was stretching on a vast surface, and it had a huge pool, there were many different bodies for the building, a garden with luxurious plants, terraces, beach and its own pontoon, but over there all the hotels are generally huge, thanks to the desert being vast, they have the possibility to build.

Good accommodation, good food, but what we loved most was the optional trips and the fact that we managed to visit some places that are absolutely fabulous, filled with history, myth and symbolic                .

There are a lot of Russian tourists, after all Russians invested a lot in this area, I’m referring to the hotels, and the Russian girls, superbly dressed, after the last trend from Paris, opulence, delight … this are 5 star hotels!!!

In the hotels there’s a swarm of male workers (including room cleaning, it’s done by males), haven’t seen too many local females, maybe at the reception.

They all speak fluently German, English, Russian, French; they’re very smart and have a fantastic ability to manage a foreign language. They are workers and they do their best to make the tourists happy. That’s why we have to appreciate this, because Egypt means knowledge, exploration, adventure, not just an “all-inclusive” good or less good.

Makadi Bay Holiday

Abu Makadi | Makadi Bay Holiday
The new beach area Abu Makadi, that includes Makadi Bay and Soma Bay golfs, is situated near Safaga, around Hurghada. These stations are known for there amazing beaches, with sand and ireal clear waters.  The Abu Makadi area is considered one of the most exclusive and ofers you sejurs only at 4 or 5 stars hotels.

Hotels | Makadi Bay Holiday

Typical for this region is the fact that the hotels are placed on a large beach, and around are no local places. The bars,restaurants, shops and discos are only on the teritory of the hotels, and around the hotel you can see  only desert and mountains

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