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Sudan

Sudan is still considered a fairly untouched diving destination and a liveaboard tour in Sudanese waters is a real expedition to some of the Red Sea's most distant sites. The reefs here are fairly undiscovered, with pioneers in the diving world like Hans Hass and Jacques Cousteau, having dived them during the 50's and 60's.

Diving in Sudan is often referred to as "off-shore" diving at reefs with steep, spectacular walls, intact wrecks and Cousteau's Con-shelf project. Tides and currents hardly exist and the visibility is fantastic.

One of Sudan's most popular dive sites is the often photographed wreck of the Umbria. Sunk by the Italians during WWII in order to avoid capture by the English.  The wreck is 150 m long and contains bombs, vehicles and enough paraphernalia to keep any diver happy for hours.