In the local language, “Angarosh” means “Mother of Sharks”. An appropriate name for this reef where grey sharks are regularly observed on the drift dives along the outside walls. The top of the reef is at 10 meters deep and the deeper flat area is at 40 – 50 meters. The site consists of two plateaus located respectively at 25 and 45 meters in depth that manta rays particularly appreciate. Rings formed by schools of barracuda are also visible from the blue. Angarosh reef suitable for intermediate divers. Start the dive away from the reef towards the blue and look for sharks. Return and swim along the reef, where you can find lots of reef fish and fantastic corals. The average visibility is 10-20 metres and access to the dive site is by boat.

• 03 – 10 March, 2012 — onboard Andromeda — North Safari Trip
• 10 – 17 March, 2012 — onboard Andromeda — North Safari Trip
• 17 – 24 March, 2012 — onboard Andromeda — North Safari Trip
• ULTIMATE 2 WEEKS in Sudan: Book your places now for our 14 – 28 April, 2012 Sudan North + South tour!

Don’t delay this offer sell out fast!

We hope to see you there! For any further details or with your booking requests, please contact us. Thank you very much.

1) Our SUPER SPECIAL offer for the week of 25.02.2012 in SUDAN

Book your places now for our February 25 – March 3, 2012 Sudan-North tour and we offer you a 15% discount from our regular boat rate.

2) The ULTIMATE 2 WEEKS in Sudan: Book your places now for our 14 – 28 April, 2012 Sudan North + South tour!

We provide all-encompassing services onboard and off. We take care of the Sudanese visas for the guests and provide assistance and arrangements in Cairo as well.

And if there is anything else we can help you with our you wish to make a booking, please contact us!

We all agree that Christmas is about giving. That is why we are also getting ready to surprise someone with a diving safari! Upload a Christmas card that you have created onto our Facebook Cassiopeiasafari message wall. On the card somewhere you should display the sign “Cassiopeia Safari”! The person who shares the card that gets the most “likes” wins an Egyptian diving safari!

To demonstrate what we are thinking of

What do you have to do?

Create a card with a Christmas and diving/sea theme. Hide somewhere the sign “Cassiopeia Safari” and upload in onto the Cassiopeiasafari Facebook page! The creator of the card with the most “likes” can start packing and get ready for the prize safari!

The course of the game:

We would like to see the sign “Cassiopeia Safari” dressed up in Christmas clothes! Following this post, you have 7 days to upload your cards onto the Cassiopeiasafari Facebook page and there is additional day available for voting. The creator of the card with the most “likes” will receive an Egyptian diving safari for 1 person onboard M/Y Cassiopeia on a designated date by us. The safari contains 7 nights full-board accommodations onboard in double cabins, transfers between Hurghada Airport and the boat, diving, taxes and shisha (waterpipe) onboard.

Rules of the game:
- only registered members can send cards, so first “like” our page then upload your card
- the sign “Cassiopeia Safari” must be visible and readable
- one registered member can upload only 1 card
- there are no restrictions on the techniques used to create the card

Submissions and deadlines:
Upload the card onto the Cassiopeiasafari Facebook page following this post until December 14, 2012 22:00.

Voting and deadlines:
“Likes” may be registered for 7 days following this post, until December 15, 2012 14:00.

Announcement of the winner:
On December 15, 2012 at 14:00.
The winner will be notified by e-mail.

Important!
The prize is not transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash.

The luxurious M/Y Cassiopeia Liveaboard is offering the following spectacular last minute offer for the following cruise date. Some places are still available on this incredibly – priced, low season scuba diving safari.

Available: 26 November to 03 December 2011 South Trip, 10 places for sale!

Don’t delay, this offer sell out fast! For more details contact us!

However, since what I am trying to write now should be a real biography, I must confess that there were no blue waves and no colourful fish shoals at all. Around that particular area the sea looked more like Shrek’s swamp than anything else.

It wasn’t until the long awaited big encounter during a weekend in Croatia in 2003 that I finally fell into eternal love with the underwater world. For four days, from dawn to dusk, I did nothing else but lie on the water and gaze at the fish through some goggles. I only found out later that what I was doing was actually snorkelling, and that even in Hungary it was possible to complete a diving course. I knew then that I wanted to be a diver, and since then I have been devoting every free moment I have to this sport. I am a qualified NAUI instructor now.

Just like diving, film-making was completely unfamiliar territory for me at first. However, I quickly decided that I would not be satisfied if it was only me who saw the wonders of the undersea world. I want to share with the whole word what we experience down in the depths. After some nights spent at home looking at photos with the family, this approach seemed inadequate and I soon exchanged my camera for a camcorder. It quickly became clear that working with motion pictures is more my scene. At first I simply filmed everything that moved, but later I started to be able to find and develop a theme, and capture it properly as a moving image. My first camcorder was followed by a better one, later by a much better one, and then by the best. Of course, film-making is much rather a profession than a hobby, and I have always wanted to get as much training as possible so that I can make better and better films. In 2008 I graduated to HD filming and obtained a Sony PMW-EX3 XDcam, which is currently one of the highest quality professional video cameras that can be taken underwater. Since then I have made recordings and films for several TV channels and I have filmed above and below water in more than 40 countries. I have shot scenes and actions in oceans, seas, caves and wrecks, and have received prizes in many international film festivals as a fruit of my work. I hope many more follow these, as diving and my camera have grown together.

Zsolt Sasdi website

What do you have to do?
Put our badge as your profile picture with the help of our PicBadges application (just follow the PicBadges steps) and leave it there until the end of September. Those who display our badge as their profile picture during this period, will be able to enter our sweepstakes and the chance to win some presents on September 30, 2011.

To make this easier for you, here is some help:
1. Enter our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cassiopeiasafari
2. Click on the link with the claret arrow on our Wall.

3. In the new window on the left click on the yellow “Add to profile picture” icon.
4. Select Facebook.
5. Allow access to your Facebook profile.

6. Set the picture in the next window, publish it on Facebook and choose this picture as your profile picture.
7. And you are all set!

You do not have to tell us you have done this as we are going to see it but if you feel like sharing, go ahead and write to us on our Facebook site!

Time period of the game: September 1 – 30, 2011

Everyone is welcome to take part in the game who is a friend of the Cassiopeiasafari Facebook page!!! If you have any questions about this little procedure, we will help! If you are stuck, report it here or on Facebook.

PS: Your old picture is among the profile pictures, so you can change it back any time.

Have we mentioned that Longimanus have been seen again in August at Elphinstone? It has been a tradition for years that around August and September the Oceanic Whitetip sharks (Longimanus) appear at Elphinstone for some unknown reason. For the past few weeks 5 beautiful specimens have been staying near the reef and posing for the joy of divers.

Here are the diving safari dates in Egypt for the months of September, October and November:

Sep. 4 – 11. 2011 — M/Y Cassiopeia — Brothers tour
Sep. 18 – 25, 2011 — M/Y Cassiopeia — St Johns tour
Sep. 28 – Oct. 5, 2011 — M/Y Andromeda — North and Tiran tour
Oct. 27 – Nov. 3, 2011 — M/Y Andromeda — St Johns tour
Nov. 9 – 16, 2011 — M/Y Andromeda — North and Tiran tour
Nov. 16 – 23, 2011 — M/Y Andromeda — Daedalus and Elphinstone tour

Would you like to come? Get in touch with us via the contact us page!

Internet connection has become a necessity these days, whether for work or entertainment or to be available for us during our holidays. In order to satisfy these demands, we have equipped both boats with WIFI internet connection. We are happy we were able to synchronise the technical advances of our age and the demand of guests for Internet connection in a way as not to present any additional expenses to the divers during the safaris.

Thanks to this improvement, divers onboard M/Y Cassiopeia and M/Y Andromeda can surf the Net free of charge on their notebooks or other devices with WLAN connection, starting in the summer of 2011. Today almost all portable computers and most smart phones are WIFI-enabled.

Free Internet connection gives divers the chance to follow their e-mails during their safari, to keep in touch with family and friends and to share their photos taken on the trips on their community pages before arriving home.

Of course, this is not mandatory , so those of you who wish to keep your holiday restful and free of any interruptions, you may leave your devices turned off.