4 Days in Sharm El Sheikh
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Travel advisory: Sharm el-Sheikh and the Red Sea resort strip are explicitly excepted from the Sinai’s do-not-travel zones and treated as normal, low-risk tourism by most Western governments, provided you fly in. Check your own government’s current advisory before booking.
Four days adds a desert day on top of the diving-and-Dahab spine from the 3-day itinerary . Everything below stays within the resort strip, so the free Sinai entry permit covers the whole trip.
Day 1: Arrival and Naama Bay
Land at Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport (SSH) and taxi to your resort, agree the fare first, roughly EGP 150-300 for a Naama Bay run (verify). Spend the afternoon at the beach or pool, then walk Naama Bay’s promenade for dinner, budget EGP 300-500 per person (verify).
Concrete tip: exchange cash to Egyptian pounds on day one, taxis and smaller vendors want EGP even where resort restaurants take cards.
Day 2: Ras Mohammed National Park
A day-boat trip to Ras Mohammed, about 12km southwest of town, is the priority: a two-dive trip for certified divers runs roughly $60-90 per person (about EGP 2,400-3,600 at over 40 to the dollar, verify both figures), with a snorkel-only option around $35-50. Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef are the sites to request. Back in Sharm by mid-afternoon, an Old Market dinner runs roughly EGP 150-300 per person for grilled fish (verify).
Concrete tip: book this trip before you land, peak-season boats fill a day or more ahead.
Day 3: SS Thistlegorm or Dahab
Certified divers with the experience for it should book the SS Thistlegorm, a multi-hour boat run to a WWII wreck at around 30m depth, typically $100-140 per person for the full-day trip (verify). If wreck diving isn’t for you, take the Dahab day trip instead, 80-90km and 1-1.5 hours northeast, for the Blue Hole’s safe recreational reef and a slower-paced afternoon in Sinai’s laid-back diving town, roughly $40-60 per person including transport (verify).
Concrete tip: Thistlegorm trips depart very early, often before 6am, to beat the crowds and the crossing swell, confirm your pickup time the night before.
Day 4: Desert safari and the Colored Canyon
Finish with a quad-bike or jeep safari into the Sinai desert, typically bundled with a stop at the Colored Canyon’s roughly 800m sandstone passage and a Bedouin tea break, running $40-70 per person for a half-day tour (verify). Evening options include a Bedouin camp dinner with stargazing if your operator offers it, or a relaxed final night back in Naama Bay.
Concrete tip: wear closed shoes and a scarf or buff for the quad-bike ride, the desert dust gets everywhere otherwise.
For a full week that adds St Catherine’s Monastery and Nabq Protected Area, see the 7-day itinerary , and our Sharm el-Sheikh travel tips page covers the etiquette and money basics for a trip this length.