Grand Sea Serpent | Red Sea Liveaboard

This was the second time I've arranged a group booking with you. Everyone had a brilliant time, the guides and crew. were great; it just went too fast!! I look forward to booking with Scuba Travel again.

It does not get any better than 'simply the best' Diving in a schoal of Hammerheads, several Threashers and Grey Reefs, not to mention Mantas ticked off several items on the 'bucket List' See you all again next year. Many thanks. Mike

Excellent from start to finish. Staff were excellent throughout. A particular mention to our guides, Gabriel and Maria, who were absolutely out of this in their knowledge and where and when to find the hammerheads, the highlight of trip!!! Well done to all and keep up the good work!

We arrived home this morning following another great week on Grand Sea Serpent, and I wanted to thank you for your generosity, as I was the lucky winner of one of the Christmas competitions through Scuba Travel. My dive buddy and I had a fantastic week diving with Gabriel & Maria, and we were looked after exceedingly well indeed by the Grand Sea Serpent boat crew Please pass on our appreciation to all aboard GSS and also the Scubatravel team, who worked hard towards making this a memorable holiday for myself and my buddy. Thank you again and we look forward to diving with Scuba Travel in 2014

In a nutshell, it was the best trip we have been on in nearly a decade of diving safaris. The boat was well equipped and clean, the crew were incredible and the dive guides Gabriel & Maria were awesome. The food was also the best boat food we have ever had, better than a lot of 5 star hotels you might visit. Our vegan friend was looked after every day with three already prepared meals (that she really enjoyed) and the 1,000 or so eggs just about lasted the two weeks we were on board!! Everything we needed was catered for and you can take credit that you run a business that quite frankly delivers a red carpet experience. Well done.

Just like to say a great thanks to Maria and Gadrielle and the crew for a great weeks diving in St Johns. Cannot fault the guides crew and boat plus the diving was brilliant, have to mention the help they gave Carol with carrying her kit for her to and from the back of the boat due to a knee problem also unlike other itineraries we have been on we did not see another boat for four days and had the dive sites to ourselves. Definatly be going on another trip on this boat and have already booked a trip on the sister boat Sea Serpent for September. Carol and Mick

I was on the grand sea serpent from 29th May and it was awesome. I really enjoyed thew whole trip. The boat was fabulous, the crew was friendly and helpful, the food was delicious. Special thanks to Hany the dive guide, he was very knowledgeable and helpful - just a really cool guy. I will be returning next year and requesting Hany. Thanks everyone for a great trip. Jade Bradley

I am writing to express sincere appreciation to everyone who contributed to ensuring that the trip from 22 to 29 May on the splendid boat Grand Sea Serpent was such a pleasant and interesting experience. The Captain and his crew were excellent in every way. The dive guides Valeria and Moustapha were superb; the former evincing a particularly touching and infectious enthusiasm for the many hammerhead sharks which we were fortunate to encounter during our six dives at Daedalus Reef. However, the topographical underwater beauty at Zabargad Island, with its rich marine life, was for me the highlight of the week. I should add that, as is often the case with liveaboards, the eclectic nature of one's fellow divers was an additional attraction. I am, indeed, most grateful to all involved for what proved to be a memorable week.

Just wanted to pop in and say what an absolutely wonderful week I have just had away with Paul Duxfield and co aboard M/Y Grand Sea Serpent on the Corals, Caves and Critters trip. The boat, the crew, the food, the guides were exemplary and Duxy wasn't too bad either!! I got everything plus more out of this trip that I was looking for. Thank you Scuba Travel team, you get 5 *'s from me :-)

Just wanted to send a quick email telling you how good our trip on Grand Sea Serpent doing the Simply the Best itinerary was. Boat was great, food was excellent, crew were outstanding and most of all the diving was truly out of this world. Sharks on nearly every dive: Greys, Black Tips, White Tips, Threshers and schools of hammerheads. Nice shoal of dolphins while doing safety stop finished off one memorable dive. Special mention must go to the dive guides Hanny and Chrissie who couldn't do enough to help, and were professional and knowlegeable. Can't wait for the next trip!

Just wanted to say I had an amazing time on the Grand Sea Serpeant thanks to plenty of hard work from Gabriel and Maria. They were both really friendly and helpful, especially when I lost my dive computer in rough seas. Great boat, crew, guides and fellow divers!

Great week on Grand Sea Serpent. Beautiful calm weather, Little brother with no other boats and at its best, Grey reef's chasing a thresher around the cleaning station, hammerheads at Daedalus, 6 Oceanics for 80 mins at Elphinstone. Big smiles and still one day on Elphinstone to go.

Amazing week had on the Grand Sea Serpent highlighted by a group of Oceanic White Tips at Elphinstone :-) now its back to reality!

29/8/12 to 5/9/12 Had a great weeks diving, many thanks to Gabriel & Maria, two very special guides, best i have ever meet,the crew were also very good, always there to give a hand when needed, the only thing that spoilt the week was the lack in choice of food, very poor,for us people that do not eat fish.

Would like to thank everyone that was onboard MY Grand Sea Serpent this past week for a great trip, great diving, Great Sunsets, Great marine life. Special Thanks to Gabriel and Maria the guides simply fantastic

Just like to confirm our safe return from another terrific "Simply the Best" week on Grand Sea Serpent.Great to see Gabriel and Maria again as well as the hammerheads,Oceanic,Thresher and Grey Reef sharks.Gabriel and Maria worked very hard to ensure we had the best trip possible.The vibrant reefs were alive with fish and the company on the boat was superb.Sue Harrison and her delightful family were great ambassadors for Scuba Travel and inspired many ideas for future trips.

I have just returned from the Grand Sea Serpent. We had a wonderful time which was partly due to the hard work of our dive guides Gabriele and Maria. If there is any award going then these 2 should be up for it!

Please can you pass on to your team that I have recently returned from the Daedelous & Rocky Island Trip on the Grand Sea Serpent with Maria and Gabriel as the dive guides 1/8/12-8/8/12. It was a fantastic trip, excellent sightings of sharks, great people on the boats and the dive guides are the best Ive used. Thanks for a fantastic holiday. Jane

On behalf of Marc and I we want to thank you for the great travel planning you organized. Those arrangements makes you and Scuba travel one of a kind. Again many thanks. We both are adapting back into normal life without sharks. It was a fantastic trip.

We have just spent a great week on the Grand Sea Serpent learning about our Cameras, a Canon S100, and a Canon S95 both using relevant Fix housings. This was the first time we had used these cameras underwater and we were not sure of what they were capable of doing. One of us was a complete novice, the other a keen armature. Each of us having a completely different knowledge base, we both felt we came away from the trip with a great deal of information, having learnt so much, in a fun and creative way. Some of the topics covered included camera set up, basic camera maintenance - o rings etc, how to take photos, composition, and on to more advanced techniques such as exposure lock within the caves of St Johns. Nothing was too much trouble for Duxy, from the simplest of questions to the more challenging. Duxy was always available to answer a questions and give advice, at all times with a smile and a pleasant word.

I really really enjoyed your Red Sea photo workshop on Grand Sea Serpent. I felt that you paid equal attention to all participants regardless of their skill level and type of camera they had. No question was too basic to answer and information was given in a non-befuddling way.

We have just returned from a fantastic week on the Grand Sea Serpent from 29 Dec to 5 Jan. If you are able to pass on our thanks to the crew, they are incredible and work tirelessly to take care of everyone. It was a great trip.

Hi Lee just a quick email to say that I had a amazing trip. The boat was even better in the flesh than in the pictures. I think I have got the bug for liveaboards from now on so you will be hearing from me soon. Thanks again, Chris.

I recently returned from the Grand Sea Serpent Itinerary in the Southern Red Sea - I would not normally take the time to provide feedback however on this occasion would like to let you know what an absolutely fabulous holiday we had - particularly due to the dive guides on our liveaboard, Will & Kati. I had already planned to do my Advanced Open Water while in Egypt, however, when I met the other guests on the boat found that most had Divemaster or Instructor qualifications along with hundreds / thousands of dives. I never really seemed to get the hang of buoyancy even after passing my Open Water and this together with new equipment proved to be extremely challenging. After a couple of dives I was really struggling and had Will not been such an excellent dive instructor, at this point, I may have just sat out the rest of the dives. Will spent invaluable time training me on a one -2-one basis on the required Advanced dives and after completing the certificate, I now feel confide.

Thank you for a fantastic holiday. We enjoyed it sooooo much that we will be booking the same holiday next year.

Hi all at Scuba Travel, I have just returned from a fantastic week on board Grand Sea Serpent doing the St John itinerary. I would just like to say a massive thank you to all involved. We had a great time, oceanic White tips, dolphins etc. Many thanks!

The short story is that the trip was amazing. Quite challenging in parts and certainly the longest series of deep dives I have ever done. Most were below 30 and one was 40.,We had terrific sightings of scalloped hammerheads - a group of 9 - and topped off our last dive on Elphinstone with 10-15 mins with an oceanic white tip at 7 m. Quite incredible. The boat and facilities were excellent and the dive guides gave the best briefings by far I have experienced. I'll be forwarding you their details later as they are worth keeping an eye on!

We've had an amazing week - hammerheads on only the 2nd dive, manta, dolphins - you name it we have had it. Grand Sea Serpent still has to be the best boat with the best crew and Kati & Will were brilliant. Huge thanks to everyone.

Just a quick note to let you know ( you probably already do!), I have just returned from a great week on the Grand Sea Serpent. The boat and crew were excellent, as were the two guides. Trip started 01/06/11 St Johns. I have dived many liveaboards throughout the world and yes some had better rooms and a top chef, and they all cost twice or three times as much, and that was without the flight. Egypt represents such good value. Everything went well from the airport pick up through to the diving. Well done Scuba Travel

Just returned from a week on the Grand Sea Serpent. This is my first trip to the Red Sea &, based on my experience on GSS, will certainly be back! The crew were all friendly & helpful, the boat was in great condition, the food was good & the reef dives fabulous (if only they could have arranged for a few more shark sitings!)! Only issue was that I think that they could squeeze a few more dives into the trip, but maybe that's just me being greedy!