This trip was kind of a disappointment for me. It is called Jeep Safari To Canyon Salama but even the guide told us that the main atraction is snorkeling in Dahab so I take this name of a trip as deceptive advertising.
We went from hotel in Sharm at 7:00 and at 12:00 we were ALREADY in Dahab. We made a stop in shop where you can rent the snorkeling stuff, in Dahab it is obligatory to snorkel with life vest so you have to rent the life vest eventhough you have your equipment.. everyone was already away but our driver left for like 45 minutes so we were sitting and waiting there at least 30 minutes after everyone rented the suits, vests, googles etc.. and we were nothing to do…
at 12:00 we arrived to Dahab and they went snorkeling for 45 minut
At 13:00 we had already lunch (pita bread with hummus and chicken with potatoes - no cutlery so you have to eat it with your own hands, which is not safe if you dont wash your hands in bottled water)
That bistro is super expensive, they want like 80-100 EGP for guava juice and 60EGP for 1,5 litre of water eventhough you can buy the water in carrefour for 6 EGP ????????
Meanwhile they were snorkeling (I saw the videos and there was nothing to see) I went alone to the mountains which was the highlight of the day for me. Dahab has awesome mountains right next to the sea so you can explore them, but 1 hour was not enought time to go far away. (This was my own plan, not in their plan). After lunch we rode camels, it was like 50 metres long path there and back so it is enought to get to know how it feels to ride a camel. The guy didnt even offered me to take picture of me on the camel but he didnt forget to ask for tip. Do they really think that we just throw away our money for literally nothing? ????????
At 14:00 we left the snorkeling spot and went for shopping to New Ramsew Dahab Mall which was probably and preordered place, because they were advising us to go to one specific shop with natural cosmetics and noone wanted to go there. there were like 10 shops downstairs (natural cosmetics/pharmacy store, clothes and some souvenirs) and 1 big shop in the first floor (papyrus, statues and other typical egyptian souvenirs) - I imagined something bigger, more like and bazaar.
At 15:30 we FINALLY went on jeep safari. 10 minutes ride there, 30 minutes in the canyon itself and 10 minut ride back.
The jeep was droven by beduin guy, it was really good, we went through dessert to the canyon which was nothing extra but it was nice. The way to the canyon was way more interesting becuase there are nice mountains where we didnt go to. The canyon should be the highlight of this trip and we were there only 30 minutes which really disappointed me - this reminded me of the typical organised trips of 60 people from travel agencies where you spend 30-40 minutes just at the toilet, you are forced to go the shop where noone wants and then you have like 1 hour for whole louvre museum. ???? I think that people who went on this trip, organised their vacation on their own withouth travel agency to exactly avoid these things. This trip could be good but it need some changes in the itinerary.
As we went with the jeep to the salama canyon we saw AMAZING MOUNTAINS not that far from us (pictures from the jeep) and it is pitty that we didnt went there. In their itinerary was more time on salama canyon than 30 minutes (i think they advertise like 2 hours). So it would be better to go there alone and see even the mountains around the salama canyon …
At 16:30 we were at parking lot and started the journey back to sharm el sheikh. And in ~2 hours we arrived back so I am wondering what they did in the morning that it took us 5 hours to get to Dahab.
The tourguide was really skilled, he spoke arabic, english, russian and italian (maybe even more languages). But I was there only english speaking tourist so he kept kinda forgeting on me and told me usually just the most basic instructions to know why we stop here and there and what to take with me but he was speaking with russians and italians all the time, he explained them a lot of things which he didnt explained to me. Half the trip I felt a bit redundant.
the conclusion - the trip is called salama canyon and we stayed there only 30 mins - so I would give it only 1 star because of the deceptive advertising. It should be named Dahab tour with brief stop at salama canyon. But I had the option to go into the mountains in Dahab and at least enjoy it in a way I liked and because on the way home the guide told me something what he was telling them in russian and italian all day I am giving them 3 starts but this trip needs rescheduling because people who buy it here on trip advisor are usually sick of travel agencies who waste their time and give them brief stops at the highlight spots.
Pitty that I can add only 10 pics so you cant see more to compare yourself the mountains in dahab, what we saw from jeep, salama canyon, snorkeling, what we ate, jeep pics etc…
The picture with the rock in the middle of the path is from mountains from Dahab, not from salama canyon, other mountain pics are salama canyon - the pictures are not chronologically, they mixed up while uploading here.
The tour overall experience was nice..but hot but it was worth snorkeling for the first time..carry your snorkeling gears and swim suits otherwise you can rent it by paying the amount of 10$ approx..The lunch offered was tasty but less in quantity..water was not offered throughout the tour..Visit to Salama Canyon was nice but need to wear light clothes as it was too hot. It was one time experience whicj I enjoyed.