Sanganeb
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Park comprise two pristine marine ecosystems in the Red Sea.
These sites centered around a coral reef are known as excellent diving sites for their clear visibility and high coral diversity. Huge schools of manta rays and sharks make common appearances in these waters. Furthermore, Dungonab Bay has a healthy dugong population.
Community Perspective: the only way to visit discovered so far is by an expensive live-aboard diving cruise.
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Bram de Bruin
I visited this site in 2009 as part of a 2 week diving trip in Sudan on board the Royal Evolution. I won this expensive trip with a website contest.
We did 3 or 4 dives a day for 2 weeks! We got our visa in Port Sudan. From there we visited all the magnificent diving sites of Sudan. At Sanganeb reef we visited the lighthouse and had a chat with the guy who works there. After the visit we stayed 2 days at Sanganeb Reef and did several dives at Sanganeb North and Sanganeb South. Everything you can imagine under water was there!
I dived on many nice places in the world but diving at Sanganeb and the rest of Sudan was really amazing and unforgettable!!
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- Full Name
- Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
- Unesco ID
- 262
- Country
- Sudan
- Inscribed
- 2016
- Type
- Natural
- Criteria
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7 9 10
- Categories
- Natural landscape - Marine and Coastal
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- By ID
Site History
2016 Inscribed
2015 Referred
2014 Incomplete - not examined
1983 Deferred
Bureau session: Deferred until receipt of necessary info
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