As a single female traveler this is a great place to stay. You can get a hut with fan or room with ac.
All the guest eat diner at long sharing tables, so always enjoyable. If you want peace and quiet that’s also possible.
Staff will do anything for you and after one day they remember your favored drinks!

If stayed there 8 times already, and will not be my last!

There aren't enough superlatives to describe this place..
The diving is exceptional. The House Reef is really healthy and surprised us with each and every dive.
There are lots of opportunities to dive by yourself whenever you like during the day or at night. Or take the option of their guided shore and boat dives…

Steve & Claire who run the place are wonderful people wha are clearly very driven to make the place as sustainable as possible which is a challenge in a country like Egypt. They have planted a huge garden full of succulents and native plants to try and green-up the otherwise arid landscape and bring a softness and a beauty to the place. This is a magnet for butterflies and birdlife with egrets regularly dancing around the dive kit.

They have a fantastic team around them and the staff in the kitchen and bar warm and welcoming, incredibly friendly and generous. Even the gardeners who don’t speak any English will say “Good morning!” and wave to you with a smile. The dive staff are unbelievably attentive and it’s hard to lift a finger without somebody anticipating your every need and being there to help you with your wetsuits zip or your BC.

The options of diving are mixed and varied with wide variety. Shore dives up down the coast, and then the option of speedboat rides to local reefs and trips further field, like Elphinstone to see the Oceanic white tips, so whatever your level of ability and adventure with your budget, you’re really well catered for.
The system with the dive kit is very well organised, so even when they have a full house of divers, the place runs like clockwork and nothing seems to get mixed up or omitted.

As we were leaving, a family arrived with two boys, aged 10 and 12. I can’t think of a more perfect place to teach young children about diving. Only one session in the pool and then they were out on the house reef and on their first dive, they saw an octopus stonefish and a turtle. You can’t really get any better than that.

It’s no wonder that many of the guests at Roots are repeat visitors… as we were leaving I felt really torn away, desperate to come back and experience more of this oasis of diving.

We were here for the second time and it was like last time: simply amazing. Nice people, the friendliest staff ever and great diving experiences in a fantastic house reef. The rooms are simple but very clean and the food was always plenty and delicious. The dive guides are very experienced and super patient. Thanks for everything, we will definitely come back!