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Nuweiba Index Swisscare Nuweiba Resort Hotel
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Nuweiba is a quiet and
peaceful resort located on a large sandy flood plain, sandwiched between
the towering mountains of Sinai, Egypt, and the clear, deep, blue seas of the Gulf
of Aqaba in the Red Sea. The ancient Egyptians used to mine extensively in Sinai for precious stones such as turquoise. Indeed, it is believed that at that time there was a small settlement surrounding a fortress on the north east corner of the flood plain of Nuweiba. It is also believed that Moses might have crossed the Red Sea from the south west corner of this same flood plain, having passed over the Sinai desert and through the Wadi Watir, a narrow, winding valley that descends down to the sea from the Sinai plateau. The distance across the sea to Saudi Arabia is only 17 km, and, whilst the depth of the sea in the northern part of the Gulf of Aqaba is very deep at over 900 metres, and even deeper to the south at over 1200 metres, the depth between Nuweiba and the Saudi coast is in places only around 90 metres deep and thus is like an underwater bridge. For the past few hundred years, Nuweiba has been settled by two of Sinai's most important bedouin tribes in the villages of Tarabeen to the north and Maizena to the south. In 1967, Sinai was invaded and occupied by the Israeli armed forces. After their departure some ten years later, Nuweiba grew in size and importance, with the addition of a port in the south, a school, a hospital, housing, an electricity, water and sewage network, new roads and other key components of modern infrastructure. This development has also encompassed tourism, with new resort hotels and camps, dive centres, restaurants and shops opening up around Nuweiba. Despite this growth, Nuweiba has retained its charm, its friendliness and serenity with beautiful sandy beaches, lined by date palm trees, overlooking the sparkling clear, coral filled seas. 
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For more information concerning Nuweiba, please email us on swisssinai@hotmail.com The dolphins pictured above is of the late Ooleen and her daughter, photographed by Mrs Carren Bolt.