The other main tourist destination in red sea is marsa alam , actually this not city or destination but just very long city lies between al qusier and berenice , and the investment in this city started after discovering the value of water sport like snorkeling , windsurfing and divining which resulted to build a lot of hotels and resorts along the line of red sea close to coral reefs spots in marsa alam .
Name and history
The name of marsa means port while alam t means mountain , because of high mountains in this area . In ancient Egypt this area was used to sail through the red sea, especially the first expedition to south africa during the old kingdom , and later during the reign of queen hatshepsut , also the mountains in this area was a lot of mines for minerals especially gold , till now there is a lot of grafiities containing fishing fishes and hunting animals dates back to reign of king ptolemy the second , and through so long history after ptolemaic era , all this area became very poor desert till year 1995 , when in this year el kharafi group of companies decided to choose this area as an investing area and so was construing porto ghaleb direct on the sea , in addition to international port in marsa alam .
Port Ghalib
One of the most important places in marsa alam , on 8 million square meter with investment 1.2 billion dollar , this resort became highly world wide known when sunday express journal chose this place as the first entertainment and recreation in red sea
Samadi reserve
Also known as dolphin house , one of the most beautiful reserves in egypt distinguished reserves in Egypt ,lies around 14 kilometer on the south of marsa alam , having more than 5000 dolphins , sleeingin day time between samadi coral reefs , and is very active at night .
Valley of the Camels
Reserve of valley of camels lies around 7450 square kilometer , stretching around 4770 km , and on sea around 2000 km long , and covers around 60 on seashore , and includes a lot of types of coral reefs , in addition to that there is 13 types of birds , plus around 114 types of plants .
Mausoleum of hassan el shazly
One of the main sufizm centers in egypt , lies on the south of marsa alam , on space a round 4000 meter is constructed this mosque with mausoleum , and has its festival every year on the day before adha feast .
Sukari mine
The most rich spot in egypt containing raw material of gold is marsa alam , which represented in marsa alam by sukari mine which is listed one the biggest mines in the whole world since year in may 2005 , lies 25 kilometer south west of marsa alam , having company for investing and prospecting for gold by australian company with420 million dollar investment .