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This is a beach camp. We have simple wooden huts on the beach. You will be provided with a mattress, and mosquito net. Blankets are available upon request. We are located on the shores of the beautiful Red Sea. Access to the coral reefs is from in front of our beach huts. We have snorkeling equipment for hire and we can organise scuba diving trips for you also. We organise day trips to St Katherine/ Mt Sinai,Dahab, Israel, Jordan and Desert safaris.We can organise pick ups from Sharm el Sheikh, Taba border, Nuweiba port and help with transport from anywhere in Egypt.
Simply perfection - Sawa Camp does not attempt to entertain anything more than you need. Salama and his team achieve this tastefully, by allowing the incredible views to be the focus... in a campsite situated in the best place to observe. Delicious food and a relaxed vibe... that has survived the 15 years I have been regularly visiting this haven, making sure I am introducing the right people.
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Date of stay: September 2023
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Pros: - Helpful staff, Mr. Salama, the owner, Abdelaal, and Mustafa are friendly and polite. - Very clean huts and bathrooms. - Fair prices for huts and AC rooms. - Sandy beach to swim.
Cons: - In South Sinai hotels and camps the food is not the best in general, and it's hard to find a really delicious food, so I will say it's average. - I hope the huts in front of the sea could include its private bathroom.
I will stay there again for sure.
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Date of stay: October 2024
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Trip type: Traveled solo
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I always stay here when I’m in Nuweiba last time I stay at sawa camp was in December 2013. I am happy to be back lots of good changes in the camp and the restaurant. Huge huts more comfortable ,foods very delicious like before everything still beautiful and clean. The sharing toilets spotless. Snorkelling is amazing but less fish this time.
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Date of stay: January 2021
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Room Tip:Cabin by the sea is the best
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I live in Cairo and chose the Sawa Camp because of its excellent reviews It is a wonderful place. Pleasant warm weather. The staff are friendly and very helpful. I wish I can live there forever. The coral reef right in front of the camp. The snorkeling was exceptional. Huts are simple in very great location facing the amazing red sea.
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Date of stay: December 2020
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Room Tip:From 0 to 7 front hut.
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I stayed one week and loved every second. The huts are large and right on the beach, with mattress and mosquito nets. If you are looking for a relaxed away-from-it-all location you cannot beat this! Food is terrific, really excellent and reasonably priced. Whilst 'basic' it has everything I wanted and the maintenance of the property is good. Showers/Toilets are simply spotless. Salama is a great host and can arrange vehicles for sightseeing (coloured canyon, St Catherines etc), if you can drag yourself from the lovely beach, snorkeling and chill-out camp! Huts in the 'front row' (No's 0-4 I think) have the best location. Bring your own beer, if you need it. I cannot find a single fault with this fantastic great-value camp.
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Date of stay: October 2011
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Room Tip:Huts in the 'front row' (No's 0-4 I think) have the best location by the sea
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I stayed for 4 days and I really liked it. I'm a female solo traveler and felt safe at any time during my stay. The owner, Salama, is a nice man and speaks English very well. Also, the staff is attentive and very polite. Camp and beach are kept perfectly clean. There were only four other guests, it's not very busy in all of Sinai theses days. I had vegetarian half board and was happy about the food. It's fresh, tasty and healthy. I slept well in my little hut on the beach. It's a simple but very relaxing life in camp Sawa. You can grab a book out of the camp's library, chill in your hammock, take a dip in the sea or admire the incredible starry sky at night. There's not much else to do. I got up and went to bed with the sun during my stay. There is a light bulb in the hut though.
Most of the camps in the bay are deserted, it's kind of a post-apocalyptic atmosphere with ruins an wasteland. But this applies to the whole area between Taba and Nuweiba. And somehow I like lost places.
The beach is sandy, no pebbles, shallow hip-deep water, perfect for kids. You reach deep water after passing the reef in about 100m distance from the shore, which can be kind of onerous during low-tide. About 20-30m from the shore the underground becomes stony with enormous sea urchins to be seen, so bring water shoes. Sadly the reef is in bad condition that's the only taint. There is no sign by the street, I had to use Google Maps to find the camp.
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Date of stay: February 2018
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Trip type: Traveled solo
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We stayed here on an Intrepid tour. It was the off season, although the weather was very pleasant, and we were the only guests. Sawa Camp is a collection of neat rows of neat huts on the beach. Each one had a veranda in front of the lockable door to the room which had a mat covered floor with comfortable mattress and mosquito net. We had a hut on the first row directly facing the beach and had a hammock on our veranda. The shower and toilet block was immaculately clean. The restaurant and lounging area was very spacious and pleasant. The food was good but not fast which we took to be an indication that it was cooked fresh. At any rate there was no rush for anything. We brought our own alcohol with us and it was well chilled for us. There was a small pool table with it's own individual challenges that provided lots of entertainment. The snorkeling gear for hire was of reasonable cost and quality. We had a lovely relaxing couple of days here. I didn't see a camp on the Red Sea that looked better than Sawa Camp.
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Date of stay: November 2009
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This was great! A wonderful quiet beach, amazing reefs and fish for snorkeling, a cozy hut and very friendly staff. The cooking is excellent and you feel safe despite the quiet environment. So lovely, and we have loved every minute of it!
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Date of stay: September 2014
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Trip type: Traveled with friends
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it's very rare to find such unique experience in this world ,, with NOTHING wrong in it !! the view is majestic , the facilitates are all top notch with brilliant view , music that fits the mood , the food is more than awesome ,, but above all ,, the hospitality and service you will receive will help make this an amazing experience .
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Date of stay: July 2014
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Absolutely perfect in every way. Beautiful setting on the best sandiest beach I,ve encountered on 23 countries. Accommodation very comfortable and all amenities spotlessly clean. Every meal was consistently excellent and the service by all the staff impeccable. Excellent value for money, Salama is most helpful in every way. It is easy to see why this camp is still operating amongst a very few others and pulls in the tourists. I was recommended to stay here and was not disappointed.
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Date of stay: January 2013
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Trip type: Traveled solo
Room Tip:If available go the front huts with the sea view
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There are more places to choose from in the Nuweiba area.
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sawa camp hotel nuweiba
LOCATION
EgyptRed Sea and SinaiSouth SinaiNuweiba
NUMBER OF ROOMS
30
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