About El Gouna

El Gouna specialises in watersports, including scuba diving, windsurfing, kitesurfing, waterskiing, parasailing and snorkelling. There are two main beaches, Zeytuna Beach located on its own island and Mangroovy Beach. A network of canals allow many houses to have their own strip of beach, even hundreds of metres inland. Most of theses canals are crossed by small stone bridges. There are three centrilized areas in El Gouna, that houses shops, bars and restaurants; - Downtown, Tamh Henna square and the Abu Tig Marina. It now has 14 hotels from 3* to 5*. A 6* hotel is currently under development. El Gouna also hosts a Golf course designed by Gene Bates and Fred Couples. El Gouna has a fully equipped hospital for any medical treatment including dentistry, plastic surgery, pediatrics, ophthalmology, general surgery, ICU and a decompression chamber. It also has a school, EGIS and a small private airport for charter aircraft. It also boosts 2 marinas; - Abydos marina and the Abu Tig Marina.