Nabq Protectorate


Nabq Protectorate is a wide and long desert plain at the foot of the mountains and the sea. 

Locations within Nabq Protectorate: Ghurgana, Maria Schroeder wreck area, Visitor Centre, and Wadi Khrezi.

See related trek: Trek 12: Nabq Protectorate and Sharm el Sheikh 

Photos were taken on September 9 and 10, 2009

Ghurgana
A little bay, mangroves and beach huts.













Maria Schroeder wreck - junction
A location with Bedouin huts where the coastal road from Ghurgana meets the road from the interior via Wadi Khrezi, another road leads to further huts nearer to the wreck, and another goes to the protectorate's Visitor Centre.


























Maria Schroeder wreck
Further along a little bay, more beach huts are found near the ship wreck.











Visitor Centre
Informative and nicely presented.


























Motorcyclists in the Protectorate.



Back in the junction, Faraj prepares his car.











Wadi Khrezi
The road across the coastal plain to the main asphalt road in the interior, with a ticket office along the way.






















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