Nabq Protectorate



Maria Schroeder wreck area. (10 September 2009)

Nabq Protectorate is at the wide floodplains of the mountain wadis, and it is the northernmost point where mangroves can still be found along the Red Sea coast. The main tracks are either from Wadi Khrezi – marked as Wadi Kid on several maps – and from the Sharm el Sheikh suburb of Nabq, with a National Park ticket office at both. You find an informative National Park Visitor Centre, and simple huts providing fresh seafood and accommodation at the Maria Schroeder wreck and at a location known as Ghurgana. 

Around Nabq Protectorate
  • Nabq Protectorate: a wide and long desert plain at the foot of the mountains and the sea.
  • Visitor Centre: informative and nicely presented.
  • Maria Schroeder wreck: a little bay, mangroves and beach huts are found near the ship wreck.
  • Ghurgana: a little bay, mangroves and beach huts.

Hike info and map: Trek 12 


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PHOTOS

All photos were taken on 9-10 September 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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