
Thirty-five
kilometres north of Sharm
el-Sheikh is Nabq, the largest coastal protectorate
on the Gulf of
Aqaba. Nabq covers approximately 600 sq km of land and sea
between the straits of Tiran and Dahab. Because it is less frequently visited
than Ras Mohammed, Nabq is a good place to see Sinai as it was before the
arrival of mass tourism.
Nabq's
main attraction is its mangrove forest, which runs along the shore line at the
mouth...