Alternative Christmas & New Year in Dahab December 18th 2022 - 11th January 2023 From £520 (7 nights excluding flights)
Fed up with the cold of winter & the over commercialised hype? Enjoy an Alternative Christmas & New Year this year, get away from it all & head to the sunshine in the beautiful village of Dahab for something different! You can book for a week or longer during this time, start and finish dates are completely flexible.
Come on a yoga holiday where you can also scuba dive, snorkel, ride camels or horses. Go sea kayaking, trekking, try a desert safari by camel or jeep, dine & sleep under the stars, climb Mount Sinai or just chill out & have a massage & sunbathe. Great for singles!
Translating as ‘Gold’ in Arabic, Dahab is a place of unique beauty, surrounded by world class coral reefs, beautiful beaches, rugged mountains & the vast desert landscapes. Formerly a Bedouin fishing village, this sleepy town is situated on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula. Dahab has so much to offer, choose to relax at one the many restaurants & cafe’s on the waters front, dive in the fantastic coral reefs, participate in watersports/activities, explore the surrounding landscapes or join one of the many ‘Wellness’ concepts that are all the rage!
£520 per person - twin mountain view room
£580 per person - twin sea view room
£590 per person - single mountain view
£655 per person - single sea view room
Includes:
7 nights bed & breakfast at Bedouin Moon Hotel
11 x 1.5 hr Sivananda classes per week
2 per day with one free day
Excludes -
Flights & holiday insurance
Transfers from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport £25 each way. Taba Border transfers £45 each way.
For holiday insurance to Dahab please follow this link to our recommended Insurance Company http://www.think-ins.co.uk/travel_insurance.php?i=14
There are two Sivananda yoga classes per day, each lasting one and a half hours at 08:30 and 17:00 with one free day per week. Sivananda is a soft, gentle style of Hatha yoga. Each class incorporates pranayama, asanas, stretching, and meditation and is tailored to the individual needs of each student.
Your Host:
BARBARA GORDON
Born in Scotland, she began her yoga studies in London and from there went to the Sivananda Ashram in Val Morin Canada to study with Swami Vishnudevananda in the Sivananda style of teaching yoga. “Having taught for over 50 years I teach from my experience and understanding of the human body that I have gained over this time. Each person is an individual and this is how I teach. Once I start to work with people I can intuit what each individual needs, everybody is different".
Barbara spends her time between Gozo & Dahab, lucky to be able to teach her students in these beautiful locations! She will be assisted on the holidays by one of the Sunra Team
Schedule
Day 1 - Arrival, meet & greet
Day 2 - 08:00 Yoga class, 9:45 Brunch. Introduction to holiday & Dahab. Free time. Relax by the pool, have a treatment, swim in the sea or participate in one of Dahab's many water/land based activities. 17:00 Yoga class, Meditation & Chanting
Day 3 - 08:00 Yoga class, 9:45 Brunch. Free time. 17:00 Yoga class
Day 4 - 08.00 Yoga class, 9.45 Brunch, 10.45 Optional trip to Three Pools. 17.00 Yoga Class
Day 5 - Free day, no classes
Day 6 - 08.00am Yoga class, 9:45 Brunch. Free time. 17:00 Yoga class. Optional Desert Dinner/Meditation (minimum 4 people)
Day 7 - 08.00am Yoga class, 9:45 Brunch. Free time. 17:00 Yoga class
Day 8 - 08:00 Yoga class, Brunch and departure
Please note that Christmas Day & New Year's Day will be the scheduled days off.
Your accommodation:
The Dahab yoga holidays take place at The Bedouin Moon Hotel, situated on a quiet beachfront a short distance north of Dahab's Asallah village. The Bedouin Moon is a small and friendly hotel, with simple but comfortable rooms.
All rooms have A/C with either a balcony or terrace, en-suite and either sea or mountain views. The swimming pool has the best poolside views in Dahab, from where you can see the whole bay, the stunning scenic mountains behind you and Saudi Arabia in the distance in front of you.
The hotel has a magnificent custom built yoga room making your yoga practice special & inspirational. It is built into the foot of the mountain in the grounds of the hotel giving it a cave like ambiance, which is perfect for yoga practice considering yogis have been meditating in caves since yoga started over 4,000 years ago.
Daily brunch is included in the price. There is a restaurant serving a reasonably priced and wide range of middle eastern and European dishes, vegetarians & vegans are well catered for.
There are many restaurants in Dahab with every cuisine imaginable served, from falafels to hummus, barbecue grilled fish and meats, fresh pasta to sushi. The prices are very reasonable and you will be recommended to the best places.
