National Park Ras Mohamed (Muhammed, Mohammed) is the first and oldest National Park in Egypt. It was established in 1983 for the protection of marine and wild life, which are intrinsically linked and must be managed as a unit. The park has been expanded and the area is now about 480 km².
The name Ras Mohamed means Head of Mohamed and refers to a by the winds eroded cliff, in which fishermen recognized the head of the prophet Mohamed (pbuh). This protected area is a geological marvel not only underwater but also on land, with its rugged fossilized rock formations along the coast.
It is a headland on the most southern tip of the Sinai, where the desert edges out into the Red Sea. This fossil coral headland, left high and dry tens of thousands years ago, looks out over some of the richest coral reefs you'll ever see.
Since Jacques Cousteau investigated and presented the Red Sea area with its crystal clear water to the world, this area has attracted and surprised divers and snorkelers from around the world with its many beautiful coral reefs and terraces with more than a thousand species of life and still regularly newly discovered species.
The huge amount of life in both the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba is caused by a combination of factors.
The Red Sea is a sheltered and relatively calm sea without extremely strong currents. Tides are therefore hardly noticeable and while the water is quite deep, itis still heated by volcanic heat rising from the seabed.
Here the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba meet each other and their different kind salinity merges here.
This leads to the wide variety of coral reefs and walls and open sea life, which are attracted by the almost permanent strong currents in this area and all this together results in this delicate ecosystem.
Not just on the coast and in the sea, but also on land there is much life; invisible for most people,but our guides help you also discover these wonders of nature. You'll find the most northern gray mangroves in the world, where a colony of Fiddler crabs live and more northern live amongst other desert foxes and lizards.
Ras Mohamed also has a lot to offer for bird-lovers as it is a nesting ground Sooty Falcons, while White Storks migrate during spring and fall. Herons and shorebirds are abundant and the nearby Island of Tiran is an important breeding ground for Osprey, gulls and terns. More inland the Egyptian vulture is an uncommon resident breeding bird. There are now special birding towers.
The National Park Ras Mohamed is threatened to become the victim of her own beauty and its popularity with tourists, on land and at sea.
Many 'day-trippers' come from Sharm el Sheikh to swim and snorkel without proper guidance and these people show little or no respect for this fragile ecosystem, which leads to a lot of littering and damage.
Since the increase in national tourism and the lack of signs in Arabic, this is an even bigger problem.
The areas for recreational diving are regulated and visitors who visit the park on land, have to leave the park before sunset except those who spend the night at the designated camping area.
Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Ras Mohamed (Muhammed, Mohammed) ni Hifadhi ya Taifa ya kwanza na ya zamani zaidi nchini Misri. Ilianzishwa mwaka 1983 kwa ajili ya ulinzi wa maisha ya baharini na ya mwitu, ambayo ni intrinsically kushikamana na lazima kusimamiwa kama kitengo. Hifadhi hiyo imepanuliwa na sasa ina eneo la kilomita 480 za mraba. Ras Mohamed ni jina la kiingereza linalomaanisha kichwa cha Mtume Muhammad (s.a.w.w.) na linarejelea mwamba uliopigwa na upepo ambao wavuvi waliona kichwa cha Mtume Muhammad (s.a.w.w.) katika mwamba huo. Eneo hilo linalolindwa ni ajabu ya kijiolojia, si chini ya maji tu bali pia kwenye nchi kavu, kwa sababu ya miamba yake yenye miamba iliyochimbuliwa kando ya pwani. Ni kilele cha pwani kilicho upande wa kusini kabisa wa Mlima Sinai, ambapo jangwa linaelekea Bahari Nyekundu. Mwamba huu wa matumbawe, uliobaki juu na kavu maelfu ya miaka iliyopita, unaangalia juu ya baadhi ya matumbawe tajiri zaidi ambayo utaona. Tangu Jacques Cousteau alipochunguza na kuanzisha eneo la Bahari Nyekundu na maji yake safi ya kioo kwa ulimwengu, eneo hili limevutia na kushangaza waogeleaji na snorkelers kutoka duniani kote na matumbawe yake mengi mazuri na matumbawe na zaidi ya spishi elfu ya maisha na bado mara kwa mara spishi mpya zilizogunduliwa. Uwezo wa bahari ya Red Sea na Ghuba ya Aqaba ni sehemu ya sababu mbili. Bahari Nyekundu ni bahari iliyohifadhiwa na yenye utulivu bila mikondo yenye nguvu sana. Kwa hiyo, mawimbi hayaonekani sana, na ingawa maji ni ya kina kirefu, bado yana joto kutokana na joto la volkano linalotokana na sakafu ya bahari. Hapa Bahari Nyekundu na Ghuba ya Aqaba hukutana na aina zao tofauti za chumvi huungana hapa. Hii inaongoza kwa aina mbalimbali ya matumbawe na kuta na maisha ya bahari wazi, ambayo ni kuvutia na karibu mara kwa mara mkondo mkubwa katika eneo hili na yote haya pamoja matokeo katika mazingira haya nyeti. Si tu katika pwani na bahari, lakini pia juu ya ardhi kuna maisha mengi; asiyeonekana kwa watu wengi, lakini viongozi wetu kukusaidia pia kugundua maajabu haya ya asili. Hizi ni maeneo ya kaskazini ya mangrove, ambapo makundi ya Fiddler crabs huishi na wengine wanaishi kati ya mbweha na mbawakawa. Ras Mohamed pia ina mengi ya kutoa kwa wapenzi wa ndege kama ni nesting ardhi Sooty Falcons, wakati White Storks kuhamia wakati wa spring na kuanguka. Ndege wa pwani na ndege wa pwani ni wengi na Kisiwa cha Tiran kilicho karibu ni mahali muhimu pa kuzaliana kwa Osprey, gulls na terns. Ndani zaidi ya nchi, ndege anayeitwa Egypt vulture ni ndege asiye wa kawaida anayeishi na kuzaliana. Sasa kuna minara ya pekee ya kutazama ndege. Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Ras Mohamed inahatarishwa kuwa mhasiriwa wa uzuri wake mwenyewe na umaarufu wake na watalii, ardhini na baharini. "Watu wengi wa siku moja hutoka Sharm el Sheikh kuogelea na kupiga mbizi bila mwongozo sahihi na watu hawa huonyesha heshima kidogo au hakuna kwa mazingira haya dhaifu, ambayo husababisha uchafu mwingi na uharibifu. """ Tangu ongezeko la utalii wa kitaifa na ukosefu wa ishara katika Kiarabu, hii ni tatizo kubwa hata zaidi. Maeneo ya kupiga mbizi ya burudani ni marekebisho na wageni ambao kutembelea Hifadhi ya ardhi, lazima kuondoka Hifadhi kabla ya machweo isipokuwa wale ambao kutumia usiku katika eneo la kambi maalum.