Elat - Underwater Observatory

In the Coral Beach Nature Reserve in Elat is the very interesting Underwater Observatory. A pier 100m/110yds long leads to the Observatory, with twenty windows through which visitors can watch the teeming underwater life 6m/20ft below the surface. There is also an excellent aquarium with hundreds of Red Sea fishes in many different species. Other attractions are a shark pool and a turtle pool. Another way of seeing the underwater world of the Red Sea is a trip in a glass-bottomed boat (departures from the landing-stage a little way north of the Underwater Observatory).