Eel Garden
Eel Garden gets its name from the population of hundreds of Red Sea garden eels which inhabit the area. Eel garden is situated in Assalah bay, connected to Lighthouse by a pedestrian walkway (approximately 1.5 Km). The reef platform here is about 60 metres wide and as always it is wise to enter the water at high tide so you can swim over the reef rather risk damaging it by walking on it. Leaving the reef via a winding channel you skirt a promontory on your left. After a few metres, you reach a white sandy slope where hundreds of garden eels come out and wave with the waters. Approach too close, or too quickly and the eels retreat into the sand. On the way back, look out for the abundance of Pore Corals, Butterflyfish and Grey Morays which inhabit the area.