Private Red Sea
Yacht Charter —
What’s Actually Included
Your boat. Your group. Your itinerary. No other guests, no shared deck, no compromises. Here is exactly what a full private charter on the Red Sea looks like — and who it is built for.
What “full charter”
actually means.
The word charter gets used loosely — by day-trip operators, shared liveaboards, and luxury superyacht operators all in the same breath. This is the distinction that matters.
A full private charter means the entire vessel is reserved exclusively for your group. No other guests. No shared dining room, no shared deck, no schedule built around strangers. The boat, the crew, and the itinerary belong to your group from departure to return.
Boreas on the Red Sea — exclusively yours for the duration of your charter
A standard liveaboard sells individual cabins to strangers who share your vessel for a week. A Boreas full charter means the vessel, crew, and itinerary belong to your group alone — from the moment you board to the moment you disembark.
This is fundamentally different from a standard liveaboard, where groups of 10 to 20 strangers share the same space, the same meals, and the same dive sites on a fixed schedule. On a full charter, your group of friends, family, colleagues, or retreat participants has complete privacy, complete flexibility, and a program built around you.
What is included on
a Boreas private charter.
Every Boreas charter includes the vessel, the full dedicated crew, all meals prepared on board, and access to the complete range of on-water activities. The itinerary is built entirely around your group’s preferences — not a fixed route.
The twin jacuzzis at Boreas’s stern — one of the signature experiences of a private Red Sea charter
A private superyacht — entirely yours
The full Boreas floating resort — private suites and cabins, sun deck, sea-view salon, dining room, and outdoor deck space — reserved exclusively for your group. No shared spaces, no strangers at breakfast, no competing schedules.
Fully vetted, dedicated to your group only
The entire Boreas crew — captain, dive instructors, wellness team, kitchen staff, and hospitality team — works exclusively for your charter group for the full duration. No rotation of outside staff. No divided attention.
Snorkeling, scuba, kite, SUP and more
Guided snorkeling, scuba diving with PADI professionals, kitesurfing, stand-up paddleboarding, floating sea pool, and water slide. Activity schedule built around your group — not around a shared boat program. First-time snorkelers and certified divers both catered for simultaneously.
Yoga, spa, vitamin therapy and gym
Daily yoga sessions on deck, full spa with treatment rooms, vitamin IV drips, sea-view gym, and breathwork space. For wellness retreat groups, the entire on-board wellness program is configured around your facilitator’s schedule. For corporate and leisure groups, it is available as and when participants want it.
Full board — all dietary requirements accommodated
All meals prepared on board, full board throughout. Menus are agreed in advance with the group — dietary requirements including plant-based, vegan, gluten-free, and allergen-specific menus are fully accommodated. Evening dining can be on deck, in the salon, or on a barefoot island beach depending on the program.
Built from scratch around your group
No fixed route. The Boreas team works with you before departure to design the full itinerary — which reefs, which dive sites, which wind spots for kite, which islands for BBQ dinners. If your group wants to stay at Dolphin House for two days instead of one, the itinerary changes. It is your charter.
✦ Exclusive full vessel — no other guests for the entire charter period
✦ All meals full board — dietary requirements accommodated in advance
✦ Guided snorkeling, scuba diving (PADI), SUP, floating sea pool and water slide
✦ Daily yoga, spa treatments, vitamin therapy and sea-view gym
✦ All round-trip transfers from Hurghada or Marsa Alam airport
✦ Barefoot island BBQ dinner and evening entertainment program
✦ WiFi, all taxes, service charges and crew gratuities
✦ Custom itinerary — your route, your schedule, your priorities
Who charters a private
Red Sea yacht.
The groups that book a Boreas full charter fall into five categories. What they share is a preference for privacy, quality, and an experience that a resort or shared liveaboard simply cannot replicate.
Snorkeling at Dolphin House and morning yoga on deck — two pillars of a Boreas private charter
A shared luxury experience with no compromise
A private charter gives everyone in the group the same high standard — accommodation, food, activity access — with the freedom to design the days together. No resort timetables, no hotel dining room with strangers, no fixed excursions. The boat is your base and your home.
Multi-generational travel that works for everyone
A private vessel means no concerns about shared spaces, noise, or scheduling around other guests. Young children, teenagers, and grandparents all have access to activities suited to them. The pace is yours. Nothing is compulsory, and no one is left out.
The floating venue that land cannot replicate
Yoga teachers, breathwork facilitators, and wellness entrepreneurs use Boreas as a private retreat venue. Morning practice on deck at sunrise over open water. Snorkeling between sessions. No hotel corridor noise, no competing guest energy. The Red Sea environment does significant work for the program before the facilitator begins.
A high-impact off-site that signals serious intent
A private Red Sea charter offers confidentiality, a genuinely extraordinary shared experience, and a setting that no hotel conference room can approach. For executive off-sites, team building, and incentive programs, Boreas delivers the kind of trip participants remember and talk about — which is the entire point.
Exclusive access to the world’s best reefs
The Red Sea is ranked among the world’s top five dive destinations — visibility regularly exceeding 30 metres, over 1,200 species of marine life, and reef systems at Elphinstone, the Brothers Islands, and Daedalus Reef that compete with anything on earth. A full charter means exclusive boat access at each site — no competing for entry points with other vessels.
Wind, water, and private access to the best spots
The Red Sea’s consistent wind corridors around El Gouna and Hurghada make it one of the premier kite charter destinations globally. A private kite charter allows groups to move between wind spots freely, following the conditions rather than a resort schedule. All equipment and instruction available on board for mixed ability groups.
The Red Sea as a
charter destination.
The Red Sea offers conditions that few charter destinations in the world can match. Understanding why requires a brief look at what makes this body of water extraordinary.
The Red Sea is one of the saltiest seas on earth — with salinity levels nearly double the global ocean average. Higher salt concentration produces exceptional buoyancy, extraordinary water clarity, and a reef ecosystem of remarkable richness. Your group floats effortlessly. They see clearly. The experience is immediate from the first entry.
Water temperatures stay warm year-round, ranging from 22°C in winter to 30°C in summer. The reef systems — particularly in the northern Red Sea around the Brothers Islands, Daedalus, and Elphinstone — are among the most biodiverse and least crowded in the world. For kitesurfers, the consistent wind corridors make the Red Sea one of the premier kite destinations globally. For snorkelers and non-divers, the shallow reef systems accessible directly from the boat require no certification and offer immediate access to coral gardens, turtles, and reef fish.
Adding Egypt — ancient
temples and the world’s
clearest water. One trip.
Egypt is the only country on earth where your group can stand inside a pharaoh’s tomb in the morning and snorkel above a living coral reef by the weekend. No other destination combines ancient civilization at this scale with a marine environment of this quality. For a charter group, that is not a travel detail — it is the entire point.
Many charter groups choose to combine the Red Sea cruise with a Boreas land program through Egypt — creating a complete journey that covers both the ancient world and the underwater one. The land portion moves through Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan with private Egyptologist guides. The sea portion provides the contrast: open water, reefs, and the complete reset that only the Red Sea delivers.
Hot air balloon over Luxor at sunrise — and five-star accommodation throughout the land tour
✦ Nights 1–4 · Icons of Egypt Land Tour — Pyramids VIP access, Grand Egyptian Museum, Fayoum desert, Valley of the Kings, Luxor Temple, hot air balloon at sunrise. Private Egyptologist guides, 5-star hotels, all meals and transfers.
✦ Day 5 · Transfer — Hot air balloon at sunrise over Luxor, then direct transfer to Marsa Alam to board Boreas.
✦ Nights 5–7 · Red Sea Charter — Abu Dabbab reefs, Dolphin House, island BBQ, scuba diving, guided snorkeling, spa, live music, closing party.
Getting to the Red Sea
from the United States.
Access to Egypt from the US has improved significantly in 2026 with new direct routes. Here is the current state of flights — and which gateway works best depending on your program.
The closest airport to the Red Sea charter base. Fly via Cairo (EgyptAir) or via European hubs — London, Paris, Frankfurt. Transfer to the vessel is approximately 30 minutes. Best gateway for sea-only charters.
Southern Red Sea gateway — ideal for groups combining the land tour and sea program. Charter groups transferring from the Luxor hot air balloon board Boreas here. Served by European charters and via Cairo connections.
Main international hub. EgyptAir operates direct routes from New York JFK, Newark, Washington DC, and from May 2026 Los Angeles, and from June 2026 Chicago. The new LA and Chicago routes make Egypt significantly more accessible for West Coast and Midwest US travelers. New 2026 — LA & Chicago direct
✦ New York JFK → Cairo (EgyptAir direct) — existing route, year-round
✦ Newark → Cairo (EgyptAir direct) — existing route, year-round
✦ Washington DC → Cairo (EgyptAir direct) — existing route, year-round
✦ Los Angeles → Cairo (EgyptAir direct) — launching May 2026
✦ Chicago → Cairo (EgyptAir direct) — launching June 2026
✦ Cairo → Hurghada — EgyptAir domestic, approx. 45 minutes, multiple daily flights
✦ All airport transfers to the vessel are included in the Boreas charter program
Who stands behind
every Boreas charter.
When you bring a group onto a vessel on the Red Sea, you are trusting an operator with their safety, their experience, and in many cases, your professional reputation. These are the organizations Boreas works with — and what each one means in practice.
All scuba diving and underwater activities are run by PADI-certified professionals on board. PADI is the world’s largest scuba diving training organization — their standards govern everything from first-time Discover Scuba experiences to fully guided multi-dive programs for certified divers. Every water entry is managed by a qualified professional.
Boreas operates in partnership with HEPCA — the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association, the leading marine conservation authority on the Red Sea. All snorkeling and diving follows HEPCA reef protection protocols. The reefs your group visits are protected by the operator taking you to them — and every charter actively contributes to their preservation.
The Chamber of Diving and Watersports regulates all commercial diving and water activity operations on the Egyptian Red Sea. Boreas holds full CDWS accreditation — meaning the vessel, the crew, and all water activity operations are inspected and certified. This is the accreditation that distinguishes professional licensed operators from unlicensed ones.
Boreas operates under full Egyptian Coast Guard certification. All safety equipment, vessel maintenance, crew qualifications, and operational procedures meet Egyptian maritime law requirements. Coast Guard certification is mandatory for all commercial passenger vessels on the Red Sea — and it is the baseline your group’s safety depends on.
All Boreas land programs operate under licenses from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Egyptologist guides are ministry-licensed professionals. Ground partners, hotels, and site access arrangements are government-endorsed and regularly reviewed. This matters especially for US groups traveling under corporate or organizational duty-of-care requirements.
Land program partners in Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan have operated for over 50 years. Members of EATA (Egypt Air Tourism Association) and EUROMIC, with Atout France recognition. The Boreas team brings Red Sea scuba diving and liveaboard operational expertise dating back to the early 2000s. These are not recent arrangements — they are long-standing relationships built on consistent delivery for international groups.
Other Boreas programs
worth exploring.
A private Red Sea charter can be booked as a standalone sea program or combined with the Egypt land tour. Explore the full range of Boreas programs below.
7-Night Egypt Sea & Land Journey
Temples, Pyramids, Valley of Kings — then the Red Sea. The only trip of its kind.
View Program →Icons of Egypt Land Tour
Cairo, Pyramids, Luxor, Valley of the Kings — privately guided, 5-star throughout.
View Land Tour →Red Sea Golden Express
Dolphins, reefs, island BBQ, spa, live music — three nights aboard Boreas.
View Cruise →Tell us about
your group.
Group size, dates, charter format — sea only or land and sea combined. We respond within 24 hours with a tailored proposal and full costings. Every charter is built from scratch around your group.
info@boreascruises.com · Response within 24 hours · Groups 10–48 guests