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Penguin Village, Dahab, Egypt - map - directions
image image image image Penguin hotel – Budget accommodation and diving packages suit all tastes, Situated on the waterfront in the center of Dahab, faces directly out onto the Gulf of Aqaba with its breathtaking view, making it one of the best destinations world-wide for both the backpackers and holiday makers
Customer Ratings
Overall Average: 76.9%
Atmosphere 78% Staff 78%
Location 90% Cleanliness 63%
Facilities 71% Safety 80%
Fun 75% Value 79%
Customer Reviews: What did customers like about Penguin Village?
Displaying 31-50 of 50 comments
location - direct seaview from the balcony! Quite despite being in the middle of all the retaurants, shops, etc. Friendliness of staff. They organized all out trips very well and cheaply.
19 March 2007
The kitchen deserves twenty-two thumbs up. Clean rooms, extremely energetic staff and tasty smoothies. Only warning is that a couple of the staff are smooth operators(habibis), they will hit on all the girls in your group, so don't bring any prospective talent you're eyeing! Emad runs the show and is a stand up guy, has an adorable young daughter who will steal your heart. Enjoy spraying the cats with water as they plea for your fish.
2 March 2007
The best place to stay in Dahab. Great atmosphere with superb staff (Adel, Haleem, Osama & the boys will sort out anything you need). Excellent place to chill in between dives with their very professional dive centre. Big up Mohammed (the master of dive masters). Book now!
14 January 2007
Pinguin is perfectly located by the Red Sea with very friendly and good fun staff. The sort of place that when you leave it you are already wishing to be back! Muito obrigado to ALL of you from Pinguin and especailly to Emad and Edel...great guys . We had great Xmas and "belly dance show" at Pinguin! See you all soon!!! Marcio & Renata Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
28 December 2006
I spent here a wonderful time. Very cheap and people very friendly. In front of the sea in a delicious environment.
20 December 2006
The friendliness of the staff was especially good, and their efficiency in organizing trips. I can particularly recommend the Hotel Manage, Emed, whose English was perfect, as well as being charming and good humoured. On several of our trips we had a guide arranged through the hotel, whose name was Mohammed. Accept no substitutes; he was excellent too.
13 December 2006
The friendliest staff manage to gather travellers together to make it a sociable place to stay
5 December 2006
It was a verry good stay in penguin, I liked emad and his staf, verry friendly, alsaw the divers where verry good, Whit pain in my hart i was going home. Everybody was verry friendly, nice, en good for a lough, good food, good rooms, en perfect for diving, I was feeling at home, thanks penguin, Linda and Kim
22 November 2006
Penguin Village is a great place to stay the staff are super friendly atmosphere food and general vibe were the best I ve experirnced in a long time. The dive school is also superb and all for a great price. What more can you ask for ??
16 November 2006
Mohammed and his team were great, and made you feel most welcome and at home. The trips they organised were good, and it was a good place to meet people. I had a fab time, but not long enough but hope to come back again soon, as Dahab is a nice relaxing place to be...................
17 October 2006
Great athmosphere, nice, helpful staff and guests, GREAT place to be - would like to have stayed LOOONGER!!! Have been there 2nd time, first time was in 2001 - some things have changed, it's more up-to-date, they do constructions and expand everywhere, but the dahab-charme is still there! Like to come again and again!!!
1 October 2006
The staffs are very friendly. And great location! Only thing uncomfortable for me is the bed though. Except that, everything is ok.
17 September 2006
The staff were lovely, very helpful and accomodating!
30 August 2006
It's run by friendly, welcoming, people. Good place to relax and chill out right on the seafront. good food, good beds, good atmosphere, good diving, good backgammon,
27 August 2006
This is definitely the best place we have stayed at all over Egypt. The staff headed by Emad and Anna is incredibly friendly, laid-back, knowledgeable and helpful that you won't have any choice but to enjoy your stay and relax with every fiber of your body at their waterfront camp-style restaurant (the best milkshakes in town) or snorkling at the reef right in front of the hotel. Just for the record in case you had any doubt, the rooms are spotless and a great value. Thank you, Emad and Anna and all the others!
20 August 2006
Location, staff, facilities
8 July 2006
Penguin Village was a great place to stay. Emad and the rest of the staff were very friendly and eager to accomodate us and make our stay enjoyable. The stay was quite nice and they were able to book all of our extras for very fair/inexpensive prices. Through them I rented snorkel equipment, took a trip to the Blue Hole, and took a trip to Mt. Sinai where they also arranged a connecting minibus for us back to Taba for a very fair price. I didn't have to worry about a thing. Penguin took care of everythng. At times we thought about eating elsewhere, but we always ended up eating at the Penguin. The restaurant is good and while other places seemed empty (it was mid-week, low season), Penguin had the most action going on (though it wasn't overcrowded or too loud). A great place to stay.
5 July 2006
Relaxing and friendly...
28 June 2006
This hotel was so friendly. i had had a great time with parants. You can enjoy there. everything is ok and great.
9 June 2006
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Ratingv 77%
Breakfastv costs 1.89*
Bed linenv free
Towelv free
Airport Pickup v costs 31.49*
Luggage Room v free
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