El Gouna is a fully equipped resort community created from the desert by a man with vision, Mr. Samih Sawiris, president of the Orascom company and sole owner of the 19 million m²  resort. Spread across a myriad of islands and beautiful lagoons, El Gouna offers a wide range of accommodations from comfortable guest houses to luxurious five star hotels.

El Gouna provides everything one would expect from diving and water sports centers, horse stables, go-karting, shopping arcades, bazaars, a wide selection of restaurants and bars, night clubs, internet cafe, ATM machine, pharmacy, El Gouna International School, nursery, private hospital, a marina with lots of interesting places around, airport, the only casino on the Red Sea coast, private radio station, post office, real estate office and an eighteen hole golf course designed by Gene Bates with a unique aqua driving range.