Permission must be acquired before being allowed to travel to Dahlak Marine National Park.
The park is flourishing with wildlife and there are an estimated 325 different species of fish in the waters surrounding the region.
These people maintain their traditional lifestyle of herding goats and camels, as well as fishing.
Scuba diving is now allowed in the area and is led by a group of trained scuba divers that consist of former freedom fighters that make up the core of Eritrean diving tourism.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This Africa protected areas related article is a stub.