Overnight Trip to Saint Catherine and Mountain Sinai from Cairo

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Early Drive to Saint-Catherine from Cairo around 6 Hours Drive Trip
3 stops
1
Saint Catherine
Saint Catherine (also spelled: St. Katrine; Egyptian Arabic: سانت كاترين‎ pronounced [ˈsænte kætˈɾiːn]) is a city in the South Sinai Governorate. It is located at the outskirts of the El Tur Mountains at an elevation of 1,586 m (5,203 ft), 120 km (75 mi) away from Nuweiba, at the foot of Mount Sinai and Saint Catherine's Monastery. As of 1994, its population was 4,603. Saint Catherine is a UNESCO world heritage site, officially declared in 2002.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
2
South Sinai
Early morning departure; follow Moses' exodus journey. On the way to Sinai we will stop at the Suez Canal which links the Mediterranean and Red Seas. From there we will cross from Africa to Asia where we will visit Marah where Moses took a wooden log and threw it into the water making the bitter water sweet. We will then drive to Elim where manna and quail came from heaven. Then we will drive to Raphadime where in the book of Exodus Moses sent Joshua to fight the Amalakites. There Moses built an altar that he called 'Lord is my Banner'. Arrival to Sinai, dinner and overnight in Sinai (St. Catherine)
6 hours • Admission ticket free
3
St. Catherine's Monastery
St Katherine Protectorate is an Egyptian national park in the south of Sinai. It encloses most of the mountainous area of central South Sinai, including the country's highest mountain, Mount Catherine at 2,629 metres (8,625 ft) above sea level. In 2002, a 640 km2 area demarcated by the ‘Ring Dyke’ within the Protectorate core was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. The listed area includes the highest mountains in the Protectorate, including Mount Sinai and the Saint Catherine's Monastery. In September 2001 a delegation from ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) conducted a site review and the site and their recommendations are included in the listing memorandum. A site visit by IUCN, the administrative agency for Natural Sites, was conducted in December 2002. It was proposed that the site be redesignated as ‘An Associative Cultural Landscape’. World Heritage status brings higher protection and international oversight but entails a more intensive management effort and full cooperation from local and national authorities.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Day Tour to Saint-Catherine Monastery and Drive Back to Cairo
1 stop
4
St. Catherine's Monastery
Saint Catherine's Monastery (Arabic: دير القدّيسة كاترين‎; Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially "Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai" (Greek: Ιερά Μονή του Θεοβαδίστου Όρους Σινά), lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai, near the town of Saint Catherine, Egypt. The monastery is named after Catherine of Alexandria. The monastery is controlled by the autonomous Church of Sinai, part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built between 548 and 565, the monastery is one of the oldest working Christian monasteries in the world. The site contains the world's oldest continually operating library, possessing many unique books including the Syriac Sinaiticus and, until 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus.
2 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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