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Desert day trip + Mt Sinai and St Catherine

Dahab (0)
from/per person €125
  • Trekking

Description

Desert Day Trip, with sunrise on Mt Sinai

A different way to see Mt Sinai and St Catherine, with time to relax and enjoy the desert.

St Catherine and Mt Sinai

Mt Sinai and Jebel Katrin (Catherine) are the 2 highest peaks in the central Sinai range, and are sites of great historical, religious and peaceful significance.

On Mt Sinai, Moses received the 10 Commandments; and the Holy Monastery of St Catherine at Mt Sinai is the oldest continually inhabited Christian monastery in the world.

In all its history, the Monastery has never been destroyed, and the monks live in harmony with the Muslim Bedouin of the Sinai.

For centuries, pilgrims and travelers have climbed Mt Sinai to watch sunrise from its summit. Then descended in the the morning light for a tour of the monastery.

What’s included

  • Desert day trip by jeep, exploring further on foot. Midday break and relax while lunch is cooked on the fire.
  • National Park entrance to St Catherine
  • Room, dinner and breakfast at Fox Camp is St Catherine
  • All transportation, starting and ending in Dahab
  • Local Bedouin guides – one for the day trip, plus a dedicated Mt Sinai guide for the midnight hike and monastery.

Extras paid on site in St Catherine

  • USD $2 optional library entrance at the monastery (well worth it if the library is open)

Schedule

Safari starts and ends in Dahab.

  • The safari starts as a normal desert day trip, exploring mountains, dunes and hiking the Double Canyon with a local Bedouin guide
  • Towards sunset, transfer to St Catherine. Dinner, relax/nap in your room
  • At midnight, meet the dedicated Mt Sinai guide from the Jebelaya Bedouin tribe, who will take you on the pilgrim path up Mt Sinai to see the sunrise.
  • Descend from Mt Sinai in the morning light, and visit St Catherine monastery.
  • Return to Fox Camp for breakfast and to pick up any extra bags
  • Return to Dahab, arriving latest 2pm

Minimum 3 people to guarantee booking. Single travelers welcome. We will add you to a group, or suggest alternative date/safari. 

Would you like to see more treks and safaris? See them all on our main Trekking Sinai page