Day Trips from Sharm El Sheikh to Saint Catherine
Overview
The site offers visitors the opportunity to climb Mount Moses, a place of high spiritual importance, where they can watch the sunrise from the mountain, a unique spiritual and aesthetic experience, which is popular in the winter.
Visiting Mount St Catherine and walking through the Sacred Way is an unparalleled experience, as many amazing monuments and monuments depict the splendor of the architecture, for example, the old wooden door at the entrance of the church 1400 years ago, and the idea of being in the place where many great leaders and famous personalities have walked, strongly influences beyond the ordinary and materialistic view of things.
Gaze up at the towering St Catherine's Mountains, like an enchanting painting of nature in the heart of Sinai. Standing 8563 feet above sea level, this peak is regarded as one of Egypt's tallest mountains. It is called so because, as stated in the traditions of the monks, the angels in the past carried the body of Saint Caterina from the place of her martyrdom in Alexandria in 307 AD and brought her down to this mountain and only the skull and the bone of one of the hands remain, which are preserved in a box inside the church to this day, and one can see from its summit in plain sight the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez, especially if the weather is clear and the sun is shining.
The area of St. Catherine's Monastery is a holy area for the three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; the Great Mount area of St. Catherine's Monastery is one of the holy areas that brought together the three monotheistic religions, so it is called the "meeting point of the three monotheistic religions".
The site offers visitors the opportunity to climb Mount Moses, a place of high spiritual importance, where they can watch the sunrise from the mountain, a unique spiritual and aesthetic experience, which is popular in the winter.
Visiting Mount St Catherine and walking through the Sacred Way is an unparalleled experience, as many amazing monuments and monuments depict the splendor of the architecture, for example, the old wooden door at the entrance of the church 1400 years ago, and the idea of being in the place where many great leaders and famous personalities have walked, strongly influences beyond the ordinary and materialistic view of things.
Gaze up at the towering St Catherine's Mountains, like an enchanting painting of nature in the heart of Sinai. Standing 8563 feet above sea level, this peak is regarded as one of Egypt's tallest mountains. It is called so because, as stated in the traditions of the monks, the angels in the past carried the body of Saint Caterina from the place of her martyrdom in Alexandria in 307 AD and brought her down to this mountain and only the skull and the bone of one of the hands remain, which are preserved in a box inside the church to this day, and one can see from its summit in plain sight the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez, especially if the weather is clear and the sun is shining.
The area of St. Catherine's Monastery is a holy area for the three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; the Great Mount area of St. Catherine's Monastery is one of the holy areas that brought together the three monotheistic religions, so it is called the "meeting point of the three monotheistic religions".
Inclusion
- All fees and taxes
- Glasses water during your Tours
- A Bedouin guide during the mountain's journey.
- A professional tour guide who speaks fluent English
- Pick up services from your hotel & return.
- All sightseeing entrance costs are listed in the itinerary above.
- Cairo Top Tours provides all transportation in a private, air-conditioned car.
Exclusion
- Tipping
- Any additions
- Personal costs
- Prices apply for Egypt Easter trips and Egypt Christmas and New Year excursions.
Itinerary
Your fluent English-speaking Tour Leader will pick you up in front of your hotel and wait for you in an air-conditioned private car to take you to St Catherine's. When you arrive before sunrise, you will start an arduous journey full of adventures and fun for about 6 hours, the purpose of this costly journey is to enjoy nature first and to witness the birth of a new day second by observing and tracking the moments of sunrise.
Ascending to the summit of Mount Moses in St. Catherine is a journey amid mountains and picturesque nature that attracts thousands of tourists every year who go on a safari to the summit of Mount Moses, most tourists come for tourism and fun, and some come to perform the Greek Orthodox pilgrimage rituals.
Your journey will be accompanied by a Bedouin guide, noting that the ascent takes approximately two to three hours. During the journey, there are important stations, at the end of the Al Jaaz area, you reach the Farsh Elia area, and there are 11 cafeterias that contain hot drinks and light food that help the journey, and there are some monuments such as the mosque, cave chapel, the Church of the Holy Trinity, and the Rock of Moses, peace be upon him.
After visiting St Catherine's Monastery and taking photos from the top of the peak, you will be transferred to your lunch in the city of magic and beauty, Dahab, after which you will be transferred to your hotel in Sharm again.
Price
| Number of Persons | Prices |
|---|---|
| 1 Person | $260 Per Person |
| 2 - 3 Persons | $140 Per Person |
| 4 - 6 Persons | $110 Per Person |
| 7 - 10 Persons | $85 Per Person |
Start from : $85
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