Sinai Echoes: Temples & Canyons Adventure (8 Days)

Tour overview

SINAI 8 DAYS PROGRAM – DESERT SAFARI

CAIRO – HATHOR TEMPLE – THE FOREST OF PILLARS – GABAL MUSA – SANTA CATHERINA MONASTERY – THE BLUE MOUNTAINS – ARRADA CANYON – THE NAWAMIS – EIN HUDRA – THE COLOURED CANYON.

Brief Itinerary

Day	Highlights	Overnight
Day 1	Arrive in Cairo	Cairo
Day 2	Tour the National Museum, Islamic Cairo & Khan el-Khalili	Cairo
Day 3	Explore the Giza Pyramid Complex, Egyptian Museum & Old Cairo	Cairo
Day 4	Wadi Sedry and Wadi El-Bodra	Wadi El-Maghara
Day 5	Visit Mount El-Maghara	Serabit El-Khadim
Day 6	Blue Hole of Dahab – Wadi Samghi, Wadi Hudra	Coloured canyon
Day 7	Delta of Nuweiba-Drive back to Cairo	Cairo
Day 8	Departure

PERSONAL GEARS :

Travelers should have the following:

Daypack to carry personal items they need during the day.
Light clothes for the daytime.
Warm clothes for the evening.
Modest clothes to enter the holy sites.
Good hiking shoes.
Bathing suit.
Mask and snorkel.
Water containers 1 to 2 liters.
Flashlight.
Good sleeping bag (waterproof).
Sun hat.

The following items are necessary for trekking and camel riding tours :

Day backpack for personal gear and food.
Very good hiking boots.
Very warm clothes for the evening.
Very good sleeping bag for approximately zero to minus ten degrees in winter time and ten to five as a minimum degree in summer time.

[All personal gear should not be more than 8 kg.]

Day 1 :

Arrive at Cairo International Airport; transfer to your hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2 :

Breakfast. Drive Cairo/Ahmed Hamdy Tunnel, Ras Sudr, Abou-Zneima Turn off-road through Wadi Mattala. To reach Serabit El-Khadim Bedouin Village and camp for overnight.

Day 3 :

Hike Mount Serabit El-Khadim (755 m.) to visit the ancient Egyptian Temple of the Goddess Hathor. Visit the ancient turquoise mines of Wadi Baala. Drive Wadi El-Ramla, visiting the holy tomb of Sheikh Hebus and the Forest of Pillars; cross Wadi El-Seih and Wadi Biraq. Drive through Wadi Fieran and visit its oasis (the largest oasis in south Sinai with 100,000 palm trees.). Reach St. Catherine, Bedouin Village, and camp for overnight.

Day 4 :

Early morning, climb Mount Sinai (gabal Musa 2285 m). Visit the Monastery of St. Catherine. Visit the Blue Mountains of Wadi Zaghra.
Drive to Wadi Arrada and visit its Bedouin Inscription Wall and camp for overnight.

Day 5 :

Hike the canyon of Arrada. Drive through the areas of Wadi Safra and Gabel Barga which are considered to be the best sand dunes and sandstone forms in South Sinai. Visit the Nawamis. Drive to Dahab and camp on the beach for overnight.

Day 6 :

Swim and snorkel in the Blue Hole of Dahab. Drive to Wadi Samghi, Wadi Hudra, and visit the unique oasis of Ein Hudra. Drive Wadi Lathy, Wadi El-Ein. Hike the Coloured canyon and camp overnight.