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Mount Sinai, also known as Mount Horeb or Gabal Musa, is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt that is a possible location of the biblical Mount Sinai. This tour is a bus trip to the most famous mountain on Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Night Tours
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Mount Sinai, also known as Mount Horeb or Gabal Musa, is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt that is a possible location of the biblical Mount Sinai. This tour is a bus trip to the most famous mountain on Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up from Your Hotel in Cairo and drive to St Catherine City
Stop At: El-Tahrir Square, Qasr Ad Dobarah, Qasr El Nil, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
The pick up from the hotels in Cairo/ Giza will be at around 08.00 am and then we will drive for about 6 hours to Moses Mountain. you will check in a 4 * hotel in ST Catherine City around 04:00 pm, the you will be picked up around midnight from hotel to start your nigh tour,
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Duration: 8 hours
Stop At: Mount Sinai, Saint Catherine 46512 Egypt
You will start to climb the 2285 m high mountain guided by one of our guides from 01:00 am to 04:30 am. You can climb by following a long path which leads to 700 steps. This takes you to the top of the mountain on time for the sunrise where you can enjoy a beautiful view. If you feel you can’t climb the mountain you can get a camel ride for 200 lE which takes you to the 700 steps.
• After coming down from the mountain we will visit the Monastery of St. Catherine. Down the ages the monastery has become one of the most famous monuments of Sinai.
Duration: 10 minutes
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: 4 stars accommodation in St Catherine
Day 2: Drive Back to Cairo from St Catherien
Stop At: El-Tahrir Square, Qasr Ad Dobarah, Qasr El Nil, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
then we go to a local restaurant in St Catherine City to take our breakfast, then we drive back to Cairo we will be back between 03:30 pm & 04:30 pm.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
