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Mount Sinai Sunrise and St. Catherine's Monastery Trip from Dahab

By Dahab Safari Day Tours
7.6 out of 10
Price is Rp819.500 per adult
Features
  • 12h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Travel through the night to Mount Sinai to climb the mountain at night to see the sunrise from atop Moses’ Mountain. The descent after dawn to visit one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world, St. Catherine, built around the site of the Burning Bush.

Activity location

  • Mount Sinai
    • 46512, Saint Catherine, Egypt, Egypt

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Mount Sinai
    • 46512, Saint Catherine, Egypt, Egypt

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Monastery, Mount Sinai Sunrise
  • Activity duration is 12 hours12h
    12h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
Rp819.500 x 1 AdultRp819.500

Total
Price is Rp819.500
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedBedouin guide during climbing up the mountain
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance fees to St. Catherine National Park
  • What's includedWhat's includedPick up services from your hotel and return
  • What's includedWhat's includedair-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMuseum room ticket
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAny extras not mentioned in the programme
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Mount Sinai
  • 7h
  • Admission ticket included
We start at 23:00 in the evening, driving for 2 hours to the monastery and the mountain. We start climbing the mountain at 01:00 with our guide. We can enjoy looking at the stars while waiting for sunrise time to go up the mountain is 2 and half hours each way. Enjoy an amazing early sunrise over the monastery
St. Catherine's Monastery
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
After sunrise, we go down the mountain to visit the monastery of St. Catherine which is considered one of the most famous monasteries in the world, and also it’s one of the oldest monasteries of Christianity. It’s located in heart of the Sinai Peninsula at a height of 1570 metres in the place where according to the tradition Moses saw the bush on fire which didn’t burn up. The Monastery is Orthodox and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The monastery dates back to the age of the emperor Justinian 6th century. It was the same time of building an enclosure wall surrounding the monastery right now but the monastery was named Saint Catherine at the beginning of the 11th century in honour of saint Catherine, one of the earliest Alexandria Christian martyrs. It contains several monuments like the burning bush seen by Moses and the remarkable Icons Gallery. Then return back to your hotel in Dahab.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMount Sinai
    • 46512, Saint Catherine, Egypt, Egypt

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMount Sinai
    • 46512, Saint Catherine, Egypt, Egypt

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