2-Day Moses Mountain Sunrise Tour from Cairo with St. Catherine

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Climb Moses Mountain with an English-speaking Bedouin guide
• 02 Watch the sunrise from the summit at St. Catherine
• 03 Visit St. Catherine's Monastery, one of Christianity's oldest monasteries
• 04 See the monastery built around the Burning Bush site

Discover a new way to live as you wake up early to hike Moses Mountain for a sunrise view from the summit at St. Catherine. Visit St. Catherine's Monastery, one of Christianity's oldest monasteries, built around the Burning Bush site.

Your Bedouin guide will accompany you as you climb this sacred mountain.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Days

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included · Premium

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Cairo, Saint Catherine

Languages Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Cairo to St. Catherine

• Travel from your hotel in Cairo to St. Catherine in a modern, air-conditioned vehicle.

Check in to your hotel for an overnight stay. The meal plan includes lunch and dinner.

2

Day 02

Moses Mountain Sunrise and St. Catherine's Monastery

• Start early at 02:00 AM as you head to Moses Mountain. Your Bedouin guide will accompany you as you climb this sacred mountain.

• Descend at about 07:00 AM and continue to St. Catherine Monastery, considered one of the most famous monasteries in the world. The monastery was dedicated to St. Catherine, who was tortured to death for the sake of her new faith.

• Have breakfast at the hotel and then drive back to Cairo. The meal included is breakfast.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• English-speaking Bedouin guide

• Pick-up service from your hotel in Cairo and back

• Transfer to St. Catherine and back by private air-conditioned vehicle

• Accommodation in St. Catherine for one night at a 4-star hotel on a half-board basis

• Entrance fees

• Bottled water during your trip

• All taxes and service charges

What's Not Included

• Drinks during meals

• Tips and gratuities

• Personal expenses

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Cairo, Egypt

Tour start

St Catherine, Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.