2 Day tour to Sinai Mountain and St. Catherine’s

Our Egyptologist guide will pick you up in the morning by your Professional guide who will accompany you privately by Cairo Top Tours, start enjoying one of our most historical trips and things to do from Cairo. Following one of the probable routes of the Israelites during the biblical exodus, you will be transferred by a modern car from your hotel in Cairo. The journey to Mount Sinai's amazing overnight tours from anywhere in Cairo is between 6 to 7 hours to reach St Catherine town, we will drive through the tunnel of Ahmed Hamdi located in the Suez Governorate and we will go under the water of the Suez Canal.

We will let you stop for a toilet break to stretch your legs on the way and it gives you the chance to have a drink if you want and to rest for a while. Then we will also stop at Moses’ wells where according to tradition Moses has split the rock into water springs for watering the Israelites. ( If it is open) and you will discuss with your guide the probable routes that the sons of Israel might have taken during the biblical exodus when the sea was parted for Moses and the Pharaoh drowned ( most probably Ramses the second or Merinptah).

We will help you to have a smooth check-in, you will rest at the hotel in St Catherine and spend the evening at leisure.

The dinner will be served in the hotel then you can take a break before you start climbing Mt.Sinai in the early hours of the next day.

Meals: Dinner

The pick-up time will be at 1:00 AM, The hotel will serve tea and coffee will be served in the Lobby, then you will be transferred to the spot where you start climbing Mount Sinai accompanied by one of the local Bedouin guides. Enjoy this adventurous trip and Climb the sacred mountain following the steps of millions of hermits, you will get amazed by the views and there will be huts on the way where you can buy a hot drink or rent a blanket if the weather is too cold. When you reach the summit you will watch a breathtaking sunrise from the top of the mountain.

On the way down you will be taken to the hotel to have breakfast then you will meet your tour guide to visit the historical monastery of Saint Catherine, he will explain to you everything about St, Catherine Monastery, The oldest Christian Diocese in the world dates back to the 6th century, and the number and life of the Monks in South Sinai.

Inside the monastery, you are going to see the Burning Bush surrounded by a small chapel erected by Queen Helena mother of Emperor Constantine, and the church of Transfiguration built by Emperor Justinian.

Saint Catherine is also the only Christian monastery that comprises the second most important Christian Library in the world after the Library of the Vatican ( which is not open), as well as a Muslim mosque inside that, was never used since it was not rightly oriented toward Qibla direction or the direction to the holy Kaaba in Mecca, our professional guide will show you the mosque and explain to you the history behind.

On the way, you will stop to see the rock where the golden calf was planted by the Israelites to deliver a majestic voice like gods, and the tomb of Aaron the younger brother of Moses, which is the probable site of the burial of this biblical prophet.

After that, you finish your Overnight daily Trip to the famous Mount Sinai with a transfer back to Cairo.

The end of your Mount Sinai overnight tours from Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast