Tour overview
CAIRO – HATHOR TEMPLE – THE FOREST OF PILLARS – BEER IQNA – EIN EL-AKHDAR – WADI ZALQA – EIN UMM-AHMED – THE COLOURED – CANYON -EIN HUDRA – THE WHITE CANYON – ARRADA CANYON – THE BLUE MOUNTAINS – DAHAB – NUWEIBA.
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 | Drive Wadi El-Ramla | Ein El-Akhdar |
Day 7 | Wadi El-Akhdar, Ras-Zalaga and Wadi Zalaga | Ein Umm-Ahmed Oasis |
Day 8 | Coloured Canyon of Ein Umm-Ahmed | Wadi Nekhil |
Day 9 | Hike the Coloured Canyon | Near Ein Hudra |
Day 10 | Hike through the White Canyon. | Gabel Barag |
Day 11 | Wadi Genah and Wadi Arrada | St Cathrine Village |
Day 12 | climb Mount Sinai | Wadi Nasib |
Day 13 | Wadi Dahab and visit the Delta of Dahab | camp on the beach |
Day 14 | back to Cairo | Cairo |
Day 15 | Departure |
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 garments 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 in trekking and camel riding tours :
- Day backpack for personal gear and food.
- Perfect hiking boots.
- Hot clothes for the evening.
- Perfect sleeping bag for approximately a minimum of zero to minus ten degrees in
- winter time and ten to five as a minimum degree in summertime.
[All personal gear should not be more than 8 kg]
Day 1 : Arrive in Cairo
Arrive at Cairo International airport ,transfer to your hotel. Dinner at the hotel and overnight.
Day 2 : Tour the National Museum, Islamic Cairo & Khan el-Khalili
Breakfast. Full day sightseeing in Cairo visiting the Egyptian Museum, the alabaster Mosque, the Citadel of Mohmed Ali Basha, Ibn- toloun Mosque and Refaai Mosque. Dinner at your hotel and overnight
Day 3 : Explore the Giza Pyramid Complex, Egyptian Museum & Old Cairo
Breakfast, Full day sightseeing in Giza visiting Memphis, Sakkara, Giza Pyramids, Sphinx and Papyrus Institute. Dinner at your hotel and overnight.
Day 4 : Wadi Sedry and Wadi El-Bodra
Breakfast. Drive Cairo/Ahmed Hamdy Tunnel, Abou-Ziniema, Abou-Rudes.Turn off-road through Wadi Sedry and Wadi El-Bodra and camp in Wadi El-Maghara.
Day 5 : Visit Mount El-Maghara
Visit Mount El-Maghara. Drive Wadi El-Khmila. Reach Serabit El-Khadim Bedouin Village. Visit the Temple of Hathor. Camp in Serabit El-Khadim Bedouin Village.
Day 6 : Drive Wadi El-Ramla
Drive Wadi El-Ramla, visit the Tomb of Sheikh Hebusand the Forest of Pillars of Gabal El-Fouga. Drive Wadi Biraq, Wadi El-Akhdar and camp in Ein El-Akhdar.
Day 7 : Wadi El-Akhdar, Ras-Zalaga and Wadi Zalaga
Drive Wadi El-Akhdar, Ras-Zalaga and Wadi Zalaga. Drive Wadi Zarnikh and reach Ein Umm-Ahmed Oasis to camp for overnight.
Day 8 : Coloured Canyon of Ein Umm-Ahmed
Visit the Caloured Canyon of Ein Umm-Ahmed. Drive Ras Kalb, Wadi El-Baryah and reach Wadi Nekhil to camp for overnight.
Day 9 : Hike the Coloured Canyon
Hike the Coloured Canyon. Drive Wadi Hudra and visit the unique oasis of Hudra. Camp near Ein Hudra.
Day 10 : Hike through the White Canyon.
Hike through the White Canyon. Drive Wadi Abou-Marwat and visit the Nawamis. Drive Wadi Safra and reach Gabel Barag to camp.
Day 11 : Wadi Genah and Wadi Arrada.
Drive Wadi Genah and Wadi Arrada. Visit the Bedouin Inscription Wall of Wadi Arrada. Hike through Arrada Canyon. Drive to St Cathrine Village and camp for overnight.
Day 12 : climb Mount Sinai
Early morning, climb Mount Sinai (Ghabel Musa 2285 m.). Visit the Monastery of St.Catherine. Drive Wadi Zaghra and visit the Blue Mountains. Drive Wadi Nasib and visit its oasis and camp for overnight.
Day 13 : Wadi Dahab and visit the Delta of Dahab
Drive Wadi Dahab and visit the Delta of Dahab. Drive to Nuweiba and camp on the beach for overnight.
Day 14: back to Cairo
Drive back to Cairo visiting the remains of Barlev Line of Israel. Dinner at your hotel in Cairo and overnight
Day 15 : Departure
Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International airport for departure