Top Saint Catherine Art & Culture

Drive from Cairo to St. Catherine, arriving in the afternoon. Wake up early to hike the mountain in darkness to see sunrise from the mountain top. Descend to visit one of Christianity’s oldest monasteries, built around the site of the Burning Bush. Return to Cairo after breakfast.

Drive to the foot of Mount Sinai to visit St. Catherine Monastery, the oldest continuously working Christian monastery in the world. Visit Dahab on the Red Sea for lunch before returning to your ship.

Leaving from Sharm-el-Sheikh, this special nighttime tour to Mt. Sinai includes a pre-dawn climb to St. Catharine’s Monastery, timed to arrive at sunrise. Visit the spot where Moses was believed to have received the ten commandments and the site of the famous burning bush, described in the Old Testament. Tours include a local climbing guide and a tasty lunch in Dahab, plus air-conditioned vehicle transfers.

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

Tamer safari Tours representative will pick you up from your hotel to discover the highlights of Sinai desert by a modern jeep. You will be transferred to Saint Catherine Monastery which is located in the heart of Sinai Peninsula at a height of 1570 meters. According to the tradition, God appeared to Moses in the Burning Bush.whose summit witnessed the receipt of the Moses received the tables of the law with the Ten Commandments inscribed. The monastery dates back to the 6th century, the age of the Great Roman Emperor, Justinian I. The Great enclosure walls surrounding the Monastery were built back then and are still existent. The monastery was named after Saint Catherine, one of the earliest Christian martyrs, at the beginning of the 11th century. Then you will get back to St. Catherin’s road, about 65 kilometers North of St. Catherin Monastery. There, you will be fascinated by one of the geological wonders of Sinai, the colored canyon. It’s made out of very narrow walls.