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| Hiking and trekking in the Sinai desert and mountains is a unique experience and the best way to see the place. Camels carry everything and on long distances there is the option to ride them. In the summer starting earlier and finishing later, with a long mid-day break in between. |
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MT. SINAI AND THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
The full trek takes 10 days but any part of it can be done separatelly
A moderate hike to see all the highlights of the High Mountain Region, inluding the most famous and the highest of the Sinai mountains, Mt. Sinai and Mt. Katherina, plus many beautiful oases and lush Bedouin gardens, water pools, historical sights, and a medicinal herb garden. |
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Itinerary / Highlights
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| Monastery of St. Catherine - Mt. Sinai - Mt. Katherine - Wadi Mathar - Mt. Abbas Basha - Bab el Donya - Galt el Azraq - Wadi Sagar - Mt. Naja - Kharazet el Shag - Wadi Itlah - Wadi Talah |
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FROM ST. CATHERINE'S TO THE COAST: DAHAB
7, 10 or 14 days
A moderate hike starting in the town of St. Catherine's with climbing Mt. Sinai and visiting the Monastery before setting off West towards the coast. Along the way there are open desert plains and historical sights, sand dunes and sandstone rock formations, canyons, green oases and mountain wadis. It leads straight to the coast at Ras Abu Gallum Protected Area. It involves some long distance walks when riding camels is optional.
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Itinerary / Highlights
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| Wadi Arbain - Mt. Safsafa - Mt. Sinai - The Monastery of St. Catherine - Wadi Sdud - Blue Desert - Noamis - Canyon Eshgerar - Mt. Gunna (Quartz Mountain) - Wadi el Lega - Canyon Zig Zag - Canyon Arada - Abu Shuareb - Wadi Saal Oasis - Seil Abu Maturah - (7 day program ends here) - Jebel el Barga - Jebel Maharum - Wadi el Kiri - Jebel Abu Matamir - Noamis - Hajar el Maktub - (10 day program ends here) - White Canyon - Ain Hodra - Closed Canyon - Mushroom Rock - Wadi Disco - Wadi Ruhabia - Samqi - Wadi Rsasa - Ras Abu Gallum - Dahab |
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FROM ST. CATHERINE'S TO THE COAST: EL TOR
7 days
A moderate hike starting in the town of St. Catherine's with visiting the Monastery and climbing Mt. Sinai and Mt. Katherine before setting off East towards the coast. Along the way there are open desert plains and historical sights, narrow wadis and hidden green oases. It involves some long distance walks when riding camels is optional, and one steep climb to see the Gulf of Suez, before descending to the canyon of Wadi Isla and the coastal plains et El Tor city.
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Itinerary / Highlights
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| Monastery of St. Catherine - Mt. Sinai - Mt. Katherine - Wadi Rahaba - Wadi Rumhan - Mt. Umm Shaumar - Wadi Isla - El Tor |
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FROM ST. CATHERINE'S TO THE COAST: SHARM EL SHEIKH
7 days
A moderate hike starting in the town of St. Catherine's with climbing Mt. Sinai and visiting the Monastery before setting off South towards the coast. Along the way there are open desert plains and historical sights, granite rock formations, green oases and mountain wadis. It involves some long distance walks when riding camels is optional.
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Itinerary / Highlights
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| Wadi Arbain - Mt. Safsafa - Mt. Sinai - The Monastery of St. Catherine - Wadi Sdud - Wadi Rahaba - Ain Kid - Ain Umm Saida - Wadi Madsus - Sharm el Sheikh |
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