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Sharm El Sheikh day tour
Mount Sinai and St Catherine's Monastery
A private evening from your Sharm El Sheikh hotel: Night climb with a Bedouin guide, sunrise at the top, St Catherine's Monastery and lunch in Dahab.
- Length
- Night climb and sunrise
- Tour type
- Private, just your group
- Pickup
- Your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh
- Guide
- English-speaking guide
- Lunch
- Optional, not included
- Climb
- At night, for sunrise
- Shopping stop
- Yes, part of the program
The tour journey
Your day, step by step
Times are estimates; traffic and your hotel's location change them. Drive times are from map routing without traffic.
- 23:00approx.Pickup
- 23:00approx.On the way
The drive crosses the Sinai Desert at night.
- 2:45approx.1ActivitySt Catherine's Monastery: history, hours and tickets →
The climb starts around 2:00 AM with a Bedouin guide and reaches the summit for sunrise.
- 9:30approx.2Visit
The monastery was built under Emperor Justinian I; it holds what is believed to be the Burning Bush.
- 10:30approx.On the way
Dahab is approximately 100 km from Sharm El Sheikh.
- 12:15approx.Lunch, optional
Lunch at a seaside restaurant.
- 13:15approx.Shopping stop, in the program
Time at the local markets, which sell handmade crafts, jewelry and souvenirs.
- 15:30approx.Drop-off
Included
- Transportation from and to your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh
- All transfers by modern air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional English-speaking tour guide
- Entry fees to St. Catherine’s Monastery
- Bedouin guide for the Mount Sinai climb
- Bottle of mineral water
- All service charges and taxes
Not included
- Lunch (optional)
- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
- Personal expenses
- Gratuities (tips)
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Send your date and group size for Mount Sinai and St Catherine's Monastery. We reply with the price for your day and confirm the pickup from your hotel.
Price on request
- Private, just your group
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Change or skip a stop: just ask
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Nothing to pay with the request. To book, a 25% deposit by card or PayPal; the rest in cash on the day. Payment and cancellation
Before you go
Guides for this day
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