Sinai Mountains & Red Sea: St. Catherine, Dahab & Nuweiba

About this journey

5 stops, one journey

1. 1Cairo
2. 2St. Catherine
3. 3Dahab
4. 4Nuweiba
5. 5Cairo

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Detailed itinerary

1. 1Day 1 — Cairo to St. Catherine

   Drive across the Suez Canal into Sinai. Evening at a Bedouin camp under the mountains.

2. 2Day 2 — Mount Sinai & the monastery

   Night climb for sunrise on the summit, descent and a visit of St. Catherine’s Monastery. Rest in the afternoon.

3. 3Day 3 — Dahab

   Down to the Red Sea in Dahab. Afternoon snorkelling at the Lighthouse reef.

4. 4Day 4 — Blue Hole

   Snorkel the Blue Hole and the Canyon, lunch by the sea, free evening in Dahab.

5. 5Day 5 — Coloured Canyon & Nuweiba

   Jeep to the Coloured Canyon for a guided hike, then a beach-hut camp in Nuweiba.

6. 6Day 6 — Back to Cairo

   Sunrise over the Gulf of Aqaba and the drive back to Cairo.

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