KMT504 St. Catherine & Colored Canyon

Historical Highlights

St. Catherine monastery, located 220 km northwest Sharm el Sheikh and located between the St. Catherine’s mounts and Moses Mount which is the oldest monastery of Christianity. It is an Orthodox Greek monastery within its beautiful walls rests a citadel like no other, among its treasures is the Museum of St. Catherine where there are icons attributed to the painter Angelos, one of the most famous artists of the 15th century, or to his peers, as well as all six icons by Michael Damaskenos which are considered among the most important works of the Cretan School of the 16th century, learn more from your tour guide.

Colored canyon, one of the geological wonders of Sinai very narrow walls, 40 meters high and more than a meter wide in parts are made out of sandstone possessing an incredible range of hues from dark brown to red to straw yellow, this is due to the presence of magnesium and iron oxides.

Tour Overview

Explore Sinai. First you will visit St. Catherine Monastery, then you will be driven to Nuweiba to visit the beautiful Colored Canyon before enjoying dinner and time to swim at the beach in Nuweiba.

What to Expect

Kemet Experience representative will pick you up from your hotel early morning to discover Sinai desert.
You drive to Saint Catherine monastery located in heart of Sinai Peninsula at a height of 1570 meters in the place where according to the tradition Moses saw the bush on fire which didn’t burn up.  It is in the foothills of Moses Mount or mount Sinai, on whose summit Moses received the tables of the law with the ten commandments inscribed. The monastery dates back to the age of the emperor Justinian I,  6th century. it was the same time of building enclosure wall surrounding the monastery right now, but the monastery was named saint Catherine at the beginning of the 11th century in honor of saint Catherine, one of the earliest Alexandria Christians martyrs.

After that get back to the St. Catherine road about 65 kilometers north of St. Catherine, there is the start of the track leading to one of the geological wonders of Sinai the colored canyon. It’s very narrow walls, 40 meters high and more than a meter wide in parts are made out of sandstone possessing an incredible range of hues from dark brown to red to straw yellow, this is due to the presence of magnesium and iron oxides.
Then you go back to Sharm ElShiekh city to have your lunch meal at a local restaurant, where you will have time to walk around the city. Finally drive back to your hotel.

Price

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