Egypt Trekking & Walking

USD500

Package : Egypt Trekking & Walking

Duration : 15 days / 14 nights

Cities : Cairo  , Saint Catherine , Dahab & Desert

duration 15 days / 14 nights
location Cairo, Egypt
type Adventure Packages
schedule 15/05/2020 to 30/05/2020
cancellation_policy Reservations should be made as early as possible to book the desired holiday. Space on a given tour will be secured upon receipt a deposit of 25% of the full price. This payment will be 50% during the Christmas and New Year holidays and on packages including airfare. This deposit counts as part of your final payment
includes
  • • Meet & assist at Cairo International Airport upon arrival & departure • Accommodation for 4 nights in Cairo on bed & breakfast • Accommodation for 3 nights in Saint Catherine, on half board • Accommodation for 3 nights in Dahab on full board basis . • Accommodation for 4 nights in Desert on full board basis . • Camping equipments like sleeping bags, camel blankets, tents • All transfers by an air-conditioned vehicle • All transfers inside desert by 4x4 car • All sightseeing tours mentioned in the itinerary • English speaking tour guide during your trips • Entrance fees to the mentioned sightseeing • Meals at hotels and during sightseeing tours as mentioned in the itinerary • Bottled water during the trips • 30 minutes of local calling (5 minutes international) and a mobile phone loaned for the length of your stay or an Egyptian sim card for your unlocked mobile device • All taxes & service charge
excludes
  • • International Airfare • Entry visa to Egypt • Any optional tours • Personal spending • Tipping

time_line

  • 1
    Day 1 : Arrival in Cairo , welcome to the land of Pharaohs

    Arrival at Cairo International Airport, where your DST Representative will assist you with all customs and visa formalities. Transfer: by air-conditioned vehicle to hotel. Check-in: Your DST Representative will assist you with check-in at your hotel. Overnight: At your hotel in Cairo Welcome drink

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    Day 2:Pyramids / Sakkara

    Breakfast : Breakfast buffet at hotel . Introduction to your Egyptologist : Your Dar Al Salam Tours Representative will introduce you to your Egyptologist . Memphis & Sakkara: Morning tour of Memphis , the ancient capital of Egypt dating from 3,100 BC , and the legendary city of Menes , the king who United Upper and Lower Egypt . Proceed to its necropolis of Sakkara where you will see the world-famous Step Pyramid of King Zoser , the oldest known of Egypt's pyramids and the world's first freestanding stone structure. Lunch : At a local restaurant Pyramids & Sphinx: Proceed to visit to the 4,500 year old Pyramids built for pharaohs Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus on the Giza Plateau,the Great Pyramid being the only survivor of the " seven wonders of the Ancient World ". Just to the east of the second pyramid lies the legendary Sphinx , whose human face is thought to represent that of Chephren acting as the guardian of the Pharaoh's enormous funerary monument. Return to your hotel . Overnight : At your hotel in Cairo. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

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    Day 03 : Transfer to St. Catherine

    Breakfast : Breakfast buffet at hotel . Transfer : To St , Catharine crossing the Eastern desert to the Suez Canal. Taking the tunnel under the Suez into Sinai, the land bridge between Africa and Asia, , on the way some stops to enjoy Suez Canal panorma , Moses Springs where the Israelite rested after crossing the Red Sea during Exodus. Pharaoh bath with picnic lunch while enjoy the hot water caves & how to mix with red sea water , continue drive to St, Cathrine . Check - in : Check-in at your hotel . Dinner & Overnight : At your hotel in Saint Catherine . Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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    Day 04 : St. Catherine sightseeing

    Breakfast : Breakfast buffet at hotel . Sarabit-El- Khadim Temple : Today by our 4x4 jeep coaches will have special experience by visiting the temple of Sarabit-El- Khadim . Goddess Hathor Temple : We visit the ancient Egyptian temple dedicated to the Goddess Hathor high on the sandstone plateau above a Bedouin village. Shrine of Sheikh Habus : Then a visit to the ancestral shrine of Sheikh Habus on the way to the Forest of Pillars, rare geological phenomena, set under the great Limestone plateau of El Tih. Back to St, Cathrine Dinner and Overnight: At your hotel in Saint Catherine . Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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    Day 05 : Trekking adventure / Proceed to Wadi Zawatin

    Breakfast : Breakfast buffet at hotel . Adventure Trekking : We will find the camels which carry our luggage and start our adventure trekking about (06-08 hours), proceed to Abu Jeefa which is one of the main gateways to the high mountains, with the steep and zigzag path starting in the town of St. Catherine at Ein Tufaha. There are beautiful views from the top. On the other side it leads to Wadi Tubug, the start of the complex high-mountain Wadi system, the path passing Ein Shkaya then at a slight turn Wadi Shagg which is a short, narrow wadi branching off Wadi Tubug, but the name is often used for a larger area, including Wadi Mathar. There are beautiful Bedouin gardens, Byzantine ruins, a small canyon with seasonal water pools and a mulberry tree in the area. Wadi Zawatiin : Proceed to Wadi Zawatiin that is used for a number of adjoining locations, and it is a major junction with many beautiful gardens under the smooth granite massif of Gebel Abu Mahshur. Wadi Zuweitin has its name after the many ancient olive trees found here. There are nice views to Gebel Katharina all along. Dinner & Overnight : At camp in Wadi Zawatiin. Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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    Day 06 : Saint Catherine sightseeing

    Breakfast : Breakfast at camp . Jebel Abbas Basha : Proceed to Jebel Abbas Basha, Located in the center of the high mountains with stunning views all around, to the high mountains, the lowlands and to the town of St. Katherine with Gebel Musa (Mt. Sinai) towering above it. The unfinished palace of Abbas Pasha is on top. Hidden down from the summit is the basin of Farsh Abu Mahshur. passing by Wadi Tinya, a big Wadi with gardens then explore Wadi Abu Tweita consists of a flat, sandy upper part, located above Wadi Tinya, with several Bedouin gardens, and a long, steep and narrow gully. The later part of the wadi, called Naqb Abu Tuweita, is rarely visited, although there is a seasonal water fall and granite pools at the top and beautiful views towards the lowlands. Dinner & Overnight : At camp under the stars. Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

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    Day 07 : Farsh Umm Sila

    After breakfast, Proceed to Farsh Umm Sila, connected to Galt el Azraq by the Gardens of Saad in Abu Tuweita. Continue to Galt el Azraq, which is the biggest permanent pool in the region. After rainfall a creek runs along the wadi filling other pools as well. Dinner and Overnight : At Farsh el Rummana under the wonderful sky where Bedouin gardens are found at the end of Wadi Jebal. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner

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    Day 08 : Najila Spring – Bab ElDonyia

    Enjoy breakfast, then explore Ein Najila (Najila Spring), a spring below the peaks drips from the mountain to a stone fountain, froming a litle creek running through a series of shallow granite pools and disappearing in the sandy Wadi floor. Bab El Donyia : Procced to Bab El Donyia which is one of two peaks of a longer range, on the perimeter of the high mountains. Continue to Masb Abu Gharun. Dinner and Overnight : At camp in Wadi Jibal. That name is frequently used by local Bedouins to include the whole High Mountain region. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner

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    Day 09 : Wadi Talah / Proceed to St. Catherine

    After breakfast Leave Wadi Jibal, to Wadi Talah, the main drainage for rainwater for this part of the mountains. After heavy rainfall a big force of water rushes down taking large boulders in its course. Drive : Proceed to St. Catherine City. Check-in : To your hotel in saint Catherine . Dinner and Overnight : At your hotel in Saint Catherine . Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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    Day 10 : Moses ‘ Mountain climbing / transfer to Dahab

    Mount Moses Climbing : Early morning we start our trip to climb Mount Moses 2285 to enjoy the sunrise from one of the highest summits of Sinai. Back to the hotel , breakfast then visit St. Catherine’s Monastery. Lunch & check out . Drive : We proceed to Dahab on the red sea ,on the way stop to see the written stone (Where all piligrams from different religions register their piligrims trips either to the holy land or to Mekkah ), then little walk till El Shourfa ( the window ) to take a look on Ain Hodra where isralie sons stayed while they disappear from pharaoh . Arrival : Dahab Check in : At the hotel in Dahab . Dinner & Overnight : At your hotel in Dahab . ( You have chance to enjoy Taba border with Salah El Din Citadel , Blue hole & many other places in the area ) Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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    Day 11 : Day at Leisure in Dahab

    Breakfast : At your hotel . Rest of the day is at leisure . Dinner & Overnight : At your hotel in Dahab . Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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    Day 12 : Ras Mohammed National Park

    Breakfast : Breakfast is at hotel . Full day tour to Ras Mohammed National Park close to Sharm El sheikh for snorkeling and to enjoy mangrove trees . Dinner & Overnight : At your hotel in Dahab . Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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    Day 13 : Back to Cairo

    Breakfast : Breakfast at hotel . Drive : To Cairo . Arrival : In Cairo Check-in : At your hotel in Cairo . Overnight : At your hotel in Cairo Meals: Breakfast

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    Day 14 : Cairo sightseeing

    Breakfast : Breakfast buffet at hotel . Old Cairo : (where the Church of Abu-Sergah , St. Barbara, Hanging Church Old Jewish Synagogue Ben Ezra Synagogue then Few minutes walk the oldest mosque , Amr ibn El Ass . Salah El din Citadel : It is where Mohamed Ali uilt his mosque ( the alabaster mosque ) , lunch in El Azhar park . The old Fatimid city ( Alqahira the right name of Cairo ) : You will enter one of the oldest gates ( Bab el Nassr , el Hakim mosque , continue walking to el Syhimi house while you enjoy the open museum street , El Moez street where many Mamlouky mosques & buildings still tell the story of whom lived here 500 years ago . Khan El Khalili Bazaar: You will have the chance to stroll through the bustling Khan El-Khalili Bazaar . Founded in the 14 th century as a watering stop for caravanserai; nowadays it is reputedly the largest bazaar in the Middle East . Later, you’ll head back to the hotel . Dinner on Nile cruise with oriental show as farewell party Overnight : At your hotel in Cairo Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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    Day 15 : Cairo - Fly Back Home

    Wake – up call : Please arrange with telephone operator Luggage : Please prepare your luggage to be ready for collection . Breakfast : Early Breakfast at hotel Check-out : A DST Tour Coordinator will be on hand to assist you with all check-out procedures . Departure : Transfer by air – conditioned vehicle to Cairo International Airport , where your Tour Coordinator will assist you through customs to board your flight . Flight : Take –off for your return flight home . Meals: Breakfast

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