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Mount Sinai sunrise & Saint Catherine’s Monastery
Small group 2 days Active pace

Mount Sinai sunrise & Saint Catherine’s Monastery

4.9 (61 reviews) Sinai, South Sinai
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Duration
2 days
Starts
07:00
Group
Up to 8
Pace
Active
Guided in EnglishSpanishGerman
Overview

A night climb with a Bedouin guide to the summit of Jebel Musa, sunrise over the Sinai peaks and a visit to one of the oldest monasteries in the world.

  • Night climb of Mount Sinai (2,285 m)
  • Sunrise from the summit
  • Saint Catherine’s Monastery and the Burning Bush
  • The Steps of Repentance on the descent

We drive across Sinai to the village of Saint Catherine, sleep a few hours, and set off at 2 a.m. with a Bedouin guide up the camel path. Dawn on the summit of Mount Sinai is one of the great sights of the Middle East. On the way down we take the 3,750 Steps of Repentance to Saint Catherine’s Monastery, founded in the 6th century.

How I run this tour

  • It is private: just you, your companions, me and a driver.
  • The timings are a plan, not a schedule — we slow down wherever you want to.
  • Questions are the point. Nothing is too basic or too nerdy.
“The stones are 4,500 years old. The stories should still feel alive.”
Day by day

How the day unfolds

  1. Day 1

    Drive to Saint Catherine

    Across the Suez tunnel and down the Gulf of Suez coast.

  2. Day 1

    Dinner & early night

  3. Day 2

    02:00 — the climb

    About 3 hours with a Bedouin guide.

  4. Day 2

    Sunrise on the summit

  5. Day 2

    The monastery

    Visit when it opens, then the drive back to Cairo.

The fine print

What’s included

Included

  • Karim as your guide
  • Transport in an air-conditioned car
  • Bedouin mountain guide
  • One night in a mountain lodge with dinner and breakfast

Not included

  • Camel up the path (optional)
  • Monastery donation
  • Gratuities for driver and boatmen (optional)
Meeting point

Hotel lobby pick-up in Cairo

Karim sends the exact pick-up time on WhatsApp the evening before. Running late or changed hotels? Just message — plans bend.

Ask Karim
Guest reviews

In their words

4.93

61 reviews

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“Wonderful guide and a great route. The day was long and hot — go in winter if you can — but Karim adapted the pace for my mother.”
S Sofía RamírezSpain · Aug 2026
“I came for the monuments and left with a real feeling for Egypt today. Karim answered every single one of my (many) questions.”
O Olivia BrownAustralia · Apr 2026
“Excellent content and very well organised. Traffic on the way back was heavy, which no one can control, but the tour itself was superb.”
A Ana SouzaBrazil · Jan 2026
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