Mount Sinai Sunrise Experience & St Catherine Monastery
Description
Climb the sacred Mount Sinai overnight and watch a breathtaking sunrise from the holy peak — a once-in-a-lifetime spiritual experience. Hike to the summit in the quiet of the night and witness the first light over the Sinai mountains. Visit St Catherine Monastery, one of the oldest monasteries in the world, with comfortable transfers and professional guidance throughout your journey. Camel rides are available for part of the climb (optional, extra cost).
Tour Options
Itinerary
This tour is a bus trip to the most famous mountain on Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments. You will be picked up from your hotel in Sharm el Sheikh in the late evening and transferred for 3 hours to Moses Mountain.
At 02.00am you will then start the 3-hour climb of 2,285m up the mountain guided by one of our guides. You can climb by following a long path which leads to 700 steps. This takes you to the top of the mountain on time for the sunrise where you can enjoy a beautiful view. If you feel you can't climb the mountain you can get a camel ride that takes you to the 700 steps. After the sunrise, you will get down and take your vehicle back to sharm El Sheikh.
After getting down from the mount sinai, you will be met with your guide by the gate of the monastery, where you will visit the transfiguration Church, the burning Bush the well of the prophet Moses, than transfer back to your hotel in Sharm. The monastery is opened for tourists for less time due to the covid.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We Offer free round trip Transfer from Sharm Hotels. Kindly advise Hotel name & Room number to inform Hotel Security. The exact pickup time will be communicated via Whatsapp before the trip
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
Reviews(28)
Good organization. Beautiful sunrise. I liked that our guides were really thinking about everybody, you could take snacks and coffee/tea almost every 2 km. Also, if you are tired, you could take a camel to the highest part of the mountain. The hardest thing for me was not sleeping for the whole night. Sunrise is perfect, worth it!
Dear Valued Guest, We are incredibly grateful for your 5-star review. We take pride in knowing our customers are satisfied with their experience and are pleased that our service met your expectations. Thank you for your support; we truly appreciate it. We look forward to welcoming you back to Egypt soon. Regards, The TOUREX EGYPT Team.
Khaled and Ahmed are nice guides that try to give you the best experience. The adventure is something never to forget. The views are breathtaking and it felt like an expidition. Truly an experience never to forget. However, the bedouins should more attentive when bad weather conditions arise! Egypt is experiencing unusual weather changes now and they should have been more adapting to the situation. Overall good experience with nice views
Dear Valued Guest, We are incredibly grateful that you took the time to provide us with a 5-star review. We take pride in knowing our customers are satisfied with their experience and are pleased that our service met your expectations. Thank you for your support; we truly appreciate it. We look forward to welcoming you back to Egypt soon. Regards, The TOUREX EGYPT Team.
Very nice guide, group and experience. Thank you, mont Sinaï was beautiful
Dear Valued Guest, We are incredibly grateful that you took the time to provide us with a 5-star review. We take pride in knowing our customers are satisfied with their experience and are pleased that our service met your expectations. Thank you for your support; we truly appreciate it. We look forward to welcoming you back to Egypt soon. Regards, The TOUREX EGYPT Team.
The night climb to see the sunrise from Mount Sinai was spectacular, organized in detail, with advice that was very useful both on clothing and snacks to bring. The visit then attached to the return to the monastery of Santa Caterina very pretty! Indescribable colors! Experience that we recommend to everyone
Dear Valued Guest, We are incredibly grateful that you took the time to provide us with a 5-star review. We take pride in knowing our customers are satisfied with their experience and are pleased that our service met your expectations. Thank you for your support; we truly appreciate it. We look forward to welcoming you back to Egypt soon. Regards, The TOUREX EGYPT Team.
Truly extraordinary trip, with excellent organization. I highly recommend doing this trip if you are staying in the Sharm region. The views are just insane but it is physically challenging. Especially the cold at the top. Please do not underestimate how cold it is at the top. I was wearing 9 layers and was still freezing. Special thanks to our Bedouin guides Mahmood and Hosni for getting us up and down safely, with enough stops along the way to make sure the entire group was following. Also big thanks to Ahmed, other Ahmed and our driver Mohammed for the accompaniment throughout the day. Truly amazing and spiritual experience. Good level of physical fitness really is needed though. The views are insane.
Dear Valued Guest, We are incredibly grateful that you took the time to provide us with a 5-star review. We take pride in knowing our customers are satisfied with their experience and are pleased that our service met your expectations. Thank you for your support; we truly appreciate it. We look forward to welcoming you back to Egypt soon. Regards, The TOUREX EGYPT Team.
The experience itself is extraordinary, what I won’t leave out is how crowded everything is and the constant harassment of children asking you to buy them, food and money. Let the guide propose to tip the Bedouin guide and still less pay two dollars to the museum that was supposed to include the visit. The information offered by the guide can be searched anywhere. The driver was more than enough.
Dear Valued Guest , We are incredibly grateful that you took the time out to leave us a 5-Star review! We take pride in knowing our customers are happy with their experience. So happy that our level of service managed to meet your expectation. Thanks for your support, we really appreciate it! Looking forward to seeing you again soon in Egypt, Regards,TOUREX EGYPT Team.
The site is majestic and steeped in spirituality; you must deserve the fantastic view and sunrise because the night climb is difficult and requires good physical condition and especially good equipment, negative temperatures at the summit and strong winds. A unique experience, unfortunately wasted by a deplorable organization: many hours wasted passing from hotel to hotel then during stops to and from gas stations to encourage tourists to consume or just for breaks of guides and drivers, nearly 2 hours waiting to sleep in a freezing cold at the top for sunrise (under shelter certainly but very uncomfortable), an aggressive guide and not able to communicate properly in English, a state of fatigue that unfortunately does not allow to appreciate the visit of the monastery following the ascent. In the end an excursion of 18H (!) from which we emerge exhausted (not recommended to young children) and well frustrated, despite a breathtaking natural site.
Dear valued guest, Thank you for your honest feedback about our Mount Sinai and St Catherine's Monastery tour. We're sorry to hear that some aspects of the organization didn't meet your expectations. We take note of your comments about the stops, waiting times, and guide's behavior. We'll work on improving our organization and customer comfort. We're sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your feedback. The Mount Sinai site is truly breathtaking, and we hope you'll give us another chance to show you its beauty. We understand the tour can be tiring, and we'll strive to make it more enjoyable for our guests. Best regards, [Tourex egypt ]
Authentic experience, tiring but unforgettable. Highly recommended (but cover up well and go with suitable shoes!)
Gentile ospite, siamo incredibilmente grati che tu abbia trovato il tempo di lasciarci una recensione a 5 stelle! Siamo orgogliosi di sapere che i nostri clienti sono soddisfatti della loro esperienza. Siamo molto felici che il nostro livello di servizio sia riuscito a soddisfare le tue aspettative. Grazie per il tuo supporto, lo apprezziamo davvero! Non vediamo l'ora di rivederti presto in Egitto. Cordiali saluti, Team TOUREX EGYPT.
Mount Sinai trip is a challenging but rewarding experience, with amazing views from the summit. St. Catherine's Monastery is a historical and spiritual treasure. It was our first time booking with this operator and never regret dealing with them. From the time of booking they communicated with us giving us all instructions and comments we were happy with this caring. Their staff and Bedouin guides are knowledgeable and very helpful. Of course I highly recommend it.
Dear Valued Guest , We are incredibly grateful that you took the time out to leave us a 5-Star review! We take pride in knowing our customers are happy with their experience. So happy that our level of service managed to meet your expectation. Thanks for your support, we really appreciate it! Looking forward to seeing you again soon in Egypt, Regards,TOUREX EGYPT Team.
Best experience in sharm el sheikh, i highly recommend it. Been into Egypt couple of times and Tourex Egypt are amazing.
Dear Valued Guest , We are incredibly grateful that you took the time out to leave us a 5-Star review! We take pride in knowing our customers are happy with their experience. So happy that our level of service managed to meet your expectation. Thanks for your support, we really appreciate it! Looking forward to seeing you again soon in Egypt, Regards,TOUREX EGYPT Team.
