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There is no better way to begin your vacation days than with a song of praise, prayer and a devotional time with fellow believers. With Pilgrim Tours, you can expect inspirational leaders, expert biblical guides and the best of sights. |
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Exodus |
4 Days / 3 Nights |
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| Day 1 |
Taba/St.Catherine ( Lunch & Dinner )
Arrival taba Border,meet assist at the border and transfer to St.Catherine.En route to St.catherine,we will passs by Ein Khodra ( generally identified as the site of Hazeroth-Numbers 11:35 to 12:16 ),Ruweis El-Ebeirig( which is believed to be the site of Kiborth Hataavah-Numbers 11:1-34)and the Desert of Paran( the area through which the Israelites wondered after they left Mount Sinai )
Arrival St.Catherine,check-In and Lunch at your hotel.
Dinner at the hotel and overnight. |
| Day 2 |
St.Catherine/Cairo ( Breakfast,Lunch & Dinner
02:00 AM.You will start the climb up Mount Sinai ( Mt.Horeb ),following a winding path,you will climb for 2 to 3 hours,and will arrive at the summit in time to see a magnificent Middle Eastern sunrise.
Some momentous things happened to the Childeren of Israel during the 11 months they spent at Mount Sinai.they received the 10 Commandments ( Exodus 19:3 and following),this was also where they rebelled against the Lord and made the Golden Calf( exodus 32:1 to 33:6 ).It was also here that Moses saw the glory of the Lord ( A small church stands on the spot at the top of the mountain where Moses reputedly was hidden to the Lord`s Glory).
On descending the mountain,you will be served breakfast and given the opportunity to visit the Monastery of St.Catherine which lies at the base of the mountain.
After completion of your visit we start traveling up Sinai Peninsula heading to Cairo passing through Ahmed hamdy Tunnel.
En rout to the tunnel,we will pass by Wdi Refayid-which is believed to be the site of Rephidim subsequently renamed by Moses as Massah & Meribah ( Exodus 17:1&7 ),passing through the Desert of Sin to the Valley of Gharandal ( the site of Elim-exodus15:27 )and Ain Hawarah ( which is believed to be the site of Marah-exodus 15:23 ).Lunch en route to Cairo.
Arrival Cairo,check-in at the hotel where you will have time to freshen up and visit the Jesuit church for praying.
Return to the hotel,dinner and overnight at the hotel. |
| Day 3 |
Cairo ( Breakfast,Lunch & Dinner )
After breakfast at the hotel,we shall start our tour of Cairo with a visit to the world famous Egyptian Museum-which houses some of the important and ancient treasures of the world.We proceed to Old cairo and visit el Moallaqa church-the Hanging Church-which appears to be suspended over the reuins of the two Roman fort towers at the Babylon site located at Old Cairo.,Ben Ezra synagogue-one of the oldest in the world and where it is buried under a miracle rock on the grounds.
After lunch,we proceed to the plateau of Giza to visit the great three Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx.
In the evening,you will be transferred to the Nile cruising Restaurant for dinner and enjoy a tipical folkloric show on board. |
| Day 4 |
Departure from Cairo. Check-out from the hotel and transfer to Cairo international airport to board your onward flight. |
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In the footsteps of the Exodus |
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04 Nights/ 05 Days |
03 nights Cairo and 01 night St.Catherine |
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| Day 1 |
Arrival to Cairo international airport.Meet and assist through customs and airport formalities.Transfer to the hotel and overnight. |
| Day 2 |
Breakfast .Drive to Giza to visit the Pyramids and the and their mighty guardian the sphinx.Lunch en route,continue to Menphis the Capital of the Old Kingdom and continue to Sakara to see the prototype of the Pyramids,the Step Pyramid,built for the 3rd Dynasty pharaoh Djoser by the exalted architect Imhotep.Return to Cairo and overnight hotel. |
| Day 3 |
Drive to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities,see th treasures of Tutankhsamun.Lunch and visit the Old Coptic Church and continue to the Mohammed Ali Mosque and have a walk in the medieval bazzar of Khan El Khalili.Overnight Hotel. |
| Day 4 |
depart Cairo and drive to take the tunnel of Ahmed hamdy under the Suez Canal to St.Catherine for dinner and overnight. |
| Day 5 |
Wake up at 3:30 AM,for an early morning ( at dawn) climb up the Mountain of Moses to enjoy the sunrise.It was on this mountain that Moses received the Ten Commandments.It lie south of St.Catherine`s Monastery and rises to a height of 7,497 feet.Once on top,witness the most beautiful and spectacular sunrise you have ever seen.Descend and have breakfast at the hotel.Visit the Monastery of St.Catherione,which sites at an altitude of 5.150 feet on the reputed site of the ~Burining Bush ~.Commissioned by Emperor Justinian,the monastery was built in the 5th century and is named for St.catherine,an Alexandrian martyr who died in 307. |
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