Arrive in Saint Catherine City and settle into Farag Fox Local Camp. If you arrive early, take the chance to visit Saint Catherine’s Monastery — one of the oldest continuously inhabited monasteries in the world and the spiritual starting point of these ancient trails. Spend the rest of the day relaxing and preparing for the guided trek ahead with the Gebalya tribe.

After collecting your daily bags, the guided trek begins. We drive to Abo Sela village, then set off on foot through Shaq Tenya toward Mount Na’ga.
At the summit, enjoy a sweeping panorama and lunch with the Sinai highlands stretching in every direction. We then descend to our camping garden beside Saqar Canyon for the night — the first of many ancient trail campsites that define this journey.

After breakfast we follow the ancient trail from the garden into Saqar Canyon, continuing through Wadi Abo Toweta and descending from Um Sellh to reach El-Galt El-Azraq — the Blue Pool — a hidden natural swimming hole deep in the highlands. We enjoy lunch beside the water, then walk on through Wadi Tubuq to reach Farsh El-Romana for our second night.

The longest day of the guided trek. We set off through the boulder section of Naqb Bahrya, continuing to Wadi Zattar and Ain Negela — a natural spring beside the ruins of an ancient monastery, one of the most historically layered stops on the ancient trails. From here we climb to Mount Bab El-Donya — the Gate of the World — then push on to the second summit of Jabal Abo Qoron for extraordinary highland views. We descend through the wadi to spend the night in the secret garden.

From the secret garden we follow the ancient trail up to Mount Abbas Basha, where the ruins of a 19th-century royal palace sit at dramatic altitude above the Sinai highlands. Take in the panorama over the city below, then choose your descent — a scrambling trail for the adventurous or a standard path for those who prefer it — down to our camping garden in Wadi El-Shaq.

After breakfast the guided trek moves through the Red Valley — Wadi Ahmar — along a boulder-strewn ancient trail that requires some jumping and scrambling through the rock. We climb to the summit of Mount Ahmar for lunch with wide highland views, then descend the same trail to Wadi Mathar, where we spend the night in the garden.

An early start for the most ambitious day of the guided trek — the ascent of Mount Saint Catherine at 2,642 m, the highest point in Egypt. We climb through a beautiful valley on a classic ancient trail, reaching the summit for views that stretch across the Sinai Peninsula, the Red Sea, and on clear days as far as Saudi Arabia. After lunch at the top, we descend via the rocky zigzag of Shaq Mousa to Wadi El-Arbain, where we camp at the foot of Jabal Musa for our final night on the trail.

The last day of the guided trek ends on one of the most sacred ancient trails in the world. We climb the zigzag path to the base of the final 750 steps, ascending to the summit of Mount Sinai — Jabal Musa— where the view and the silence speak for themselves. We then descend back to Saint Catherine City, where you can choose to rest an extra night at the camp (not included in the trek price) or return to your hotel on the Red Sea coast.