- Historic
- 8 hours
- Accessibiliy
- Private
- Wadi El Natrun
- Tour guide
Description
Overview
Visit one of the most important sacred sites in the world
Discover the balance hearts area and enjoy the western desert nature
Explore Egypt’s fascinating Christian history with the convenience of a personal guide
What's include
- Door to door transfers from and to your hotel in Cairo
- qualified licensed driver
- All transfers by air-conditioned van
- Egyptologist tour guide
- lunch at local restaurant
- Bottled water
- all the necessary licenses
Highlights
Visit all four surviving monasteries,learn about the modern-day practices of Coptic monks
Itinerary
What To Expect
Discover the balance hearts area and enjoy the western desert nature.
Our expert tour guide will pick you up from your hotel on time where we going to drive through the daily life and the desert nature,
Watch the rare trees and the water wells in the way to Wadi El Natroun,
The pharaohs used this place to get the salt out for the purpose of flogging,
The holly family passed at this area during the trip to Egypt,
Our first stop will be Deir Al Baramus which has five churches and big library,
Feel peace at this sacred place,
Move to visit Deir Anba Bishoy which has the only baptism in all the Egyptian monasteries,
it is the biggest monastery at Wadi El Natroun,
Visit the church of S.Bishoy who was student of St.Macarius it was the place where pope Shenouda stayed,
See the ancient archaeological mill,
Watch the church of the virgin Mary,
Listen to St.Helarya attractive story who dressed like men and stayed and buried at the place,
Next stop will be Deir El Suryani,
it has rare Coptic manuscripts and the location which the students comes from every where in the world to learn and to be monks,
Prices:
Single
$ 220
2 Persons
$ 0
3 Persons
$ 0
4 Persons
$ 0
5 Persons
$ 0
6 Person & more
$ 140