8-Hour Wadi El Natron Monasteries Tour with Private Guide
About This Tour
Sign up for this incredible excursion to explore the significant monasteries of Wadi El Natron, a depression in northern Egypt and the birthplace of Christian m...
Duration: 8 Hours · Tour type: Private · Activity level: Easy · Accommodation: Not included · Transport: Included · Wheelchair access: Not applicable · City: Wadi El Natrun · Languages: English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
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What's Included
- Assistance from our guest relations team during your stay
- All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
- Private English-speaking tour guide
- Entrance fees to all sites indicated in the itinerary
- Meals as indicated in the itinerary
- One bottle of mineral water per trip in Cairo and Giza
- All service charges and taxes
Not Included
- Any personal expenses
- Guide and driver gratuities
- Any service not mentioned in the itinerary
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Wadi El Natron Monasteries Excursion
After breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel to begin the journey to Wadi El-Natron, the actual birthplace of Christian monasticism. There were once about 50 monasteries here, but only 4 have survived into modern times. Begin your trip with Deir al-Baramus, the oldest of the 4 surviving monasteries and, in many ways, the most isolated. Then proceed to Deir Anba Bishoi, whose body is still in the monastery. Continue your trip to Deir Abu Maqar, which is now the richest monastery in Wadi El-Natron, with more than 100 monks and 600 workers on the extensive farm that spreads in front of it. You will end your trip with Deir El-Suryani, the smallest and most compact of the 4 monasteries. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to a local restaurant for lunch. After lunch, you will return to your hotel. Trip ends.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Natrn Valley, El Beheira Governorate, Egypt · Tour start: Natrn Valley, El Beheira Governorate, Egypt — Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
