Serabit El Khadem by jeep

Serabit El Khadem is a remote area of the Sinai desert where the people are still living the traditional Bedouin life. The distances here are great, so we travel from place to place by jeep then explore further by foot or camel.

Each day brings a new place - roman ruins, Serabit El Khadem itself (a pharonic temple), Wadi Baba palm tree oasis... the more time you have the better!

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Itinerary / Highlights

4 day itinerary:

Day 1: Dahab-St Katherine - Wadi Feiran - Wadi Mukattab - Rummlat Hamayir, by Jeep
Free time to visit the monastery of St. Katherine

Meet the jeep again at 10:30am. Drive through Wadi Fieran, then head off road into the desert mountainsHamayir flood area

After 20km, arrive at Jebel Makketab - a Roman school with remains of the stone teaching slates. Lunch at Jebel Makketab.

After lunch, drive through Wadi Sidr, a narrow wadi with steep walls from red and black stone. Wadi Sidr is named after the trees that grow here. In the spring they bring the Nabg fruit - like tiny apples that are sweet when dried (delicious!)

We make our final ascent to the high sandy area, Rummlat Hamayir, through Wadi Khaneila - named after the trees that grow in Paradise (and also here!).

Dinner & camp at Rummlat Hamayir

Day 2: Rummlat Hamayir - Serabit El Khadem - Wadi Baba oasis
Morning drive through this sandy area known as Rummlah.

Drive to the base of Serabit El Khadem. The temple was first a Pharonic temple, built by the Egyptian turquoise miners to the ancient goddess Hathor (goddess of love and fertility). In later years, it was also used by the Hexos people as a place of worship.

Walk to the top of Serabit El Khadem using the Hexus road (about 1.5 hours). Some time to explore the ruins, lunch while we enjoy the views.

Descend along the Pharonic road.

Stop for tea with the Bedouin people in Serabit El Khadem village.

Drive to Wadi Baba oasis for dinner & overnight.

Day 3: Wadi Baba oasis - Sheikh Habos - Forest of Pillars
Breakfast in the oasis, then a short drive to the tomb of Sheik Habos - a very special place to the local Bedouin people.

Tea at Sheikh Hubos.

Drive through Wadi El Sih to the Forest of Pillars. Lunch.

Head towards Nuweiba via Wadi Luchdar. Dinner & overnight in Wadi Luchdar.

Day 4: Wadi Luchdar - Coloured Canyon - Nuweiba (Duna) - Dahab
Our last day in the desert.

Enjoy the final drive through the mountains, and one last lunch cooked on the open fire, before rejoining the road.

Late in the afternoon, return to Dahab.

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