Highlights: Rock of Moses, Monastery of the Forty Martyrs, Ramadan's garden, Mt. Catherine

• Morning Departure from the Town of St. Catherine’s
  
• Hike through Wadi el Arbain
  
  • Bedouin wishing rock
    
  • Rock of Moses (Hajar Mousa) and it’s greek orthodox chapel
    
  • Monastery of the Forty Martyrs and it’s garden
    
• Break at Ramadan’s garden
  
  • Rock Hyrax
    
• Ascent of Mt. Catherine through Wadi Shaq Musa
  
  • Long ascent on a good path. Will break as needed
    
• Lunch break at the summit
  
  • Stunning views
    
  • Orthodox Church
    
• Descent through Wadi el Ahmar to Wadi Shaq
  
• Arrive at Campsite (cameleers have set everything up a few hours beforehand)
  
  • Beautiful Bedouin orchard
    
• Dinner

Highlights: Granite pools of Wadi Shaq, Byzantine hermit cell and monastic settlement, Bedouin gardens, Roman well, Mt. Umm Loz

• Breakfast
• Hike through the narrow canyon Wadi Shaq
  • Interconnected granite water pools
• Wadi Mathar, a wide valley in Mt. Catherina’s shadow
  • Bustan - Walled gardens built to withstand flash flooding and retain soil
  • Byzantine Praying Cell (Hermit Cave)
  • Well preserved monastic settlement
• Easy climb up Wadi Rhazana
  • Beautiful view of Wadi Mathar
• Lunch in a Bedouin Garden and the location of the first night’s camp
• Climb up Mt. Umm Loz
  • Option to stay back and relax in the garden area
  • Mt. Umm Loz is the center of the high mountain range known as head of the mountains
• Return to Garden Camp for Dinner

Highlights: Wadi Jibal, Byzantine church, rock cliff of Masba Abu Gharun, the spring of Ain Najila, Bab el Donya, Farsh Rummana

• Breakfast
• Hike through Wadi Jibal
  • Byzantine church ruins and many gardens
• Ascent oo Masba Abu Gharun
  • Mountaintop basins
  • Superb view of the Southern Mountain Region including Jebel Umm Shomar
• Lunch break at Ain Najila, a natural spring
  • Byzantine church ruins
  • Optional climb up Bab el Donya – magnificent views on the gulf of Suez
• Descent through Naqb Baharia Canyon
  • Bedouin rock shelters
• Dinner at garden campsite in Farsh Rummana

Highlights: Wadi Talaa Kibira, the water pool of Galt el Azraq, rock signs at Farsh Umm Sila

• Breakfast
• Descent towards Wadi Talaa Kibira
  • Beautiful ponds and creeks all along this narrow valley
• Hike to Galt el Azraq
  • Largest granite pool in the High Mountain Region
  • Swim and Rest
• Lunch
• Climb to Farsh Umm Sila basin
  • Rojom (piled rocks left as markers)
• Descent to Wadi Abu Tuweita
• Dinner at garden campsite in Wadi Abu Tuweita

Highlights: Canyon of Wadi Sagar, Mt. Naja, waterpools of Kharazet el Shaq

• Breakfast
• Descent through Wadi Sagar
  • Easy yet adventurous climb down – Assistance available from guides if need be
  • Grafted fig tree
  • Fountain – The crystal clear water is safe for drinking
• Ascent toward Mt. Naja
  • Interconnected mountaintop basins
  • Beautiful view overlooking Sheikh Ahmed, Wadi Jinab, Northern lowlands
• Return
  • Leopard trap
• Lunch next to a spring
• Kharazet el Shaq
  • Interconnected granite water pools
  • Opportunity to bathe in the water
• Camp set up by a garden in Wadi Tinya
• Dinner

Highlights: Wadi Tinya, Mt. Abbas Basha, Wadi Zawatin

• Breakfast
• Wadi Tinya
  • Long wide valley with Bedouin gardens
• Climb to Mt. Abbas Basha
  • Unfinished Palace of Abbas Hilmi – (viceroy of Egypt 1849-1854)
  • Stunning views onto high mountains, lowlands and the village of St. Catherine’s
• Lunch and rest on the top of the mountain
• Descent to Wadi Zawatin
  • Many small gardens
• Dinner at garden campsite in Wadi Zawatin

Highlights: Wadi Tubuq, Sid Daud, Wadi Talaa, Wadi Itlah

• Breakfast
• Descent through Wadi Tubuq, a sandy valley littered with boulders
  • Gardens including a 1000 year old Mulberry tree
  • Fountain source emanating from a rock
• Or continue down into Sid Daud
  • Trail leads through narrow chimneys and small caves
• Wadi Talaa
• Lunch break in garden
• Monastery of Cosmas and Damianos
  • Olive Groves and cypress trees
  • Spring and deep cliffs
• Wadi Itlah
  • The Chapel of Saint John Klimakos
  • Hakim Ahmed's Herbal Garden
• Dinner at garden campsite in Wadi Itlah

Highlights: Wadi Jinab, Sheikh Ahmed, El Karm Ecolodge in Wadi Gharba

• Breakfast
• Continue in Wadi Itlah and Wadi Jinab junction
  • Dry riverbed with sandy floors
  • Gardens and Date palms
• Walk up Wadi Jinab
  • Sheikh Ahmed (local holy man) tomb
  • Mt. Naja towers above
• Continue through Wadi Madaman
  • Settlement of Sheikh Awad
• Arrival at Al Kahrm Ecolodge
  • Solar heated showers
  • Sanitary composting toilets
  • Modern kitchen and dining facilities
• Dinner

Highlights: Wadi Gharba, water fall of Sidda Nogra, Mt. Banat

• Breakfast
• Depart through Wadi Gharba
  • Granite Water pools
  • Sidda Nogra - seasonal waterfall
  • Short break
• Climb up a steep pass to the top of the waterfall
  • Small Granite water pools
  • Beautiful view onto the basin down below
  • Massive rock formation providing shade for a short break
• Lunch
• Ascent of Mt. Banat
  • One of the many granite peaks encircling a round basin
  • Spectacular views - Sheikh Awad, Wadi Freah, Mt. Sinai, Mt. Katherina, Mt. Abbas Pasha and Mt. Naja
• Descent towards Milan El Widya
• Arrive at campsite (cameleers have set everything up a few hours beforehand)
• Dinner

Highlights: Wadi Freah, Bustan el Birka, Byzantine churches and monastic settlements, Abu Seila, handicraft workshop

• Breakfast
• Descent onto wide plains of Wadi Freah at Bustan el Birka
  • Wide open sandy floors and singular rock formations
  • Many Byzantine ruins
  • Small clusters of old monastic settlements
  • Hermit Cells
• Cut across the plain to reach the Abu Seila pass
  • Final look onto the desert plain and the settlements of Abu Seila and Wadi Raha
• Descent to Abu Seila
  • Visit handicraft workshop
• Car ride back to the town of St. Catherine’s