Climbing Mount Sinai

If you try to Egypt, why not go up on Mount Sinai? And 'the biblical mountain, called by God to Moses on tablets to get the laws for all humanity in the form of two stones. A sacred place for Muslims, Christians and Jews equally, climbing Mount Sinai is not a pastime only for the pious.

Although Israel and Saudi Arabia have also found application to the sacred mountain, within their respective borders, is in Egypt, Sinai, which attracts crowds of allovernight, literally thousands of people.

WHERE?

In St. Catherine Protectorate, 100 km from the Red Sea coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on dusty. Six hours of Sharm El Sheikh, Dahab by two hours or ten hours away from Cairo.

Buses connect all major cities in Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, from where there is a direct bus to Santa Caterina, the city closest to the biblical mountain.

Most other resorts in the Sinai (Nuweiba, Dahab, Taba, etc.)even direct transfers to the mountain home can be arranged through local hotels and travel agencies.

HOW?

The climb to the 2285m summit is an achievable goal for most full-bodied adults. Few people are forced to turn back, it just takes some a little 'more than others.

Most people fill the trip in about three hours, two hours on a camel's relatively easy to track, and an hour on a busy series of irregular stone steps. Also stop regularly, it is unlikelyWalker is not more than 3.5 hours of travel, which means that much time to use the many hut-cum-line coffee route, which means make full use.

If you're running Out of Steam to do even half uphill, there are many Bedouin camels wait just like to give you a ride to the top in Their "taxi-air conditioning" for the right price.

WHEN?

Most people choose the top of the mountain in a time when the sun is rising or reachSetting. This means that at the beginning of the rise or 2/3am 2/3pm depending on time of year.

By far the most common way to do it at night. Something lit a candle on the following line of pilgrims, as their way up the mountain paths under a starry night sky snake is very challenging, even for the most avid credible. This, plus the fact that hiking in the mountains, in the days just too damn hot, the night walk for the pilgrimage of choice.

You can climbthe mountain all year round, but beware, it can be powerful cold, especially in winter. While you can rent ceilings very low at the summit during the winter months, everything that you should take the type of Got jumpers, hats, gloves and scarves ..

WHY '?

To earn points karmic bond with fellow travelers, work off some calories, or just away from the madness of some Egyptian cities and towns there are many reasons to climb Mount Sinai.

Butat least directly from the summit when the sun starts for the first time on your tired eyes the splendor of Sinai mountains and valleys show is rewarded fairly simple.