Full day trip to Wadi El Natrun Monasteries

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Duration

10 Hours

Pick-up Time

08:00 AM

Schedule

Every day

Overview

Explore Wadi El Natrun Monasteries (110km) northwest of Cairo, known for its Coptic monasteries where thousands of Christians escaped from Roman persecution in the 4th century.

Itinerary

Drive around 1.5 hours to Wadi El-Natrun, the actual birthplace for Christian monasticism, only 4 Monasteries have survived out of 50 monasteries in the old times. Visit Deir al-Baramus which is the oldest of the surviving 4 monasteries, meet some Egyptian priests who will introduce the site to you and give you a lot of information about it, continue to Deir Anba Bishoi, followed by Deir Abu Maqar, it is also called Anba Makaryus Monastery, which is the richest monastery now in Wadi El-Natrun, as it has more than 100 monks and 600 workers in the extensive farm which spreads in front of it. Finally, visit Deir El-Suryani which is the smallest and most compact of the 4 monasteries. Drive back to your hotel in Cairo.

Included

Pick up service from your hotel and return
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicles
Free Wi-Fi onboard on the vehicle
Private sight-seeing as described in the program itinerary
All tours are conducted by English speaking Egyptologist, if you wish to have other language, please advise
Entrance fees to all sites mentioned on the itinerary
Bottled water during tour
All service charges and taxes

Exclude

Any extras or sites not mentioned in the program itinerary
Personal expenses
Tips

Pricing

1 Person	2 Persons	3 - 4 Persons	5 - 9 Persons
$ 210.00	$ 110.00	$ 80.00	$ 55.00

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