Arrival Nuweiba Port or Taba Border/ St. Catherine

Arrival Nuweiba Port or Taba Border/ St. Catherine           
Arrival to Nuweiba Port by Catamaran (Catamaran details to be advised), or through Taba Border, meet and assist by YOUR TOUR representative (Arrival procedures), transfer to St. Catherine (From Nuweiba to St.Catherine about 120 km, about 01:30 hours driving & From Taba Border to St. Caterine about 180 km, about 02:30 hours driving), arrival St. Catherine and visit the biggest famous icons bazar in St. Catherine, check in, free time at leisure, dinner and overnight.

Meals: Dinner 

St. Catherine sightseeing: Moses' Mount, St. Catherine Monastery, Basilica, Burning Bush, Moses' water well and Monastery cemetery 

St. Catherine sightseeing: Moses' Mount, St. Catherine Monastery, Basilica, Burning Bush, Moses' water well and Monastery cemetery 

Early morning at 01.30 am, Climbing Moses Mount (Altitude 2285 meters, assent takes about 04 hours) with escorting of 02 local Bedouins, see the sun rise on the top of Mount Sinai, attend the Liturgy, Descend the Mount, followed by breakfast. visit the monastery, attend the Sunset prayer if required, free time at leisure, dinner and overnight.    

Meals: Breakfast + Dinner

St. Catherine sightseeing: Moses' Mount/ Cairo

St. Catherine sightseeing: Moses' Mount/ Cairo
Attending the Liturgy in the Monastery followed by Breakfast, transfer to Cairo around 10.00 am. Transfer to Cairo via Suez Canal on the Red Sea that separates Asia and Africa. Continue to the Wilderness of Sin to visit "Alim Valley" where the miracle of Manna and Quails took place and view the seventy-two palm trees. Next stop is in Rephidim where the Israelites fought the Amalekites. During this battle, whenever Moses put his arms down, the Israelites lost and whenever he put his arms up, the Israelites were winning. (Aaron and Hur held Moses' arms up as he started getting tired.) Pass by the Springs of Moses (Visit if open tourist) where Moses hit the rock and twelve water springs appeared. Here, there are remnants of the springs and a group of Bedouins still lives there. 
arrival Cairo, followed by dinner, free time for shopping and relaxation inside the bazaar, followed by transfer to your hotel and overnight. 

Meals: Breakfast + Dinner

Cairo: On the footsteps of the Holy Family in Cairo:            

Cairo: On the footsteps of the Holy Family in Cairo:               
Breakfast at hotel, at 07.30 a.m. driving to visit the following sites:
St. Mary’s Tree in Al-Mataria: From Wadi Al-Natroun, they traveled south towards the city of Cairo and crossed the Nile River to the eastern side, heading towards Al-Mataria and Ain Shams. The Matareya area, which is near Ain Shams (Heliopolis), is about 10 km away from the city of Cairo. At this time, Ain Shams was inhabited by a large number of Jews, and they had a temple called the Temple of Onias. In Matariya, the Holy Family took shade under a tree known to this day as the Tree of St. Mary. The Lord Jesus produced a spring of water, drank from it, and blessed it. Then the Virgin Mary washed the clothes of the child Jesus in it and poured the water on the ground, and an aromatic tree with a beautiful scent grew in that spot, known as the balsam tree. They add it to the types of perfumes and spices from which the holy chrism is made.

The Church of the Virgin in Mostorod (Al-Mahma): Visit the Church of the Virgin Mary in Mostorod (Al-Mahma) and the water well. Al-Mahma means the place of bathing, and it was called that because the Virgin Mary bathed the Lord Christ there and washed his clothes. From the Matareya and Ain Shams area, the Holy Family walked towards ancient Egypt. The Holy Family rested for a while in Zaitoun area on their way to ancient Egypt.

Church of the Virgin of Appearance in Zeitoun area: Visit the Church of the Virgin in Zeitoun, where she appeared on the domes of the Church of Zeitoun area on April 2, 1968, during the reign of Pope Kerolos VI. The apparition continued for a long period of time, sometimes reaching two and a quarter hour, as at dawn on Tuesday, April 30, 1968, when its full, sparkling form continued from 02.45 am until 05.00 am in the morning.

The Church of the Virgin Mary in Maadi: The Holy Family set off on a sailboat on the Nile, heading towards the south of Upper Egypt, from the spot where the Church of the Virgin Mary is now located, from there the Holy Family crossed to the Nile on its journey to Upper Egypt, and the stone staircase on which it descended still remains. 
One of the wondrous events that happened at this church was that on Friday, March 12, 1976, the Bible was found open to the page of Isaiah the Prophet, chapters (19-25), “Blessed are my people Egypt”, floating on the surface of the water in the area facing the church from the waters of the Nile. Free time for shopping and relaxation inside the bazaar.
Cruising dinner: Transfer at 19.15 to the Nile River bank for cruising dinner including open buffet dinner, Egyptian folklore, Dervish show, belly dancer and Oriental DJ Music, at 22.00 transfer back to your hotel and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast + Cruising dinner

Cairo / Minya / Assiut / Doronka:

Cairo / Minya / Assiut / Doronka:
Check out after breakfast to visit the following:
Monastery of Saint Mary in Jabal al-Tair, Minya: 
Visiting the monastery OF Saint Mary in Jabal al-Tair, Minya, which is located within the scope of the holy family’s itinerary to the land of Egypt, according to the memorandum drawn up by Pope Theophilus, Patriarch No. 23 of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church (385-412 - Manuscript of the Monastery of Muharraq No. 9/14 in the library). The Holy Family visited this place during their escape to Egypt, and stayed in the cave for three days. This place is distinguished by the fact that it is carved into the rock. This place is classified as one of the unique rock churches in the world, and it is located on top of a mountain. In the fourth century in the year 327, Queen Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, sent aid to the patriarch to reconstruct the places that the Holy Family had visited in Egypt. Among these places was the Monastery of Jabal al-Tair. This Pharaonic temple was converted into a church, a structure was built on the eastern side, two columns were added in the nave of the church, and the third column was used on the tribal side to dig a baptistery into it. 
Quick lunch in the Monastery.       
The Monastery of the Virgin Mary is now located in Jabal al-Tair (Acorus), east of where the family settled in the cave in the ancient church. It is known as Jabal al-Tair because thousands of hawksbill birds gather there.
It is also called the Mountain of the hand, as the Coptic tradition states that the Holy Family, while they were next to the mountain, was about to fall on a large rock from the mountain, so the Lord Jesus extended His hand and prevented the rock from falling, but it stopped and his hand was imprinted on the rock.
On the way, the Holy Family passed by a tall Ficus tree, 2 km south of Jabal al-Tair. It is said that this tree prostrated itself to the Lord Christ, to whom be glory. They found that all of its branches were descending towards the ground and then rising again with green leaves. It is called the worshiper’s tree.  
Moving after the visit from Minya to Assiut (about 170 km, about 02:30 hours), arriving in Assiut and then continuing to Doronka (about 60 km, about 1:15 hours), arriving to Doronka. Dinner at the Monastery guest house, check-in, free time at leisure and overnight.
 
Meals: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
 

Doronka Monastery / Muharraq Monastery / Cairo

Doronka Monastery / Muharraq Monastery / Cairo

Doronka Monastery: Attending the Holy Mass in the Doronka Monastery if applicable, back to the hotel for breakfast, check out, then visiting the monastery, which is located on the western bank of the Nile River, as it was one of the last destinations that the Holy Family visited on the way back to Nazareth, where they took another road that deviated slightly to the south until the well-known Mount Assiut. On Mount Dranka and was blessed by the Holy Family, where he built a monastery in the name of the Virgin Mary, located 8 km southwest of Assiut and 100 meters above sea level. Inside the monastery is the cave of Saint Mary's Church, dating back to the first century. The Virgin Mary appears from time to time in a luminous form inside the church, and the cave church has been used to seek refuge from the flooding of the Nile since the days of the Pharaohs. 
Continue moving to visit the Monastery of the Virgin Mary, also known as “Muharraq Monastery”.

Muharraq Monastery in Assiut: The Holy Family traveled to Mount “Qusqam”, where the Muharraq Monastery is now located. This area of the Muharraq Monastery is one of the most important stations where the Holy Family settled, so much so that the place was called the “Second Bethlehem”.
This monastery is located at the foot of the western mountain known as Mount Qusqam, named after the city that was destroyed. It is about 12 km west of the town of “Al-Qusiya”, affiliated with Assiut Governorate, 327 km south of Cairo.
The Holy Family stayed six months and ten days in the cave, which later became a structure for the ancient Church of the Virgin Mary on the western side of the monastery. The altar of this church is a large stone on which Jesus Christ sat.
In this monastery, an angel of the Lord appeared to the elder Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead” (Matthew 2:20-21). 
Lunch and free time at the Monastery, driving back to Cairo followed by dinner. Transfer to your hotel, check in and overnight.
 
Meals: Breakfast + Lunch + dinner

Cairo, Coptic and Old Cairo: On the footsteps of the Holy Family + Pyramids & Sphinx + The Grand Egyptian Museum

Cairo, Coptic and Old Cairo: On the footsteps of the Holy Family + Pyramids & Sphinx + The Grand Egyptian Museum

Breakfast at hotel, at 07.30 am the English-speaking Egyptology will accompany you to visit the Giza Plateau one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx and Valley temple facing the great statue. Proceed to visit the new Grand Egyptian Museum, Free time for shopping in some famous Giza Bazaars. Proceed to visit the ancient churches in Coptic and Old Cairo.

Coptic and Old Cairo: The Holy Family arrived in ancient Cairo, which considered one of the most important regions and stations that the Holy Family visited on its journey to the land of Egypt, and there are many churches and monasteries in it. This area was blessed by the presence of the Holy Family, and the Holy Family was only able to stay there for a few days due to the destruction of the idols. This aroused the anger of the governor and he wanted to kill the boy Jesus. Visit St. Sergius and Bacchus. Proceed to visit the Hanging Church of St. Mary and Abu Serga Church dating back as early as the fourth century, this cave exists tell now and a church was built above it with the name of Abu Serga church, next to the cave and inside the structure an old Water well. 

This Cave is considered the holiest sites of Christianity in Egypt. The Holy Family traveled from the ancient Cairo region, heading towards the south, where they arrived in the Maadi region, a suburb of Memphis - the capital of ancient Egypt.

Meals: Breakfast + Lunch 
 

Cairo / Final departure

Cairo / Final departure

Check out after breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure (Flight details to be advised). End of services 

Meals: Breakfast

Optional excursions before departure if applicable:  
- Khan El Khalili: 15 USD Per person
- Salah El Din Citadel and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali: 50 USD Per person
- Egyptian Civilization Museum & the Gallery of Royal Mummies: 50 USD Per person
- Lunch including transfers: 10 USD Per person