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Tour to Wadi El Natroun Monastery from Cairo

By Tamer Safari
Free cancellation available
Price is P 17,284 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Drive to Wadi El-Natrun, the birthplace for Christian monasticism. Visit the 4 surviving monasteries of the 50 that once existed here. Begin your trip with the oldest and most isolated monastery, Deir al-Baramus, and learn of the Desert Fathers of Christian monasticism.

Activity location

    • Al Fagalah, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Al Fagalah, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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Tour to Wadi El Natroun Monastery from Cairo
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 7:00
Price details
P 17,284.03 x 1 AdultP 17,284.03
Total
Price is P 17,284.03
Until Tue, Oct 21

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private All Languages speaking Egyptologist guide.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Pick up services from your hotel & return.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water on board the vehicle during the tour.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Lunch meal at local restaurant
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All taxes & service charge.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Tipping.

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Wadi Natrun (Pass by)
Drive by a modern air-conditioned vehicle to Wadi El-Natrun, the actual birthplace for Christian monasticism. Basically, there were about 50 monasteries, only 4 have survived into modern times. Begin your trip with Deir al-Baramus which is the oldest of the surviving 4 monasteries, and in many ways the most isolated, then proceeds to Deir Anba Bishoi whose body is still in the monastery. End your trip visiting Deir El-Suryani which is the smallest and most compact of the 4 monasteries.

Location

Activity location

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    • Al Fagalah, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Al Fagalah, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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