Summit altitude of 2, meters. Climbing to the summit. You can take two different routes to the top: The camel track ascent takes 2. This is a less taxing route and certainly riding a camel reduces the climbing strain, but probably not the riding sores.
We definitely recommend this route. It is much prettier, not to mention faster, plus it is the historical route taken by pilgrims up the mountain. Although guidebooks warn about this being a brutal ascent, with some steps over a meter high, we did not find it difficult and certainly did not encounter any meter-high steps!
Much fewer people go up during the afternoon — you can watch sunset, alone. I climbed Mount Sinai in the morning — in the heat, straight up the steep rock-hewn Steps of Repentance. Not easy. Then the climb is only the final steps to the summit.
Likewise they sell: coffee, tea, instant noodles, chocolate bars and other drinks. Take warm clothes, flashlight. If staying overnight, take a sleeping bag or rent a blanket from a Bedouin. I was prepared for this hit. Not only, there. But right thru the checkpoint, so I avoided — gratefully — this aspect of the Mount Sinai hike. Simply, I wanted to be alone. And I was.
See also Travel Art Panoramas. Mount Sinai is 2, meters in height and is located near the city of Saint Catherine in the Sinai region of Egypt. I got a chance to experience the climb up Mount Sinai when I was touring around Egypt, and as a novice hiker, I must say that this mountain was pretty challenging, although not an impossible task.
You do need some degree of physical fitness to endure the full hike. The view at the summit is definitely worth it. For experienced climbers, I suppose this is child's play as the route is pretty well mapped out. I heard from a local that on a good day he could easily get up the summit in 45 minutes. Before our adventure hike up the mountain, we had to first endure a 9-hour bus journey from Cairo to St Catherine including a 1 hour lunch stop.
As we got closer to St Catherine, we passed by some police checkpoints, and certain areas require a police convoy to escort the buses further along the highway. Our hotel Morgenland Village was located in a pretty remote area—just 15 minutes drive to St Catherine's Monastery where we would start our ascent. If you are staying in Sharm El Sheikh, a popular seaside resort destination near the Red Sea, you can also join a tour to climb Mount Sinai.
We reached the hotel at about 6 pm and had an early dinner and rest. At about 2 am, we commenced our 4-hour hike up. My local guide explained that some people prefer to climb in the day to catch the sunset instead, but I personally think that climbing down at night is a bit more dangerous, as the probability of falling down is higher.
But at least these climbers don't need to be so physically exhausted at odd hours of the night! The initial hike up was manageable because there was a proper trail which was not terribly steep. The camels stop just before you reach the last leg of the hike, which is a tiring climb up steps. The guide explained that the majority of these steps were created by a monk who was seeking repentance from God. When he passed on, other monks from the monastery completed the rest of the steps up to the summit.
Along the way up, there are several rest stops where you can take shelter from the cold and buy a hot drink for 15 Egyptian pounds, or some light snacks like chocolates and cup noodles. Although rest stops are a welcome relief for hikers especially for those inexperienced ones like me , try not to stop too long at each stop. This is because your body heats up as you climb but cools down quickly when you stop, which will make you feel really cold when you restart the hike again. If possible, only stop for a maximum of minutes.
Toilet stop the stone structure on the right with a view along the way down Mount Sinai Egypt. Interestingly, there are people who appear out of nowhere midway up the mountain, offering to give you a hand.
My local guide warned us not to be fooled by the friendliness of these people as all they are really trying to do is to get you to pay for their services after helping you get up the mountain as with most things in Egypt, they try to portray something as being free, only to request money afterwards.
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