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.

Inclusions

All taxes & service charge.
Lunch meal at local restaurant
Private All Languages speaking Egyptologist guide.
Pick up services from your hotel & return.
Bottled water on board the vehicle during the tour.
Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites.
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle.

Exclusions

Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary.
Tipping.

Tour Plan

Itinerary

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Stage 1

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.