Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
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Jordan to Egypt Overland: Petra, Wadi Rum, Dahab, Sinai and Cairo
12 days from Amman to Cairo: two nights at Petra, a Wadi Rum camp, the ferry from Aqaba across the Red Sea, three nights in Dahab, Mount Sinai at dawn and three nights in Cairo with Giza.
12 days · Amman to Cairo · up to 12 guests
The open sand of Wadi Rum, southern Jordan Photo: Peter Chisholm, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wadi_rum_desert.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 12 days, 11 nights
- Start and end
- Amman to Cairo
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Moderate
One long day in Petra, up to about 15 km on sand and rock with about 800 steps to the Monastery. The Mount Sinai dawn walk starts around 2 am: about 7 km up a camel path and 750 stone steps to 2,285 m, 2.5 to 3 hours each way, in the cold and dark. The Blue Hole snorkel needs you to swim comfortably in deep water. The Monastery climb, the Sinai walk and the snorkel can each be sat out.
- Meals included
- 11 breakfasts, 9 lunches, 4 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 675 (estimated price)
- Season
- October to November and February to April
Highlights
Why this trip
- Petra from opening, with the Treasury quiet and the Monastery climb in the afternoon
- A night at a Wadi Rum camp: 4x4 into the desert, sunset from high ground and sunrise before breakfast
- Crossing the Gulf of Aqaba by ferry from Jordan to Egypt's Sinai coast, with your guide
- Snorkelling the rim of the Blue Hole at Dahab before the day-trip buses arrive
- Dinner with Bedouin hosts in the hills behind Dahab
- St Catherine's Monastery, still home to a community of monks since the 6th century
- Sunrise from the summit of Mount Sinai at 2,285 m
- Giza at opening, then Tutankhamun's treasures at the Grand Egyptian Museum
What makes this trip different
One price, nothing to pay on the van
Everything on the itinerary is in the price, and nothing is collected on the trip.
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 675 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Amman
Queen Alia International Airport to your hotel in Amman
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Amman
- Drive about 45 min
Fly into Queen Alia International Airport (AMM), about 35 km south of Amman. Your Jordan Pass is bought before you fly, so the visa step on arrival is short, and a driver meets you in the arrivals hall for the drive of about 45 minutes into the city.
Afternoon
Plan to land by mid-afternoon if you can; the latest arrival that still makes the briefing is confirmed with your final itinerary. Amman climbs over steep hills of pale limestone houses, and the rest of the afternoon is yours to rest or walk down Rainbow Street for coffee.
Evening
In the early evening your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a short briefing on the twelve days ahead: what to pack for the desert, the Red Sea and a cold mountain dawn, how the ferry crossing works, and how the days are paced. Then we sit down together to a welcome dinner of mezze and grills at a local restaurant.
Included
- Pick-up at Queen Alia International Airport (AMM)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Free until the evening briefing
Amman in the morning, then south to Petra
King Abdullah I Mosque and the Amman Citadel, then the Desert Highway to Wadi Musa
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Wadi Musa
- Drive about 3.5 h
We start at the King Abdullah I Mosque when it opens to visitors, before prayers and crowds; its blue dome covers a single prayer hall hung with a great ring chandelier, and robes are lent at the door. Next we climb Citadel Hill, where the columns of the Temple of Hercules and the domed Umayyad Palace look down on the Roman Theatre and the old downtown.
Afternoon
By late morning we are on the Desert Highway heading south, about three hours of driving in all, broken by a sit-down lunch on the way. The road crosses a high, open plateau before dropping towards Wadi Musa, the town at the gate of Petra, where we arrive in the middle of the afternoon and stay two nights. The rest of the day is free.
Evening
On the evenings it runs, Petra by Night lights the Siq and the Treasury with candles, and we go on whichever of your two evenings it falls.
Included
- King Abdullah I Mosque, Amman
- The Amman Citadel: the Temple of Hercules and the Umayyad Palace
- Sit-down lunch on the way south
- Petra by Night (on whichever of your two Petra evenings it runs)
Free time: Late afternoon and evening free in Wadi Musa
Activity: The mosque is closed to visitors at Friday prayers; on a Friday we swap it for the Jordan Museum. Petra by Night has historically run on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, so small-group departures start on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday: one of your two Petra evenings is then a Petra by Night evening. If the schedule changes, we tell you when you request to book.
Petra from opening to the Monastery
A full day inside Petra
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Wadi Musa
We are at the Petra gate when it opens, around 6 am, and walk down the Bab as-Siq past the Djinn Blocks and the Obelisk Tomb into the 1.2 km Siq while it is cool and nearly empty. The Treasury, carved by the Nabataeans in the 1st century AD, is still in soft shade at this hour. Your guide then leads along the Street of Facades and the Theatre to the Royal Tombs, climbing to the terrace of the Urn Tomb for the view across the valley, and down the Colonnaded Street to the Great Temple and Qasr al-Bint.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal inside the site, followed by a rest in the shade. Mid-afternoon, when most visitors are walking out, we climb the roughly 800 rock-cut steps to the Monastery, Petra's largest facade, and the viewpoints beyond it, then walk back out in the late light.
Evening
The evening is free.
Included
- Petra from opening with your guide: the Siq, the Treasury, the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs, the Colonnaded Street, the Great Temple and Qasr al-Bint
- Sit-down lunch inside Petra
- The climb to the Monastery (Ad-Deir) in the quieter afternoon window
Easier option: Skip the Monastery climb: walk back out after lunch and spend the afternoon at the Petra Museum by the visitor centre or at the hotel.
More active option: Before lunch, climb the steep steps to the High Place of Sacrifice for the view over the city, then come down past the Garden Tomb.
Free time: Evening free
Activity: The longest walking day: up to about 15 km on sand and rock steps, with about 800 steps to the Monastery. Bring good shoes, a hat and water.
Little Petra, then a night in Wadi Rum
Optional second morning in Petra, Little Petra, then south to a camp in Wadi Rum
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Wadi Rum
- Drive about 2 h
Morning
Your Jordan Pass covers a second day in Petra, so the morning is your choice. Go back in at opening with your guide and take the Al-Khubtha trail up to the ledge that looks straight down on the Treasury, or sleep in and have a slow breakfast. Late in the morning we drive to Little Petra, Siq al-Barid, a narrow canyon of Nabataean houses, cisterns and dining rooms that was probably a caravan stop; look up in the Painted Biclinium for a rare 1st-century ceiling fresco of vines and birds. From there it is about two hours south to Wadi Rum, a protected desert of red sand and sandstone mountains listed by UNESCO in 2011.
Afternoon
We pass the visitor centre under the rock wall called the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and lunch is waiting at camp.
Evening
After the heat of the day Bedouin drivers take us out by 4x4 to Lawrence's Spring, the rock carvings of Khazali Canyon and a red dune, and we stop on high ground for sunset before a zarb dinner lifted from an oven in the sand.
Included
- Second morning in Petra with your guide (optional)
- Little Petra (Siq al-Barid) and the Painted Biclinium
- Lunch and dinner at camp, with a zarb dinner cooked in the sand
- Afternoon 4x4 tour with Bedouin drivers: Lawrence's Spring, Khazali Canyon and a red dune
- Sunset from high ground, then stargazing at camp
Easier option: Skip the second Petra morning and rest at the hotel until we leave for Little Petra.
More active option: The Al-Khubtha trail at opening, about 2 hours with steep stairs, to the viewpoint above the Treasury.
Free time: Morning free if you skip the second Petra visit
Activity: Wadi Rum sits at about 1,000 m, so nights are cool for much of the year and cold in winter. Camp tents have their own bathroom with hot water.
Desert sunrise, then the ferry to Sinai
Wadi Rum to Aqaba, the ferry from Aqaba to Nuweiba, then the coast road to Dahab
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Dahab
- Drive about 2.5 h
Morning
Wake early for sunrise from the camp, when the light runs down the cliffs and the sand has no fresh tracks.
Afternoon
After breakfast we drive about an hour to Aqaba, Jordan's only port, for an early sit-down lunch by the sea before we check in at the passenger terminal. The ferry across the Gulf of Aqaba to Nuweiba, on Egypt's Sinai coast, is a short crossing on paper, but departures often run hours late and the port formalities on both sides are slow, so we plan the whole afternoon around it. Your See Sight Tours guide crosses with you and handles the paperwork and porters; bring a book, water and something warm for the air-conditioned lounge. In Nuweiba a driver and our Egyptian vehicle meet the group for the drive of about an hour and a quarter south along the coast, with the mountains of Saudi Arabia across the water, to Dahab, where we stay three nights.
Evening
Dinner is your choice on the seafront.
Included
- Sunrise from camp
- Sit-down lunch in Aqaba
- Ferry from Aqaba to Nuweiba with your guide, ticket and port fees included
- Transfer from Nuweiba to Dahab
Free time: Evening free in Dahab
Activity: We check the ferry schedule when you request to book and again the week before. Keep your passport, Egypt e-visa and a day bag with you; main bags go through the port separately.
The Blue Hole and a Bedouin dinner
Dahab to the Blue Hole and back, then the hills behind Dahab
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Dahab
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
We drive about 20 minutes north of Dahab to the Blue Hole early, before the day-trip buses from Sharm el-Sheikh arrive mid-morning. The hole is a deep, round sinkhole in the reef, more than 100 m down, ringed by a shallow shelf of coral just off the shore. With a local snorkel guide, mask, fins and a buoyancy vest, we float along the rim and look down from the coral into deep blue, with parrotfish, butterflyfish and anemones on the wall. Confident swimmers can snorkel in from the Bells, a cleft in the reef a short way south, along the reef wall to the hole.
Afternoon
Lunch is at one of the cafes on the shore, with cushions facing the water, and we are back in Dahab by early afternoon for free time.
Evening
At sunset we drive into the granite hills behind the town for dinner with Bedouin hosts, cooked over a fire, with sweet tea and the stars.
Included
- Blue Hole snorkel with a local snorkel guide, gear and a buoyancy vest
- Lunch at the Blue Hole
- Bedouin dinner in the hills behind Dahab
Easier option: Stay on the shallow reef shelf at the edge of the Blue Hole, or watch from the cafe terrace.
More active option: Snorkel from the Bells along the reef wall to the Blue Hole with the snorkel guide, about 30 to 40 minutes in open water.
Free time: Afternoon free in Dahab
Activity: Snorkellers stay at the surface; the Blue Hole's deep arch is for technical divers only. You need to swim comfortably in deep water; the vest is there to rest on.
A free day in Dahab
Dahab
- Breakfast
- Stay in Dahab
Today is yours, the free day that competing trips fill with paid extras. Dahab is a small, low-key town strung along the bay, with a seafront walkway of cafes and dive shops between the Lighthouse reef and the Lagoon, where windsurfers and kitesurfers catch the steady northerly wind. Many guests swim and snorkel straight off the Lighthouse reef, which needs no boat, then spend the heat of the day in the shade with fresh juice. If you want more, your guide can book an introductory dive with a licensed dive centre, or a camel or boat trip north to Ras Abu Galum, a protected coast of Bedouin fishing camps and quiet reefs reached only on foot, by camel or by boat. Others walk the seafront, try a yoga class or simply sleep in after the early starts in Jordan.
Evening
In the evening the waterfront restaurants put cushions and lanterns out on the sand, and your guide can suggest where the fish is freshest.
Included
- A free day in Dahab, with your guide on hand to suggest and book
Optional experiences
- Introductory dive with a licensed dive centre (priced at booking)
- Ras Abu Galum by camel or boat (priced at booking)
Free time: The whole day free
Into the mountains: St Catherine's Monastery
Dahab to St Catherine, then St Catherine's Monastery
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in St Catherine
- Drive about 2 h
Morning
We leave Dahab after an early breakfast and drive about two hours inland, climbing through granite valleys to the high basin of St Catherine, at about 1,600 m. St Catherine's Monastery stands at the foot of Mount Sinai and has been home to Greek Orthodox monks since the Emperor Justinian built its walls in the 6th century. Guided tours are not allowed inside, so your guide briefs the group outside the walls and gives you a printed note before you go in to see the basilica with its icons and lamps, the bush the monks keep as the Burning Bush and the Well of Moses at your own pace during the morning visiting window. The monastery is part of the Saint Catherine Area, listed by UNESCO in 2002.
Evening
Lunch is at the hotel, and the afternoon is for rest, because the walk up the mountain starts in the middle of the night. Late in the day a short walk with your guide shows the valley as the granite turns red, followed by an early dinner and bed by about 8 pm.
Included
- St Catherine's Monastery, with your guide's briefing beforehand and a printed note: the basilica, the Burning Bush and the Well of Moses
- Lunch and dinner at the hotel
- Short sunset walk in the valley
Free time: Afternoon free to rest
Activity: The monastery opens to visitors in the morning only (hours vary and we confirm them for your date) and closes on Fridays, Sundays and Orthodox feast days; if day 8 falls on one, we visit after the walk on day 9. Covered shoulders and knees inside.
Mount Sinai at dawn, then fly to Cairo
Mount Sinai, St Catherine to Sharm el-Sheikh airport, then fly to Cairo
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Cairo
- Drive about 4 h
We set out at about 2 am with head torches and a Bedouin guide from the local tribe, as the rules require, up the camel path, about 7 km of steady zigzags with tea huts on the way. The last stretch is about 750 rough stone steps to the summit at 2,285 m, where we wait wrapped up for the sun to rise over ridges of bare granite. Coming down by the Steps of Repentance, we reach the monastery as it opens, and visit it now if it was closed yesterday.
Morning
Breakfast, a shower and a rest follow in rooms kept until noon.
Afternoon
Then we drive about three hours to Sharm el-Sheikh airport, with a sit-down lunch on the way, and fly about an hour to Cairo.
Evening
That flight replaces the six-hour road to Cairo, too much after a night on the mountain. A driver meets the group in Cairo for the transfer to a central hotel; the evening is free.
Included
- Mount Sinai dawn walk with a Bedouin guide
- Rooms kept until noon in St Catherine
- Sit-down lunch on the way to Sharm el-Sheikh
- Flight from Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH) to Cairo (CAI), with your guide
- Transfer to your hotel in Cairo
Optional experiences
- Camel up the first part of the path (paid locally)
Easier option: Skip the climb: sleep in, breakfast at 7, and a quiet morning in the valley before we leave at noon.
More active option: Go up by the Steps of Repentance as well as down, about 3,750 steps in all.
Free time: Evening free in Cairo
Activity: The longest day: the walk is 2.5 to 3 hours each way in the dark and cold, then about three hours on the road and a short flight. Bring a head torch, gloves and a warm layer even in spring.
Giza at opening, then the Grand Egyptian Museum
Cairo to the Giza plateau and the Grand Egyptian Museum, then back to Cairo
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Cairo
- Drive about 1.5 h
We leave Cairo early to be at the Giza plateau at opening, before the tour coaches and the heat. The Great Pyramid of Khufu has stood for about 4,500 years, and walking its base with your guide shows its scale better than any photo. We drive across the plateau to the panorama viewpoint, where all three pyramids line up, then down to the Sphinx and the Valley Temple of Khafre.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal near the plateau. In the hottest part of the day we are indoors at the Grand Egyptian Museum, about 2 km away, which opened fully in November 2025. The Grand Staircase climbs past colossal statues to a window framing the pyramids, and the Tutankhamun galleries show the young king's burial goods together, including the gold mask and his chariots.
Evening
We return to the hotel by late afternoon, and the evening is yours.
Included
- The Giza pyramids at opening, the panorama viewpoint, the Sphinx and the Valley Temple, with your guide
- Sit-down lunch near Giza
- The Grand Egyptian Museum, including the Tutankhamun galleries
Optional experiences
- Inside the Great Pyramid (separate ticket, priced at booking)
Free time: Evening free
Activity: Little shade at Giza: bring a hat, sunscreen and water. The passage inside the Great Pyramid is steep, low and hot.
Saqqara, Islamic Cairo and a farewell dinner
Cairo to Saqqara and back, then Al-Muizz Street and Khan el-Khalili
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Cairo
- Drive about 2 h
Morning
A morning drive of about an hour south brings us to Saqqara, the burial ground of ancient Memphis. The Step Pyramid of Djoser, built around 2650 BC, is the oldest of Egypt's pyramids, and your guide shows how its six stacked layers led to the smooth sides at Giza. Nearby, the painted tombs of Old Kingdom nobles show farming, fishing and feasts in bright colour.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal before we drive back to the hotel for a rest in the heat of the day. In the late afternoon, as the streets fill, we walk Al-Muizz Street, the old spine of Fatimid Cairo, past the mosques and madrasas of the Qalawun complex and through the Bab Zuweila gate, then into Khan el-Khalili, the bazaar that has traded here since the 14th century, with time to browse on your own and a mint tea at a cafe.
Evening
As the lights come on, we sit down together for a farewell dinner in the old city.
Included
- Saqqara with your guide: the Step Pyramid of Djoser and Old Kingdom tombs
- Sit-down lunch
- Al-Muizz Street and Bab Zuweila with your guide
- Khan el-Khalili bazaar
- Farewell dinner
Free time: Early afternoon free at the hotel
Activity: About 2 hours on foot on busy streets. Covered shoulders and knees for the mosques; women need a headscarf.
Depart Cairo
Your hotel in Cairo to Cairo International Airport
- Breakfast
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
The trip ends after breakfast. Most international flights leave from Cairo International Airport (CAI), about 45 minutes to an hour from central Cairo depending on traffic, and we drive you there at the time that suits your flight. Allow three hours before departure at the airport, because security queues start at the terminal door.
Evening
If your flight is in the evening, the morning is free: the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square, the Coptic quarter with the Hanging Church, or a last walk by the Nile in Zamalek. Your guide can help store bags at the hotel and suggest where to have lunch. If you would like to stay longer, we can book extra nights in Cairo, or add Luxor and the Nile through our Egypt trip; ask when you request to book.
Included
- Drop-off at Cairo International Airport (CAI)
Free time: Free until your airport transfer
Activity: Book a flight out of Cairo International Airport (CAI) any time today; allow three hours at the airport.
- Amman1 night
- Wadi Musa2 nights
- Wadi Rum1 night
- Dahab3 nights
- St Catherine1 night
- Cairo3 nights
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: October, November, March and April are warm and dry in Jordan and Egypt, and the Red Sea is still warm enough to snorkel without a wetsuit for most people. December to February brings cool days, cold nights in Wadi Rum and a freezing dawn on Mount Sinai, sometimes with snow. From June to August Petra and Cairo are very hot, so we do not plan dated departures then. Dahab's reef fish, coral and the odd turtle are there all year.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers who want Petra, the Red Sea and the pyramids on one overland route, without a leader change at the border
- People who like a mix of ruins, desert and beach time, with a free day by the sea
- Walkers keen to see sunrise from Mount Sinai, with an easy option if the night climb is too much
- Solo travellers who want one published supplement and the same seat and table as everyone else
Not for you if you want
- Anyone who needs a fixed timetable on travel days: the ferry often runs late
- Step-free access: Petra, Mount Sinai and the reef entry mean sand, rock and steep steps
- Travellers who want Luxor and the Nile: this trip ends in Cairo (see our Egypt and Jordan and Egypt trips)
- The Dead Sea: it is not on this route (see our 8-day Jordan trip)
- Summer travel: we do not run dated departures from June to August
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
11 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Amman1 night
- Wadi Musa2 nights
- Wadi Rum1 night
- Dahab3 nights
- St Catherine1 night
- Cairo3 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 11 nights: 1 in Amman, 2 in Wadi Musa near the Petra gate, 1 at a Wadi Rum camp in a tent with its own bathroom, 3 in Dahab, 1 in St Catherine (with rooms kept until noon after the climb) and 3 in central Cairo
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Queen Alia International Airport (AMM) and drop-off at Cairo International Airport (CAI)
- A private air-conditioned vehicle and driver for the group in Jordan and another in Egypt
- The ferry from Aqaba to Nuweiba, with ticket and port fees
- Flight from Sharm el-Sheikh to Cairo
- 4x4 tour in Wadi Rum with Bedouin drivers
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide for all 12 days, crossing on the ferry and flying with the group
- Licensed local guides at the sites in Egypt, a snorkel guide at the Blue Hole, Bedouin drivers in Wadi Rum and a Bedouin guide on Mount Sinai
Activities
- Jordan Pass with 2 days in Petra, bought before you fly
- King Abdullah I Mosque and the Amman Citadel, Amman
- Petra from opening, including the Monastery, and a second optional morning
- Petra by Night
- Little Petra (Siq al-Barid)
- Wadi Rum 4x4 tour, sunset and sunrise
- Blue Hole snorkel with gear, Dahab
- Bedouin dinner near Dahab
- St Catherine's Monastery (visited on your own after your guide's briefing; guided tours are not allowed inside)
- Mount Sinai dawn walk
- The Giza pyramids, the panorama viewpoint and the Sphinx
- The Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza
- Saqqara and the Step Pyramid of Djoser
- Al-Muizz Street and Khan el-Khalili, Cairo
Meals
- 11 breakfasts
- 9 lunches: sit-down lunches on days 2 to 6 and 8 to 11, including inside Petra, in Aqaba before the ferry and at the Blue Hole
- 5 dinners: welcome dinner in Amman, a zarb dinner at the Wadi Rum camp, a Bedouin dinner near Dahab, dinner in St Catherine and a farewell dinner in Cairo
other
- A tipping pool for drivers, local guides, port porters, the Sinai guide and camp staff
- No shopping stops
Not included
- International flights to Amman and from Cairo
- Egypt e-visa fee
- Travel insurance
- Meals not listed: 3 lunches and 6 dinners
- Drinks
- Tips for your See Sight Tours guide (your choice)
- Optional activities: an introductory dive, Ras Abu Galum, a camel on Mount Sinai and inside the Great Pyramid
- Personal expenses and camera permits where sites charge for them
Local fees: none. Nothing is collected on the trip.
Tips for your guide are included.
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 675 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
Pick your start date when you request to book. We check that date and confirm it in your quote.
Prefer to travel without a group or guide? Ask us about arranging hotels, transport and city tours for you to travel independently.
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Booking terms
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Questions
What does the price include?
Eleven nights in hotels and a Wadi Rum camp, 11 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 5 dinners, airport transfers, a private vehicle in each country, the Aqaba to Nuweiba ferry, the Sharm el-Sheikh to Cairo flight, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, the Jordan Pass, the Blue Hole snorkel, St Catherine's Monastery, the Mount Sinai walk, Giza, the Grand Egyptian Museum, Saqqara and a tipping pool.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests, never more. Competing Jordan to Egypt trips run with up to 14 or 16. Twelve fits one table at lunch, one snorkel guide's group at the Blue Hole and one quick queue at the ferry port.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group for all 12 days, crosses the Gulf of Aqaba on the ferry with you and flies with you to Cairo, so there is no leader change at the border. Licensed local guides join at the Egyptian sites, a Bedouin guide leads the Mount Sinai walk and Bedouin drivers take the 4x4s in Wadi Rum.
Is the Aqaba to Nuweiba ferry reliable, and is the Sinai safe to visit?
The ferry runs, but departures often slip by hours, so we leave the whole afternoon free for it. Travel advice for the Sinai changes, so we check the ferry, Canadian, US and UK advice and the Sinai roads when you request to book and before you travel. If either is not workable, we tell you before any payment and offer our flight-based Jordan and Egypt trip instead.
How fit do I need to be?
Moderately fit. Petra on day 3 is up to about 15 km with about 800 steps to the Monastery. Mount Sinai is 2.5 to 3 hours up in the dark to 2,285 m, then the same down. You can skip either and still see the sites, and the snorkel is optional too.
Do I have to climb Mount Sinai?
No. The dawn walk is included but optional. If you skip it, you sleep in, have breakfast at 7 and rest before we leave at noon. Camels can be hired at the bottom for most of the path, paid locally, but the last 750 steps to the summit must be walked.
Do I need to be a strong swimmer for the Blue Hole?
You need to be comfortable in deep water. We snorkel at the surface along the rim with a local snorkel guide, a buoyancy vest to rest on, mask and fins. Less confident swimmers can stay on the shallow reef shelf at the edge or watch from the cafe terrace.
I am travelling solo. Do I have to pay a single supplement?
Only if you want a room to yourself, from CAD 675 more for the whole trip, shown before you book with no surprise at checkout. Solo travellers get the same seat, table and guide time as everyone else. If you would like to share, say so when you request to book and we will tell you whether a roommate is available.
When is the best time to go?
October to November and February to April: warm, dry days at Petra and in Cairo, and the Red Sea warm enough to snorkel. December and January work too, but the Mount Sinai dawn is freezing and Wadi Rum nights are cold. We do not plan dated departures from June to August.
Do I need visas for Jordan and Egypt?
Most visitors do. We buy your Jordan Pass before you fly, which covers the Jordan visa fee because you stay 4 nights. For Egypt, buy the e-visa, about USD 30 at the time of writing and not included, before you travel: the free stamp at Sinai ports covers the coast only, not Cairo. We confirm the rules for your passport.
How does booking work?
Choose a start date and request to book. No payment is taken at that point. We check hotel, ferry and flight space and the Sinai travel advice, and confirm your trip within 24 hours, then send the price, payment terms and final itinerary for you to accept.
Can I travel on my own dates?
Yes. The private version runs for your party only, on a date you choose, with your own guide and vehicle in each country, from CAD 7,145 per person. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask from the dates section and we will quote the same hotels, crossing and local guides.
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