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 Day 02:
Depart the hotel about 3AM and climb to the crest of Mt. Sinai to watch
the sunrise then return to the base for breakfast at the hotel. Check
out and visit St.
Catherine's Monastery
with it’s Chapel of the Burning Bush and a
history that goes to the 400’s (AD). From here we travel East toward the
Gulf of Aqaba with a stop enroute to see the Rock
of Inscriptions where
travelers have been carving messages and
directions for thousands of years. We will look across the broad
landscape of Wadi Ghazala and the oasis of Ein
Kudra, traditionally
hazerot for the Children of
Israel. We continue our journey to the coast, have lunch at Habiba, a
wonderful open air restaurant right on the shore of the Gulf. On a clear
day we can see Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel. Transfer to the Hilton Coral Reef Resort.
Overnight Nuweiba (B,L) Day 04: Buffet breakfast, A day to enjoy Petra and surrounding sites. Overnight Petra (B)
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Day 01:
Depart Cairo in the morning traveling northeast toward the Suez Canal
for Tanis. Though no longer, Tanis was an important City
in the pharaonic period. Many believe that this was the Biblical city
from which the Exodus began, but many will also remember it as the
location where the famous movie character, Indiana Jones discovered the
'Lost Ark'. Cross the Suez
Canal and proceed to visit Moses Springs, the first
stop in the Sinai for the Israelites. From here on to Wadi
Feiran. Steeped in biblical mystery, it was here,
according to locals, scholars, and legend, that Moses struck a rock with
his staff, bringing forth a spring so his people could drink. Feiran is
also the site of Rafadim, the fabled oasis where the Hebrews camped and
battled the Amelecites. It is said that a journey through Feiran is to
pass through an entire chapter of the Old Testament (Exodus 17).
Continue to the foot of Mt.
Sinai to overnight at St.
Catherine's Plaza. Overnight Sinai (B,L,D) 
Day 05:
Buffet breakfast, check out, Drive along the 5,000 year old King's
Highway passing beside the Dead
Sea and Lot's Sanctuary
(where archaeological
discoveries cause many to feel this was where Lot and his daughters
sought refuge after God destroyed Sodom) to Madaba
(the city of Mosaics) and Mt.
Nebo, where Moses looked
on the promised land.
Overnight at the Marriott Dead Sea Resort. (B)
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