Active in the Sinai - Family Holiday

After breakfast the 4x4 Jeeps arrive to take you south into "Lawrence of Arabia Desert" where you discover the frozen dinosaur rock formation and the sand dune of Hadoudah which is the highest dune in the Sinai and a great place to give sand boarding a go! Lunch is provided at the sand dunes and you will then return to Dahab by early evening, with plenty of time to explore and enjoy dinner in one of its many restaurants. 

Coral Coast Hotel (AAA) - 5 nights - Swimming Pool (BL)

After an early breakfast, enjoy a snorkel safari in the Southern Oasis, a remote and pristine area with a huge variety of colourful marine life and coral. It gets it's name from a patch of palm trees that stand nearby. You have a stop for lunch before getting back in the water to further explore the coral islands and pinnacles. That evening, for those who still have energy left, you can choose to go on an optional trip to St Catherine's Monastery combined with a climb up Mt Sinai.  Departing late evening you take a 2 hour drive to St Catherine's and start the climb up Mt Sinai. This will take approximately 2.5 hrs to reach the summit for sunrise at around 5.30 am. It is a relatively easy hike although there are a lot of steps up to the top and it can be windy, so care may need to be taken. There are plenty of resting places along route, with an area at Elias Garden for teas and coffee, just before the 720 steps of repentance to the summit. Camels can be hired to take you most of the way up the mountain, although you will need to dismount when you reach the steps. This is a beautiful climb, which offers a taste of the serenity and magnificence of southern Sinai's high mountain region. (BL)

Today is your final full day and you can choose to go on another snorkelling trip if you so wish.  This time, you drive to the Blue Hole, where camels await.  From there, enjoy a camel trek along the coastline into the National Park of Ras Abu Gaullum for approximately 1 hour.  The trip includes lunch and plenty of fantastic snorkelling opportunities in the Red Sea. If you wish, you could instead set sail heading south into the National Park of Nabq to Gabr el Bint. This is a remote and pristine area with a huge variety of marine life and hard and soft corals.  You will enjoy lunch on board and plenty of snorkelling in and around Gabr el Bint (both excursions are at additional charge).  Alternatively, you can spend the day at Dahab, perhaps relaxing by the hotel pool or wandering around the shops.

On your final evening, you will share your last group meal together.  Departing the hotel late afternoon, you will go in a 4WD for roughly one and a half hours into the local wadi where you will have dinner with a Bedouin family, before returning to Dahab by jeep. (BD)