Tour to Wadi El Natroun Monastery from Cairo

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.

Itinarary:

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.

What’s included:

1- Pick up services from hotel and return
2-Bottled water during your trip
3-All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
4-Entrance fees to the mentioned historical place
5-Private English-speaking guide
6-All taxes and service charge

What’s excluded:

1-Any extras not mentioned in the program
2-Tipping

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