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Best Tour to Wadi El Natroun from Cairo

Take a fantastic day trip from Cairo to the monasteries of Wadi El Natroun with one of our best tour guides. Before returning to your lodging, visit the Monastery of Paramus, the Monastery of Anba Bishoy, and numerous other monasteries in the valley, one of the most well-known Christian tourist attractions in the world.

Take a fantastic day trip from Cairo to the monasteries of Wadi El Natroun with one of our best tour guides. Before returning to your lodging, visit the Monastery of Paramus, the Monastery of Anba Bishoy, and numerous other monasteries in the valley, one of the most well-known Christian tourist attractions in the world.

Tour Details:

Private Day Trip to Wadi El Natroun from Cairo

  • Duration: 1 Day
  • Tour Location: Wadi El Natroun
  • Tour Availability: Every day
  • Pickup & Drop Off: Your Hotel in Cairo
  • Tour Type: Private

Wadi El Natroun Monasteries Highlights

  • Monastery of Paramus
  • Monastery of Saint Bishoy
  • Monastery of Abu Makar
  • El Suryan Monastery

Comprehensive Services for Your Wadi El Natroun Journey

  • The Service of pick up from your hotel and return.
  • Egyptologist tour guide during the tours.
  • A modern private air-conditioned vehicle for your trip.
  • Admission fees to all the sights listed in the itinerary.
  • Lunch meal.
  • Bottled water on the vehicle.
  • All charges and taxes.

Not Included: Additional Costs for Your Wadi El Natroun Experience

  • Tipping.
  • Any Optional Tours.

Itinerary of Tour to Wadi El Natroun from Cairo

We will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo and join your tour guide in a driving tour for around 2 hours by a deluxe private A/C vehicle to the northwest of Cairo to visit:

Wadi El Natroun

Wadi El Natroun is one of the most wonderful Christian locations in the world where thousands of Coptics resorted in the 4th century to escape from oppression and injustice during the reign of the Roman Emperor. This majestic site is known as the place where Christian monasticism was truly born. Wadi El Natroun had great importance for the ancient pharaohs since it was the main source of carbonated sodium which had been used in mummification. The area involved tens of monasteries but only four remain.

Monastery of Paramus

The Monastery of Paramus, known as “Deir Al Baramus” in Arabic, stands as one of the Wadi El Natroun monasteries established in 340 AD. St. Macarius built it on the site where he dedicated himself to serving the Christian faith.

Monastery of Saint Bishoy

It’s located in Wadi El Natroun and it is dedicated to Anba Bishoy who claimed that he saw Jesus Christ. The monastery contains five Coptic churches and the area had very large towers that were used to protect the monasteries against Berber attacks.

Monastery of Abu Makar

The monastery is one of the oldest in Wadi El Natroun, constructed in the 4th century by St. Makarius the Great. They primarily established it as a memorial site for St. Makarius, the father of the monks in Wadi El Natroun, as he was the first to stay in the valley.

El Suryan Monastery

St. Bishoy founded the monastery in the 6th century, dedicating it to the Virgin Mary. Some Syrian monks are believed to have inhabited the monastery for a time, which is why it carries the name “Suryan,” referring to the Syrians.

Finally, you will enjoy an appetizing lunch then we will drive you back to your hotel in Cairo.

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Notes: Child pricing applies to children who share rooms with their parents (Max 2 Children in one Room)

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