Day Tour to Wadi El Natroun Monasteries from Cairo

Private Tours
Everyday
From / per person
$40

Visit the oldest monasteries at Wadi El-Natrun, the birthplace for Christian monasticism, which was created by Saint Antony at the early Christianity. Visit the four 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.

Included:

  • Pick up services from hotel & return
  • 2 Bottles of water per person per day
  • All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
  • Entrance fees to the mentioned historical place
  • Private English-speaking guide
  • All taxes & service charge

Excluded:

  • Any extras and personal spending
  • Tipping

Tour Itinerary:

Wonders of Egypt representative will pick you up and Drive to Wadi El-Natrun, the actual birthplace for Christian monasticism, which was created by Saint Antony at the early Christianity. There were about 50 monasteries; only four have survived into modern times. Begin your trip with Deir al-Baramus, which is the oldest of the surviving four monasteries, and in many ways the most isolated, then proceeds to Deir Anba or (Pop) Bishoi whose body is still in the monastery. End your trip visiting Deir El-Suryani which is the smallest and most compact of the four monasteries.

Price per Person:
1 Single ( 110 $ )
2 Persons ( 70 $ )
3 Persons ( 60 $ )
4 Persons ( 50 $ )
5 Persons ( 45 $ )
6 Persons ( 40 $ )

Tour and Prices
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Children Policy
0 – 05.99 Free of Charge
6 – 11.99 pay 50% of tour price
12+ pay full tour price as per adult person