Wadi El-Natrun Day tour

Today we are happy to offer a day trip to one of the very sacred places in Egypt which is Wadi Natrun,92 kilometers from Cairo on the western side of the desert road to Alexandria was once important to the ancient Egyptians because of the carbonated sodium required for the mummification process and the area was very rich with its salts. The Romans extracted silica for glass from here. During the British occupation era, a railroad system was built to move the salt in the valley to Cairo.

Wadi El-Natrun is the actual birthplace of Christian monasticism. Christianity reached the area with St. Macarius the Great who retreated there in C.330.Then the area became a sanctuary for Christians who were fleeing the systematic Roman persecution in the 4th century and there they started to develop a monastic order. The area was once flourished by tens of monasteries of which only four survived the time. This was to protect monks against the Berbers and Bedouins, though without avail in some cases.

Ancient Egypt Trip will take you to visit the most survived into modern times are :

The Monastery of St. Macarius. It was founded in 360 A.D. by St. Macarius the Egyptian, who. was a spiritual father to more than four thousand monks of different nationalities-Egyptians, Greeks, Ethiopians, Armenians, Nubians, Asians, Palestinians, Italians, Gaul, and Span-lards. There were among them men of letters and philosophers, and members of the aristocracy of the time, along with simple illiterate peasants. From the fourth century up to the present day the monastery has been continuously inhabited by monks.

Deir Al Paramus is the oldest of the surviving 4 monasteries and in many ways the most isolated.

Deir Anba Bishoi whose body is still in the monastery. 

Deir El Suryani is the smallest and most compact of the 4 monasteries. 

Deir Anba Bishoi whose body is still in the monastery. 

We wish you an enjoyable visit and will transfer you back to your hotel