Mid-year vacation Trip

Mid-year vacation Trip

Saint Katherine

An exquisite experience between learning activities and  adventure from 28^th of January– to ^7th of February 2011

Trip will include 3 days in Dahab, Sharm EL Sheikh

Students will be introduced to the treasures of this Internationally celebrated area

  

St. Catherine National Park is an area of great biological interest and includes the highest mountains in Egypt. This high altitude ecosystem supports a surprising diversity of wild species; some found nowhere else in the world

Flora

Around 1000 plant species, representing almost 40% of Egypt's total flora are found in this region. These include many endemic species. Half of the 33 known Sinai endemics are found in St. Catherine area. Many of these are rare and endangered. Small orchards are scattered in wadis particularly at higher elevations.

Fauna

The White-crowned Black wheat-ear is very characteristic of the area. There are 46 reptile species, where 15 of which are found nowhere else in Egypt.

RELIGIOUS PLACES

Beyond the many religious places found around the Monastery of St. Katherine and on the top of Jebel Musa (Mt. Sina) and Jebel Safsafa there are many other churches, monasteries and holy places in the area and a bit furhter afield. The most notable ones are described below.

The Chapel of St. Katherine is on the summit of Jebel Katherina, the mountain where the body of the saint from Alexandria was placed by angels, according to Christian beliefs

Hajar Musa (Rock of Moses) in Wadi el Arbain, where Prophet Moses fetched water from the rock. A holy place to all the big monotheiostic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam

The Monastery of the Forty Martyrs, in Wadi el Arbain

The Monastery of Cosmas and Damianos in Wadi Talaa,

The Chapel of Saint John Klimakos, or St. John of the Ladder, was built in 1979 in Wadi Itlah Phrophet 

Ein Mousa : THe rock that phrophet Moses hit with the stick to emerge water for the 12 tribes.

Moses Calf : A rock that has the shape of the calf that phrophet moses destroyed in a natural/devine memorial of phrophet moses' anger of the calf worship.

HISTORICAL PLACES

One of the prime historical attractions in the area is the Palace of Abbas Hilmi I. Pasha, who was Viceroy of Egypt between 1849 - 1854. The palace was built on a mountain called at the time Jebel Tinya, but later named after him and today called Jebel Abbas Basha. The palace has never been finished as he died before it was completed, but the massive 2 meter-thick walls made of granite blocks and granite-sand bricks still stand firmly.

Integrated into the program a one day visit to Ras Mohamed;one of the most beautiful waters in the world, a day in Dahab and a day in Sharm EL Sheikh

For the detailed program, reservation and cost inquiry, you may contact the school administration or call the school coordicator Ms. Gihan Sami 01521235775