Spend a week trekking with camels and expert Bedouin guides in the desert...
- Sat 26th Nov 2011
- Sinai Peninsular, Egypt - Bookings for this year's trip are now closed.
If you are interested in pre-registering your interested for future dates please contact us
Cost £1250
7 day trip - exploring the beautiful and dramatic sandstone deserts of Sinai.
Fieldskills joined up with Sam McConnell last year when he worked with us to develop our UK one day desert training course. Ever since we have been plotting a longer trip in Sinai, a beautiful area where Sam has travelled extensively and Dom also worked leading groups over the last few years.
The trek we are planning will start at Wadi Nasb near the coast and wind its way up onto the El Gibi plateau. Crossing the plateau we pass the ancient ruins of the Nawamis and finally finish at the oasis of Ein Hodra.
For the duration we will live with and like the Bedouin and travel in a way that hasn't changed since the Old Testament.
This expedition is about spending time in the environment - not a marathon trek across the desert. You will learn new skills about living and working in the desert and learn more about the environment itself. Alongside this will be the challenge of living out of basic campsites, trekking around 15km a day and the peace, quiet and beauty of the desert.
Each day during the expedition we'll wake just before sunrise and after a quick cup of tea and a biscuit we load up and head off. The morning trek is the most important as we have to find shade by midday.
We walk three to four hours (depending on terrain and ability of group) and then lay up during the heat of the day. After a large having a large brunch we will have time to go over the mornings trek and recap on any questions.
As the afternoon starts to cool we will walk a further two or three hours, before finding a good camp for the evening.
So if you are looking for something very different, learning about and experiencing this fabulously beautiful environment sign up now for our Sinai desert adventure.
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If you have any other questions then please just give us a ring on 0845 293 7296 or drop us an email
Day 1:
Arrive Sharm El Sheikh and immediate transfer into the desert.
Days 2 - 6:
You will be immersed in the desert experience! Transfer to Wadi Nasb where we meet the Bedu and Camels. From here we follow the wadi, which turns into a steep sided canyon up towards the plateau. Crossing the El Gibi plateau passing and exploring Jebel Matamir, Jebel Birga and the Nawamis along the way. Finish at the oasis of Ein Hodra and transfer to a hotel in Dahab.
Day 7:
Transfer back to Sharm El Sheikh for flights home or onward travel.
If you want to extend your stay and see more of what Borneo has to offer. We are happy to advise or organise a package for you:
- PADI open water dive course at one of the World's leading dive sites.
- A day's snorkelling and a night at Ras Mohammed.
- Climb Mt Sinai or St Catherine's with a visit to the world's oldest surviving monastery.
- Two day camel handling course with an astronomy evening.
If you want any more details please don't hesitate to get in touch.
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Want to see our other adventures?... See the adventure holiday page.
Looking for a taste of the desert?... How about our Desert Skills Training Day
Trip leader - Sam McConnell:
Sam is a reknowned desert explorer and expedition leader. He has led over 100 teams in deserts across Africa and has worked extensively in Namibia as well as working in Sinai and around the world. He is perhaps best known for his solo, unsupported walk across the Dune Sea of the Namib desert in 2002. You can find out more about Sam on his website.
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