Summit of Mt. Sinai, Egypt

Photograph by Gideon Stoltzfus




"The Summit of Mt. Sinai, believed to be the place where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, is about a three hour hike from the monastery in the valley below. You have three options in getting there, you can hike up the Camel Trail, which is a slow, gradual ascent, you can climb the monk’s stairway, much shorter and much more tedious, or you can ride a camel most of the way until the Camel Trail joins the stairway, then you have a half hour of climbing stairs from there.

The view from the top is definitely worth the climb, and many people come from all over the world to see it. (Many people also come for the religious significance of the site) I started up at about two o’clock in the morning, was hiking with a number of people all the way up, and was part of a large crowd on top waiting for the sun to come up.

The small chapel you see was built and is used by the monks of the monastery, and on the far left you can see the Camel Trail winding its way to the top..." Gideon Stoltzfus

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