Trek 26: From Wadi Feiran to Sheikh Awad (1-2 days)
The route from Wadi Feiran to Sheikh Awad is part of the traditional pilgrim route to the Monastery of St. Katherine and Mt. Sinai. It is a pleasant and easy walk with a couple of nice spots, but unless you are doing it as part of a long trek, you might skip this route and spend more time exploring another attraction. Along this route there are several Bedouin settlements and a couple of Nawamis buildings, and the open sandy area at Sheikh Abu Taleb is pretty. In Sheikh Awad the Al Karm Ecolodge is a nice place to finish, and you could take the traditional pilgrim route to St. Katherine via Naqb el Hawa, or other routes to the high mountains.
You can click waypoints marked with a green camera symbol to see a photo taken at, near or of the given location.
You can click waypoints marked with a green camera symbol to see a photo taken at, near or of the given location.
Trek photos
waypoint 01: approaching the Wadi Islaf junction, with the view of Jebel Serbal in the background
waypoint 02: Wadi Islaf, a little after the Wadi Rim junction
waypoint 03: Nawamis buildings opposite the Wadi Hebron junction
waypoint 04: looking back from the turn off to Sheikh Abu Taleb, with the view of Jebel Serbal
waypoint 05: Sheikh Abu Taleb, with the view of the high mountains in the background
waypoint 06: descent back to Wadi Islaf
waypoint 07: Sheikh Awad settlement, bottom of the Naqb el Hawa pass