Mt. Sinai (Jebel Musa) and the Safsafa basins - Discover Sinai

The TrekEl Rasis area, St. Katherine Rock of Moses Monastery of theForty Martyrs Wadi Farah Kinist el Hmar Farsh Safsafa Farsh Loza Farsh A’rimziya Elijah’s Basin Mt. Sinai Monastery of St. Katherine or Wadi Arbain1. El Rasis area (28º33’17” 33º56’55” elev. 1600m); 2. Rock of Moses (HajarMusa) (dist. 1.5km); 3. Monastery of the Forty Martyrs (28º32’03” 33º57’56”elev. 1770m dist. 1.25km); 4. Junction (28º32’06” 33º58’05” elev. 1810m dist.0.4km); 5. Kinist el Hmar (28º32’50” 33º58’03” elev. 2030m dist. 1.3km);6. Junction (28º33’01” 33º58’02” dist. 0.3km); 7. Farsh Safsafa (28º33’10”33º57’52” elev. 1990m dist. 0.45km); 8. Lookout-point (28º33’14” 33º57’58”);9. Farsh Loza (28º32’54” 33º58’12” elev. 2020m dist. from 6. 0.35km); 10.Farsh A’rimziya, lookout-point (28º33’00” 33º58’18”); 11. Elijah’s Basin(28º32’40” 33º58’29” elev. 2035m dist. from 9. 0.7km); 12. Cutting (28º32’33”33º58’33” elev. 2080m dist. 0.3km); 13. Summit of Mt. Sinai (Jebel Musa)(28º32’20” 33º58’29” elev. 2285m dist. 0.6km); 14. Junction (28º32’18”33º58’44” elev. 2035m dist. from 12. 0.65km); 15. Monastery of St. Katherine(28º33’22” 33º58’35” elev. 1580m dist. 3.1km) or 4. Junction (dist. 1.6km).Start in the morning from the El Rasis area (1) of St. Katherine to WadiArbain. There is a good path all along the wadi and the ascent isgentle. About halfway on your left you will see a big boulder next to alittle chapel in a walled compound: this is the Rock of Moses (HajarMusa) (2), from which Moses is believed to have fetched water.17