Colored Canyon Jeep Safari

The colored canyon derives its name from the layers of bright, multi-colored sandstone that resemble paintings on its steep narrow walls and is magnificently beautiful.

In the morning we will pick you up from your hotel in Sharm el Sheikh to start a lovely jeep ride through the Sinai desert with its metamorphic granite mountains. The scenery on this ride is real spectacular. We will travel to Nuweiba , 3km outside of Nuweiba we will start our off road drive to the beginning of the decent into the colored canyon.

The road to the Colored Canyon is well paved, and snakes nicely through magnificent mountains and bold, rugged rock-formations of awe-inspiring beauty. Then, by a cluster of date palms, it turns onto a gravel road for about 15 minutes. As you reach the summit, rehydrated & energized, you are ready to descend.. When you start descending, you'll notice that many of the rocks are covered in a chalk-like powder caused by being worn down by tourists. After about 20 minutes, it feels like walking through a dry riverbed. It is a must, besides watching your feet, to look around and above you (at some points, the walls reach some 20 stories in height) to realize that it is a geological wonderland. At some places, the rocks radiate crystalline colors, at others, they have a smooth velvety appearance. Except for one or two obstacles, it's fairly an easy hike. For example, at one point, one has to slide down through a vent, where the two sides of the canyon almost touch each other and where maybe thousands of years ago, a fallen boulder had blocked the way, leaving a narrow opening underneath. On the other side of this obstacle, the canyon floor gradually starts to rise again. A few minutes later, another obstacle appears where the best way to handle is to swing yourself around a huge rock to slide two meters down, or simply to jump over it.

The canyon is almost 800m long. Before you climb out of it, you'll see a twin palm-tree, which gives a little shelter for about a minute. The first bit of climbing up is your choice, walking uphill and getting sandy hands or doing some rock-climbing. Then comes a short and flat walk before the last climb to reach the point where your 4-wheel drive will be waiting for you.

After you will also travel to the city of Nuweiba, where you can snorkel to cool down and rinse off the dust. This is followed by shopping in the beautiful market at Dahab, a lovely beach side village after which we will return to Sharm el Sheikh.

Contact our reservation team for pre-booking and a special discount for this trip.