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Mount Sinai & St Catherine in May
Great month: May is in the middle of the recommended season (March – November). Eid al-Adha can fall this month.
The season runs to the end of November, 6 months away.
2 days in Mount Sinai & St Catherine in May · from ₹7,733 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
Before you book May
Closures, crowds and rules at Mount Sinai & St Catherine this month.
Worth knowing
Sinai: Where You Can Go
North Sinai is closed to visitors, and roads across Sinai have police checkpoints: carry your passport. The South Sinai resorts, Dahab and St Catherine are visited normally, but some governments' travel advice is stricter (the US State Department's has said not to travel to Sinai except to Sharm El Sheikh by air), which can affect travel insurance: check your own government's advice and your policy.
What’s on in May
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Eid al-Adhadates shift yearly
The feast of the sacrifice, a four-day holiday: sheep are slaughtered in the streets on the first morning, and the beaches and trains fill with Egyptian holidaymakers. About May in 2027.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 2 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹7,733 for two
- Room a night₹2,420
- Food a day, each₹910
Mid-range
₹18,058 for two
- Room a night₹5,320
- Food a day, each₹2,100
Luxury
₹39,150 for two
- Room a night₹10,650
- Food a day, each₹4,900
Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Egypt yet, so they don't move with the month.
Getting there
Fly into Sharm El Sheikh (SSH), 79 km away
Then: Transfer · 3h (Car with driver / Uber, per vehicle)
Flights from India: from 2 cities, one way from ₹30,000
Fly into Hurghada (HRG), 145 km away
Flights from India: from 2 cities, one way from ₹30,000
Routes compared
Entry rules
E-visa before you fly for up to 30 days, about ₹2,900
- Before you fly, apply for the tourist e-visa at visa2egypt.gov.eg: US$30 single entry or US$65 multiple entry, each stay up to 30 days. Apply at least a week ahead and carry the printed approval.
- If you hold a valid US, UK, Schengen or GCC visa that you have already used once, you can instead buy a 30-day visa on arrival (US$30, cash, at the bank counter before passport control); carry that visa's passport.
- At immigration, show your passport, the e-visa and your return ticket. To stay longer than 30 days, apply for an extension at the passports office (in Cairo, Abbasiya) before the visa runs out.
Carry: Passport valid for at least 6 months from the day you arrive, with a blank page; E-visa approval (printout), or a used valid US, UK, Schengen or GCC visa for the visa on arrival; Confirmed return or onward ticket; Hotel bookings for the stay; US dollars in cash if you plan to buy the visa on arrival.
The visa fee rose from US$25 to US$30 in March 2026, and a separate levy (reported at US$12, rising to US$15 in 2027) may be added; pay only on visa2egypt.gov.eg, as look-alike sites charge more.
Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.
Elsewhere in Egypt in May
Also in season this month.
- Dahab · great month
- El Gouna · great month
- Hurghada · great month
- Marsa Alam · great month
- Sharm El Sheikh · great month
- Alexandria · great month
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