Coloured Canyon / Nuweiba - Sharm El Sheikh Travel Pictures

We enjoyed the day-trip to Coloured Canyon - we saw some of the beauty of the desert and the mountains of the Sinai up close. The canyon itself is quite narrow at points and we were lucky that there weren't many visitors at the canyon. I'd heard from another group that waiting for their line to trickle through wasn't very enjoyable. Afterwards, you're normally taken to a beachside restaurant in Nuweiba for lunch (don't expect too much - it's included in the package tour) and the last stop is to let you spend some time in the resort of Dahab.

All sorts of creative rock formations can be seen around the Coloured Canyon

The steep walls of the Canyon
 

The Coloured Canyon is mostly a dried out riverbed cut through the rock. The trek starts at about 770m above sea level and descends to about 570m

Coloured Canyon, slipping through the "Rock of Rebirth". I wonder how overweight people would pass it.

Coloured Canyon narrows down in places

Nope, these rocks don't seem to budge a bit

The steep walls of Coloured Canyon

This marvelous detail in Coloured Canyon is on the ceiling of one of the cliffs and you'll need a guide to point it out to you

Awesome coloured folds

Fossilized plants

The "Eyes of the Bedouin" can be seen under a small washout in the rock. A guide will need to show you

Amazing rock structured by water

Another washed out cave

Near the exit of the canyon

The end of the canyon

This shop selling Kardkada Badwintea (Karkadee Bedouin Tea) was closed

The laggards facing the last uphill trek

The last portion of the Coloured Canyon, where you need a bit of an uphill trek

On the beach outside of Nuweiba. The hills in the distance are Saudi Arabia

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