Canyon in Dahab

The colored canyon, hidden in the desert, in the Sinai Peninsula, is an interesting place to visit in the wonderful country of the Great Pyramids.

Where is the Color Canyon?

The Color Canyon is located 210 miles from the big city of Cairo, in the Sinai district. The colored canyon is 800 meters long and 30 meters deep. Nuweiba, a very quiet and small village in Egypt, is the closest town to the Colored Canyon.

How to get to the Color Canyon?

You can only get here by private car. Tours can be arranged and this is perhaps the best way to visit the Color Canyon as a guide is important to find a spot in the center of the Sinai Desert. Private transfers can be arranged to meet tourists from Dahab, Sharm el-Sheikh and Cairo.

Interesting facts about the Color Canyon of Egypt

Millions of years ago, the Sinai Desert was ultimately part of the Red Sea, and nowhere else has the ancient ocean left a more striking legacy for the landscape than the Color Canyon near Nuweiba.

Visiting the canyon allows you to instantly know where it got its name. The canyon walls, reaching sixteen floors, are the most colorful and intriguing rock formations in all of Sinai. They were created by water erosion on sandstone and limestone. In some places, the deep coloring of the rocks gives the walls of the canyon a prismatic and metallic shine; in other cases, the stone is so smooth that it appears soft and wavy.
The mouth of the canyon can be reached by car, and its small length (about 700 meters) is ideal for hiking. When entering the canyon, the walls narrow to a few feet wide in some places, giving the canyon a closed and mysterious atmosphere.