The Colored Canyon is a narrow slot canyon located near the town of Nuweiba, in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Therefore, it’s named Derived because of its astonishing spectrum of colors and banding. The millions of years of water erosion resulted in shaping these amazing canyons.
The canyon is submerged under the ocean and is more than 800 meters long, flanked by a 40-meter-high wall. Nevertheless, the natural sandstone walls are colored with a range of hues, from dark brown to red to straw yellow, which appear due to the presence of magnesium and iron oxides.
The Colored Canyon is a little more than a meter wide in some parts, and it is often blocked by fallen boulders that people have to climb over in order to proceed. The canyon is easy to reach, and its short length makes it impeccable for hiking.
The canyon offers the most colorful and intriguing rock formations in all of Sinai. Therefore, in some places, the deep coloration of the rocks gives the canyon walls a prismatic and metallic sheen. In others, the stone is so smooth that it appears soft and pillowy.
The canyon mouth is accessible by car, giving the channel a close and secretive atmosphere. The canyon is most commonly compared to the Jordanian city of Petra, although here the spectacle is totally natural.
