Turkey Egypt by boat Iskenderun - Egypt (Damietta)
 

Hi everybody!
I wanted to pass by middle est from Turkey but with Syria - Liban - Israel war it's dangerous to cross these countries. Someone know if the famous boat from Iskenderun to Egypt still exist ? or if an alternative exist

I found this posted in 2022: "Daniel I have just travelled from turkey to the Eygptian border at taba. Lots of routes but here’s what I found out.
Firstly you cannot travel into Eygpt by motorcycle so be careful about shipping the bike all the way there without assurance that a bike is allowed. I was turned back two weeks ago. No explanation other than motorcycles are not allowed in.
I travelled the route from turkey to Cyprus which is easy then I travelled to the south, no problems crossing the border from north to south and had to ship from Limassol to haifa. I then flew to tel aviv and picked the bike up. I spent a full day in Mersin turkey trying every shipping company but none to Eygpt, I found a route from turkey to Lebanon which I really wanted to do but on researching this from a Lebanese friend, yes I could get the bike into Lebanon but as a foreigner (Uk passport) I would not be allowed to cross the border into Syria or Israel. I ended up crossing from aliat Israel to Aqaba Jordan where I presently am there is a boat from Aqaba to nuweiba but no bikes allowed. I also research riding turkey to Jordan through Syria which was open via the western coastal road but 1 week before leaving it was closed again. Hope this helps.
It was a day out of my life having to leave Israel ride the short distance to Egypt to be turned around and have to go through the full Israel security again. Was taken to see an Egyptian colonel for not cooperating when they wanted to X-ray all my luggage even though they weren’t letting me in, but that’s another story if you need any current info you can get me on Instagram @motoajnabi. I don’t look in here too often. I will be crossing Jordan into Saudi Arabia hopefully in December when it’s cooler and heading to Oman. "

It looks like very complicated to reach Egyptian border, and the bike was not allowed to be used in Egypt. Maybe I will try to cross Irak and Jordan and fly to Egypt, visiting it ... in train :rolleyes2:

I think the ban on motorcycles in Egypt is only in Sinai.

There are no ferries from Turkey to Egypt, so it would have to be freight shipping.

I would suggest looking through the posts on the FB Middle East Overland group - there is a lot of recent information there.

Last I looked into it, there were two major impediments to bike travel in Egypt—the need for freight shipping (with associated Egyptian bureaucracy), and the expensive carnet. Now that I’ve been there without a bike, I’d add that roads consist largely of rather boring expanses of highway punctuated by areas of clogged traffic. YMMV.

To Egypt via Iraq and Jordan
 

I did Turkey to Dubai via Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia a month ago. You can get to Egypt via Jordan and Israel but may not be allowed to ride in Sinai as some pointed in their responses.