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Port Sudan - Khartoum Road
Hi everyone,

I am in the middle of organising a trip for the start of next year. Am looking to ship my 4x4 to Port Sudan (Due to Ebola/ISIS). We will fly into Khartoum and then somehow get to Port Sudan. I am assuming the road is traveled regularly by local traffic and so it will be easy to get up there in order to meet the car on arrival. The other option is flying straight into Port Sudan, this seems to me like it is missing some of the adventure though. Does anyone have any current information for any of this?

Thanks, Will.
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Hi Will,
There are very few international airlines that fly direct to Port Sudan from outside Sudan...and it all depends on where you are flying from.
There are two roads to Port Sudan from Khartoum: the Old and long one that goes east through Al qadarif and the new shorter one that goes North through Atbara. Both are very regularly used roads that lead to the main sea port of Sudan (Port Sudan). You can also fly from Khartoum to Port Sudan.
I'm in and out of Sudan frequently, if you need help or detailed info on anything please feel free to ask.
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The main road via Atbara has very heavy traffic, it is two lane and full of huge trucks, a very unpleasant and rather dangerous drive. On the other hand, taking domestic flights in Sudan is pretty much Russian roulette with one of the highest accdent rates in the world... Your pick.
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The main road via Atbara has very heavy traffic, it is two lane and full of huge trucks, a very unpleasant and rather dangerous drive. On the other hand, taking domestic flights in Sudan is pretty much Russian roulette with one of the highest accdent rates in the world... Your pick.
Couldn't agree more.
Trucks over 90 feet long are normal in Sudan. Drivers are reckless. Overtaking is like taking a gamble whether they will make the overtake or collide head-on. Road surfaces are in bad condition.

Now I wouldn't fly with domestic airlines in Sudan because they use very old and unreliable Russian jets that could fall out of the skies just like that and they crash all the times. Even the newer (but still old by EU terms) jets you can't trust them due to bad or total lack of service. At least if you drive and see a crash coming your way you are in control and maybe could do something about it.

But people are very helpful, generous and courteous, specially to foreigners.
It seems discouraging but, ....all the above shouldn't put you off from doing what you want to do.
This is Africa...things are bad here. Be careful and you will definitely have a good time.
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Hi Will,

There don't seem to be any international flights to Port Sudan at the moment. In the past, at least Egypt Air did. Check their webpage and the ones of Air Arabia and FlyDubai - those would be my best bets.

I would agree with the unreliability and risk involved in domestic Sudanese airlines.

So a bus might be the best option. There are abundant connections - and I would speculate that all of them take the "normal" heavy traffic, truck infested Atbara road.

But then again: When picking up the car in Port Sudan, you could still take the nicer "old" road via Kassala from there, whether you continue to Khartoum or directly into Ethiopia does not really matter in this case. If passing through Khartoum, the Atbara road might still be worthwhile if you want to visit the Meroe pyramids.

Best of luck for getting the car into Sudan at Port Sudan!
Greetings,
Achim
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Hi Will,
The more detail you put here, the more detailed info you will get.
Where are you shipping from and how?
Where is your exit point in Sudan?
Are you planning on visiting Khartoum?
Have you got a carnet for your vehicle?

Custom clearing of a shipment is much much harder than just rolling a vehicle off a ferry from Jeddah, so can you enter Sudan that way?!
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