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Old 15 Sep 2014
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That is good news.
Does anyone have the contact details of Kamal? Maybe an e-mail adress?
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The info is already in other locations but Ill repost it here too:
Fixer for Aswan side is Kamal :
kamalaswanegy@yahoo.com ph 002 (0) 1005322669

Fixer for Wadi Halfa side is Mazar :
mazarhalfa@gmail.com ph 00249 (0) 12238740

Fixer in Khartoum is Midhat:
midhat@tour-sudan.com ph 00249 (0) 912253484
...midhat is really usefull for example for getting a carne in Sudan that is valid for Egypt... its way cheaper there than anywhere else!

All these guys are great... reliable, reasonably priced, good communicators, very friendly and extremely well-connected.

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Just to confirm what Gaby said, we're with Kamal now, did paper work this mornin and leaving Thursday at 3am, for E£1800 in total. Will let you know how it all goes, but looking forward to reaching wadi halfa in a day! Inshallah!
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More detail on the road:

The actual ROAD to Wadi Halfa is still not for public use, there was a long line of trucks waiting at the turn off when we went past. Kamal says they got an authorisation from Cairo to use the roa, which he says is possible but doesn't know how.

The ferry from Aswan is now totally avoidable/not in use. Instead you leave Aswan at 3am with Kamal and take the new road to Abu Simbel and hope the police don't ask to escort you as this can make you run late. You sadly don't follow the road sign to wadi halfa but go on to Abu Simbel where you take the ferry with your vehicle for an hour and a half.



You now get dropped off around 40km from the new land port, where you'll spend most of the day with Kamal teaching Egyptian customs officers how to fill in the forms (suprise E£80 fee for photocopies). You then get waved through to no man'a land where you hope Mazar will make them open the gate into the Sudanese half of the port. Here more checks and stamps an if you're lucky enough to get your police check done right there and then, youre good to go!
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An article about the crossing in local Sudanese papers (right click and select translate to English)

http://www.alrakoba.net/news-action-show-id-164458.htm
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Recent Egypt-Sudan Border Experiences?

We have only heard a few accounts of people crossing the recently opened land border from Egypt-Sudan. Has anyone passed through in the last few months?
Thanks!
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Have a look here
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...sudan-63126-17
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Passed through about a month ago with a motorbike headed north - 2hrs on Sudan Side, 4 hours on Egyptian side, fake Carnet about $150 in fees and baksheesh.... pretty much totally sucks.
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fake carnet?
You should consider yourself very fortunate to not be rotting in an Egyptian prison.

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definitely! all sorts of stuff to feel lucky for on this trip
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I've been told this is a truck route, was it busy? Boring hard top all the way?
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yep - perfect tarmac north of khartoum hardly any traffic at all though. border had some trucks but not very busy. most everyone just gets a two week transit visa, so not too much time to muck around in the desert

the fixer Mazar Mahir is a great dude on the Wadi Halfa side who will put u up at his house and serve u breakfast. He even found me a half used frot tire which I was in desperate need of!
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@Phil53: it's a very good, thus boring road all the way from Khartoum to Aswan.
It might be a truck route, but when we were there (some two weeks ago), it wasn't very busy and absolutely no problem.
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Border Egypt / Sudan (new road) Fixers and Costs

Hi All,
currently, we are in Cairo, but will go down to Sudan soon.
Today, I have contacted a Fixer in Aswan who wants the following sums for his work:
* clearance for the car/road use: 1640 EL (i.e. 193€)
* US$50 for Sudan visa per person (i.e. US$200)
* US$50 per person for his services (i.e. US$200)
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Does anybody have any experiences?
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Do we really need a fixer for exiting Egypt and getting the Sudanese visa (we do have an invitation letter from the University of Khartoum)??
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It would be great to get your suggestions and ideas.
All the best from Cairo,
Juliane, Mischa, Anouk and Sóley
... does anybody have the contact details of a fixer called Mazar?
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I will also be leaving Egypt to Sudan soon bought a car in egypt and need to take it to Sudan.....any Advice?
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