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Hi Guys,

I have managed to get a visa for Libya for anyone interested in travelling through. It cost about $600 all up but it is still cheaper than the alternative route by ferry from Turkey.
If you want one email Masoud at Discover The Libyan Sahara Desert With Wadi Tidwa Tours: Desert Adventures Tours and 4x4 Scenic Tours Sahara Holiday & Travel Adventures in Libya
He will guide you through the process. You will need an invitation letter that he will provide. He will fax it to the embassy of your choice and then you can go get a visa. It took a week for the invitation letter to come trough but when it did I got the visa in Canberra within an hour.
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It is great news indeed. Now the next step will be to get through Libya without being "intercepted" by some of the loose canons ruling the country since the end of the war.

And then get into, thru and out of Egypt in the current turmoil.. etc..

But I guess we're all looking for adventure, aren't we ? we'll be waiting for your story in this forum.
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What's the duration of the visa? Is it only transit or what?
How are you travelling and when?
I'd like to go that way but without rushing.

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30 Day visa. not exactly sure when I will cross yet , soon enough hopefully.
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Interesting topic. I've been looking for this option as well as it seems to be impossible at this moment to go from Turkey by ferry to Egypt.

I read that it's only possible to receive a business visa at this moment. We'll be going into Africa (from Europe) in the beginning of November with our Yamaha wr250r's. If anyone else is planning to enter Africa around that time it would be good to share experiences.
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Sounds good. I am planning on going through Libya next april. I know things can change at any time but knowing you had a good experience with a particular company is helpful.
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We got visas for LIbya and drove across (Tusisia - Libya - Egypt) August of 2012 and it was a great experience. Friendly people and a lot to see and do.

Hope things are as smooth for you as they were for us.
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We got visas for LIbya and drove across (Tusisia - Libya - Egypt) August of 2012 and it was a great experience. Friendly people and a lot to see and do.

Hope things are as smooth for you as they were for us.
But it was in 2012... Now enter in Egypt from Lybia seems not so cool

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Libya is indeed getting worse for the moment.

We can, nonetheless, help with visas.

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Did you actually have to physically go to the embassy in Canberra to get the visa or is it possible to get it by mail? I'm 2000 km from Canberra.
I've been in touch with Tidwa tours but the embassy part is unclear. I tried to email them without success.

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Please send me an email, we can help you with your visa (though you should check that you really want to go - things are not improving at the moment).

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We also got a business visa through Sem and Masoud at Tidwa, and had an incredible week (2nd to 8th Oct 2013). Masoud went well past what he had agreed to do, was a brilliant help at the border, hooked us up with amazing people in Tripoli, was cool to chat with, and bought us dinner.
Cost: 375 Euro for a three month multiple entry business visa, and 75 Swiss Francs for it to be stamped at the Embassy in Bern.
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And wonderful hosts in Misrata, Benghazi, and Tubruk.
We are currently in Cairo and wish we could have stayed longer in Libya.
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Interesting images from Libya on the website. Not all matching the 'received view' of the news media.

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So, you had to go to the embassy in Bern. Easy in such a small country.
I still wonder if it can be done by mail.
The embassy in Canberra doesn't respond to emails.
Perhaps I should phone.

If there are bad things happening in Libya at the moment, no-one's reporting them in Australia. Except the Yanks grabbing an "important person".

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