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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Kev

Great news!!

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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.

Ali.

30 Day visa. not exactly sure when I will cross yet , soon enough hopefully.

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Kev

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.

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.

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.

Hi,

I'm planing on going in September.
What does it take to get a visa?
I've read about a translation of the passport into Arab and a kind of certificate from a Libian travel agency?

How did you manage?

Regards,
David

We can still help with your visa - send me an email!

(not a private message)

Travel safe, Sam.

…or go to the first post of this thread or see here.

AFAIK, the Arabic translation stamp requirement was dropped even before the revolution.

Ch

Hello,

I just stepped over this, very recent update found here: Temehu

Tourist Visa:

The Ministry of Tourism has finally decided to start issuing tourist visas to foreign nationals wishing to visit Libya. The decision was taken in a meeting between the minister of tourism and Tripoli's immigration officials on the 26th of December 2013 [1]. Officials at the ministry of tourism have confirmed the news to us on early January 2014. The good news was also confirmed by the ministry's media coordinator to Libya Herald [2]. In a separate development Solidarity Press has reported [3] an agreement between the Libyan and Tunisian ministries of tourism to begin the activation of tourism in Libya and Tunisia. The representative of the Tunisian Office of Tourism in Tripoli, Mr. Ezeddin Alqarami, was reported to have said that the agreement relates to the preparations made for the year 2014, which will be a "promising year" for both countries [3]. The New Visa Procedure: the new regulations require a scanned copy of your passport to be sent to your chosen operator or visa provider and a list of the sites to be visited (the route). The visa approval will be available within 48 hours of the application being presented (if all goes well). The approval can be used to obtain the visa on arrival, as before, without the need to visit the embassy.


This sounds very promising.

David

Just be careful: As much as I know Turkish Airlines does not accept these visa on arrival (at the airport) but insists you must have the visa in your passport upon departure from Istanbul. Of course these considerations are obsolete for overlanders who arrive at land borders - provided the new regulations include this species of tourists ...

Greetings,
Achim

Interesting read, I am planning a solo journey through east Africa next summer, and am having the same problem of getting my MC to the continent. I am glad to read that people have had good experiance in Libya, it would be my first choice if possible. Although being a solo female traveler, maight make it a bit more tricky. Has anyone hade a more recent experiance? or for you who have done the trip, what is your take on the woman issue?
Kind regards
Brynja

I think the first line of Sam's comment from January is even more apt today.
For that reason I do not know of any tourist who has crossed Libya this year, compared to the handfuls in the previous year or two (all brisk transits but without problems, if not outright warm welcomes).

While the factions are chiefly involved with having it out with each other, rather than focussed on targeting foreigners (as has happened elsewhere in the Sahara), I imagine it would make a transit tense. All it takes is one AQIM-minded nutter to want to prove himself; ex-pat foreigners have been killed.

Things may quieten down, but it may be a while before they actually improve to the point where tourists will feel safe to dash across again.

Ch