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Wheelie,
if you go North, the barge will "usually" go on Wednesday (no bet on this!), arriving in Aswan on a Thursday or Friday, meaning that you can only start your customs rallye on Sunday, probably not being able to leave Aswan before Monday. And you will have to be in Wadi Halfa as early as Monday night / Tuesday morning in order to do the paperwork.
The way Southward with the ferry leaving Aswan "regularly" on a Monday (again: no bet on this!) is therefore usually better, arriving in Wadi Halfa on Tuesday afternoon, making it possible - if everything works out - to leave Wadi Halfa on Thursday, before the weekend.
Greetings,
Achim
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My impression is that bikes usually go on the passenger ferry. We loaded six on at once but that was the max. that they could squeeze on as they sit basically in the central passage way.
If the numbers were higher, I suppose they may try to make you put your bike on the car ferry, if one is running that week, but you would be pretty unlucky to rock up and have that many bikes leaving on the week you decided to go.
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MountainMan,
how and how early before departure did you go about getting the tickets. And, what is the risk not getting the bike on the ferry? Are there a lot of bikes going this way once a week?
Can anyone else confirm this?
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We bought ours a day or two before, you have to return your Egyptian plates and stuff before you leave and that takes most of a day.
I would say your risk is low that you would not get on but when it's a week delay and you only have three I would try to secure/buy a ticket ahead of time. You can track down a number for the guy in Aswan and see how you can reserve a spot as best you can, but as you can imagine there's not really a internet site where you can pre buy your ticket.
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