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Travel to Egypt

Flying to Egypt

The national airline is EgyptAir (MS) (www.egyptair.com).

Flight times:

From London to Cairo to is 4 hours 45 minutes, from New York is 10 hours 45 minutes.

Departure tax:

None.

Travel by rail

There are no international rail links to any of Egypt's northwestern neighbours. The railheads at Aswan and Wadi Halfa, in Sudan, are connected by a ferry across Lake Nasser.

Getting to Egypt by boat

Alexandria (www.apa.gov.eg), Nuweiba, Port Said and Suez.

Many cruise ships stop over in Egypt as part of their African itinerary.

Ferry operators:

The Saudi Sea Transport Company runs a regular car ferry service between Suez and Jeddah. A ferry service usually travels twice per week up the Nile between Wadi Halfa (Sudan) and Egypt High Dam. However, it is occasionally suspended. For further information, contact the Nile Valley Association (tel: (2) 578 9256). There is also a ferry service that operates between Nuweiba in South Sinai and Aqaba (Jordan).

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