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Africa and the Middle East Get the scoop on where to go, where to stay and who to dive with in this region encompassing the continent of Africa from Israel, Egypt to Madagascar and South-Africa.

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Old September 26th, 2008, 03:51 PM   #1
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Flights within Egypt

I will be in israel in january and want to take a couple of weeks to go to egypt (not just diving). Was thinking of the following itinerary all via airplane.
tel aviv - cairo - luxor - sharm - cairo. Does this make sense? any suggestions? is it pretty easy to get around by air within egypt? does cairo - luxor -sharm make sense or should it be cairo - sharm -luxor, or does it even matter?
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Once in Egypt, getting around is easy and relativly cheap on Egyptian Airlines, however, finding a flight from Tel Aviv to Cairo will be difficult (Arabs and Isreal don't mix well) and there appears to be no direct flights. Also, there is something about getting the correct visitor's visa went crossing via Eilat, if you get the wrong one, you cannot go from the Sinai to mainland Egypt (west of the Suez canal).

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You can fly or bus down to Eilat which is resort/border town with Egypt, walk across the border and catch another bus down to Sharm El Sheik (4 hours) then fly to Cairo for about $75.00 USD.

Do some research about Dahab, which is on the road to Sharm. It is a nice inexpenisive place and with decent diving, plus they have a blue hole to check out.

dahab hotels, safari and diving - Dahab Red Sea

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There is a great sleeper train from Cairo to Luxor, done that twice, very easy way to travel and the train follows the Nile, so loads to see in the morning. Air Egypt Express for internal flights is great. About an hour flight from Sharm to Cairo and a little more to Luxor.
For Diving, Sharm has the Ras Mohamed National Park and The Straights of Tiran, Well know world class dive sites.
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