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Drive 697.8 km
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1. Drive from Asmara to Assab697.8 km
10h 14m
Drive, fly
1. Drive from Asmara to Axum Airport (AXU)
2. Fly from Axum Airport (AXU) to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport (JIB)AXU - JIB
3. Drive from Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport (JIB) to Assab
16h 7m

Axum Airport (AXU) to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport (JIB) flights

14Weekly Planes

6h 55mAverage Duration

$247Cheapest Price

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Distance: 697.8 km
Duration: 10h 14m

What companies run services between Asmara, Eritrea and Assab, Eritrea?

You can drive from Asmara to Assab in around 10h 14m.

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Assab, Eritrea(opens in a new window)

Assab or Aseb (Tigrinya: ዓሰብ, Arabic: عصب) is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. It is situated on the west coast of the Red Sea. Languages spoken in Assab are predominantly Afar, Tigrinya, and Arabic. After the Italian government took control of the port in 1882, it laid the foundations for the formation of the colony of Italian Eritrea, which became the independent country of Eritrea following its independence from Ethiopia in the 1990s.

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