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Drive 867.7 km
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1. Drive from Atbara to Wadi Halfacar 867.7 km
12h 41m
Drive, fly
1. Drive from Atbara to Khartoum (KRT)car
2. Fly from Khartoum (KRT) to Dongola Airport (DOG)plane KRT - DOG
3. Drive from Dongola Airport (DOG) to Wadi Halfacar
32h 25m

Khartoum (KRT) to Dongola Airport (DOG) flights

4Weekly Planes

21h 45mAverage Duration

$348Cheapest Price

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Map of how to get from Atbara to Wadi Halfa.

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Distance: 867.7 km
Duration: 12h 41m

What companies run services between Atbara, Sudan and Wadi Halfa, Sudan?

You can drive from Atbara to Wadi Halfa in around 12h 41m.

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Wadi Halfa(opens in a new window), Sudan(opens in a new window)

Wādī Ḥalfā is a city in the Northern state of Sudan on the shores of Lake Nubia near the border with Egypt. It is the terminus of a rail line from Khartoum and the point where goods are transferred from rail to ferries going down the lake. As of 2007, the city had a population of 15,725. The city is located amidst numerous ancient Nubian antiquities and was the focus of much archaeological work by teams seeking to save artifacts from the flooding caused by the completion of the Aswan Dam.

Things to do in Wadi Halfa

Buhen(Opens in a new window)

Buhen was an ancient Egyptian settlement situated on the West bank of the Nile below (to the North of) the Second Cataract in what is now Northern State, Sudan. On the East bank, across the river, was located an ancient settlement of Wadi Halfa.

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