Camping Around Cairo/Giza

[kuntushi]

I am looking to find a decent campsite around the Cairo/Giza area, preferably somewhere we can safely leave the car and don't have to drive into the city.

I've searched for this on HUBB and know I have seen something before, but can't find it again.

I remember someone talking about there being a cab driver there that would take us into Cairo to the required embassies for our Sudanese visas too.

Anything like that is great. Somewhere just out of the city we can camp at, leave the car, and taxi to the city/pyramids/sights.

[Stephano]

Originally Posted by kuntushi

I've searched for this on HUBB and know I have seen something before, but can't find it again.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/sub-saharan-africa/ethiopian-visa-at-border-beforehand-48305


Tip: if you can't find something here, use a few key words in Google Advanced Search, limited to the site horizonsunlimited.com

e.g. cairo taxi driver site:horizonsunlimited.com

Stephan

[jamieT]

Salma Camp

Huge variation in reports, ..never been there, but seems to be more reasonable recently

N 29 58.170 E 31 10.540

Coming from Libya/Alexandria..... well it's messy... good luck.

Alternatively, .. park in our drive and buy us a few s.

[kuntushi]

I was hoping for an alternative to Salma, but it seems to be the only one close. I've heard 75% bad reports about it. We might just go for it, see how it goes. Shame it's hard to get there... the whole reason we're meeting up in Alexandria and then staying outside of Cairo is to avoid the crazy traffic. Oh well, will be good fun

And Stephano, good google advice

[ilesmark]

Hello

We had exactly the same concern about traffic when we were approaching Cairo from the south west in May 2007.

It was a bit too hot to camp, so what we ended up doing was following the main El Ahram street into Caro and staying at this hotel immediately next to Giza Metro Station. I don't remember the name, but it's exactly in the middle of this map (or at the junction of El Ahram and Ramseis, if Google Maps plays up). Then we were able to use the Metro to get around Cairo without having to worry about driving.

giza pyramids - Google Maps

It was a bit of a dive, but cheap and nobody did us any harm. I remember the downstairs bar was decorated with hideous fibreglass 'grotto' designs. The car was parked on the street, but right outside the front door and the security guards kept an eye on it for us.

Good luck!

Mark

[onlyMark]

Whatever happened to the other campsite, Sahara Mar?
I'd heard it might be closing down but any ideas?