Egypt - route planning

[MovingHouse]

When we did this in Feb 2011, fuel was available from regular petrol stations in Siwa, Al-farafra, Bhariya and al-Kharga. Since this was during the Arab Spring some negotiation with the military was needed to get a full load in Siwa - unlikely to be a problem now.

Sleeping out on Siwa-Bahariya is likely to be a no-no. You need to check in at half a dozen or so posts laid out on en route. We took it slow in the interests of car preservation - 7 1/2 hours.

Permit costs $5 pp, plus arranging fee. Total EP 103 for two of us.

[Vleis]

perfect, thank you

[jamieT]

Yes.

Apologies for the confusion, I was suggesting that you camp out off the roadds somewhere,...every where else. Not on the Siwa-Bahareya section, as that would require guides etc.

Regarding deisel and fuel in general, panic buying occurs following one rumour or another at the moment, but nobody seems to have any inside info on the real causes and availability seems to return to normal the next day or soon after. That being said, I would fill up to the brim at most opportunities, especially on the oasis loop or Siwa to Bahareya.

Any change in that and I'll repost. FYI Big ques yesterday for deisel in some spots, but they let private cars into the front of the truck cue.

MAybe someone else has inside info on the reality of fuel rumours

J

[Trumpton]

just arrivrd back in cairo after a self drive trip to the gilf from uk dirsel was limited to 40l in Farafra, in bahariya the 2 fuel stations had run out yesterday but one had a delivery yesterday morning and we managed to fill up.

a couple of weeks ago we tried several garages in alex & cairo & they had none.

Top up your tanks where ever you can as supplies seem to be a bit intermittent.
BTW in Libya near to the egyptian border there were queus of vehicles coming from egypt & they were all sayng it was in short supply in Egypt.

Also 140l capacity isnt much!!

Andy

[Vleis]

Originally Posted by Trumpton

Also 140l capacity isnt much!!

Andy

Thanks Andy

The comment on 140ltr's came as a bit of a surprise. I can take 100 in the tanks and was planning to carry 2 jerry cans. Although I know consumption can drop considerably off road I was not too concerned about this being a problem for Egypt, more worried for the Omo Valley/Lake Turkana stretch. As you say I also thought that if I keep on topping up where I can.