LIBYA Any upto date entry info...?
 

Hoping to enter from Egypt to Tunisia with a transit visa at the back end of the month...

Anyone recently been able to enter as a single vehicle lately...?

Anyone heard what the latest is on entry restriction ie can you enter without a guide as a single vehicle...?

ANY advise would be good here such as a plan B if we are rejected entry at the border...

nibshis,

Transit visa, travel without a guide? Unless you know something we didn't know last December, you'd better start planning for option B - shipping the car to Egypt in a container.

I agree. if you mean this month then turn to Plan B: round the Middle East and Turkey (assuming you are coming up).

Ch

Not quite on topic as this is something for the future... as reported on BBC News website BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Libyan leader plays to the gallery


"Over the next 20 years Italy has agreed to pay Libya $5bn in reparations for the misdeeds of 30 years of Italian colonial rule during the early years of the 20th Century. And the Italians are going to build and pay for a super-highway along the Libyan shore of the Mediterranean linking Egypt with Tunisia."



Be OK if getting into Libya becomes easier but some of the traders in Tunisia near the border crossing at Ben Guerdane might lose a bit of trade.


The problem with a Libyan visa is that the situation can change from one moment to the next. When leaving the country it's also worth checking that your hotel has got a stock of exit visa stamps (and I really mean stamps as in lick the back and stick them in your passport). Our hotel ran out and we had a delayed departure while we waited with our "guides" for a taxi driver to go to Tripoli to get some more. Luckily we were in Sabratah so we only had to wait a few hours.


Hope you enjoy your trip UKNomad. Chris is right about Genoa - Tunis route. Also remember to get in the queue early to get your entry stamp into unisia and temporary carnet for your vehicle. This takes place on a landing on one of the boat decks and it gets very hot, musty and smokey (despite it being anon smoking vessel nobody takes any notice). Queue first to get your entry stamp in your passport and then join the other queue with your stamped passport and V5 registration documents etc. the two queues are on the same small piece of landing.


You will need a guide but not sure if you can now go in as a single vehicle - I thought there had to be a group of four or more - perhaps somebody can remind me of the current rules.
I used Reise maps for Libya and found them perfectly OK - it's difficult to go off the beaten track with the tourist police in tow.


You will also need an Arabic translation of your passport - this is stamped in your passport by the UK passport authorities and then filled in by an "authorised" person in arabic - see other threads relating to this on this site.


Found the North to be busy but it doesn't take long travelling South before yoiu leave green leaves behind and hit the desert.

Thanks again for the good info;

yes, I've looked at the Genoa-Tunis route option fully now, and it seems a better trip in a number of ways.

good tips on stamping and queueing on the ferry.

they'll be 3/5 vehicles going, one of the guys has been to Libya before by vehicle, but obviously things have changed.

'Reise maps' yes know of these, great maps.

I guess it's getting it all ready, and keep checking what's happening on the whole visa situation.

Thx again, Mark