| Port Sudan | |
 | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Sudan |
|---|---|
| Population | 489 275 hab. () |
| Location | |
 19 ° 36 ′ 57 ″ N 37 ° 12 ′ 59 ″ E | |
Port Sudan, capital of Red Sea State, is Sudan’s main port. It was founded by the British to replace Suakin, 20 km further south, which was not deep enough.
Understand
To go
By plane
Port Sudan International Airport serves:
- Khartoum
- Dubai
- Cairo
It is far south of the city (allow at least 20-30 minutes to travel, and 6 € for the taxi ride).
| Airline company | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Badr Airlines | KRT Khartoum |
 flydubai | DXB Dubai, KRT Khartoum |
 Nile Air | CAI Cairo |
| Nova airways | KRT Khartoum |
 Saudia | JED Jeddah King Abdulaziz |
| Sudan Airways | CAI Cairo, JED Jeddah King Abdulaziz, KRT Khartoum |
last updated: Oct 2019
By train
The passenger rail link between Port Sudan and Khartoum has been interrupted. Only freight trains now run on this line.
By bus
Port Sudan is connected to Khartoum by a paved road of 1 171 km passing through Atbara. This one becomes particularly beautiful around 100 km before arriving on the Red Sea, when it crosses the Red Sea Hills through the Aqaba Pass.
On a boat
A passenger maritime line connects Suakin, to 20 km south of Port Sudan, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Circulate
In Port Sudan you can get around the city via Rickshaws, Taxis and Buses. The Rickshaws seem to be the best option as they only cost an average of 2-5 Sudanese Pounds for journeys up to 15 min and take you exactly to your destination.
To see
- The cornice overlooking the port and is near to ice cream shops and cafes. You can sit and relax in the open areas and enjoy a shisha or have hot drinks from any one of the tea ladies nearby.
- the central souq
- the fish souq (a little over one euro in amjad from the center)
Do
Scuba diving and snorkeling
There are several very beautiful scuba diving sites near Port Sudan: Sha'ab Rumi (less than an hour from the coast) and Sanganeb (less than two hours). Live-aboard boats operate out of the port and can be contacted directly via their websites. As of 2012, there is only one land-based operator, Diveversity [1] (an international business) operating at Sudan Red Sea Resort, located at 30 km north of Port Sudan.
It can get very windy in November / December, so while this is the season for hammerhead sharks, the sea is rough.
- Several boats moored in Port Sudan offer sea trips lasting several days for diving and fishing. They usually book well in advance. Among them :
- the Black baron
- the No Stress, a two-mast with all the comforts, with four cabins. For more information, see the website [2] or the Facebook page (NS Exploring Sudan)
- the Don Questo
You will be able to dive in sites like the wreck of the Blue bell, filled with Japanese cars, or the famous Umbria, an Italian ship sunk during the war loaded with 300,000 shells.
For more details, see the article Diving in Sudan
- A very nice campsite: Funja: 20.03560,037.19677
- A very nice place to go snorkeling (snorkeling and scuba diving) without having to rent a boat: 20.17386 37.21075
For more details on the coral reefs: divecenter
To learn
- French alliance
To work
To buy
Eat
The nicest place is obviously the corniche. One of the small establishments offering delicious "fatira al mina" (the fatiras of the port, translated into English on the menu as "Corniche Pastries")
We feast on fish in one of the many restaurants facing the sea next to the fish souk.
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
Cheap
Average price
- Baasher Hotel ,
249311823341 - Sudan Red Sea Resort
Luxury
- Coral Hotel (former Hilton)
A single standard room costs 160 USD, a double 210 USD; off-season however (i.e. most of the year it is not difficult to get the room for 110 USD.
A single standard room costs 160 USD, a double 210 USD; off-season however (i.e. most of the year it is not difficult to get the room for 110 USDCommunicate
Manage the day-to-day
Security
Around
- Suakin
- The retention lakes in the Red Sea Hills
- Gebeit (Jubeyt): former mining town still inhabited, located in the middle of the Red Sea Hills (21.947345,35.13961). Take the track from Mohamed Qol.
- Berenice Panchrysos
Two hundred kilometers from the coast, to the north, along the Egyptian border, in the desert northeast of Sudan, located near the gold mines of Wadi Allaqi in the Nubia of the Pharaohs (21.947345,35.13961). It was discovered on by an Italian expedition.
