Eritrea

September 2013

 

Date Time From To By Comments
18.09 09:00 Maale Shomron Amman Buses, taxi 9 hours, 20 NIS + 12 JOD
18.09 20:15 Amman Asmara through Cairo Egypt Air 5 hours, $543
20.09 17:00 Asmara Keren Private car 2.5 hours, 200 Nakfa
22.09 08:00 Keren Asmara - Massawa Bus + Private car 5 hours, 130 Nakfa
23.09 11:00 Massawa Asmara Bus 3 hours, 150 Nakfa
24.09 11:00 Asmara Dekemhare Bus 1.5 hours, 30 Nakfa
25.09 11:00 Dekemhare Asmara - Mendefera Buses 3 hours, 60 Nakfa
26.09 08:00 Mendefera Asmara Bus 1.5 hours, 20 Nakfa
28.09 04:15 Asmara Cairo - Amman Egypt Air 5 hours
28.09 11:00 Amman Maale Shomron Buses 8 hours, 75 NIS + 8 JOD

Total for 9 days in Eritrea:
Change: 200 USD for 3000 Nakfa and 200 USD for 8400 Nakfa, Average 1:28.5

Hotels: 3700 Nakfa = $143.4 or ~ $15.9/day
Transport: 1150 Nakfa = $40.4 ~ $4.5/day
Food, etc: 2200 Nakfa = $77.2 ~ $8.6/day
Permits: 100 Nakfa = $3.5 ~ $0.4/day
Total in Eritrea without souvenirs: 7150 Nakfa - $250 ~ $27.8/day
Souvenirs: 4250 Nakfa = $150

Air ticket $540
Insurance $50
Visa to Eritrea $40
Jordanian visas and taxes, and transport to Amman $120
Total $750

Total for all trip excluding souvenirs ~ $1000

See the detailed report in Russian here