Country Info
- Khartoum
- Capital
- Sudanese Dinar (SDD)
- Currency
- 36,080,373
- Population
- SD
- Country Code
Khartoum Slideshow
Top Hotels in Khartoum
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Burj Al Fateh Hotel Khartoum
35 reviews -
Dawha Hotel Khartoum
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Al Ferdous Hotel Khartoum
1 review -
Kanon Hotel Suites Khartoum
5 reviews -
Acropole Hotel Khartoum
22 reviews -
Al Salam Rotana Hotel Khartoum
50 reviews -
Bougainvilla Guesthouse Khartoum
18 reviews
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Danah Hotel Khartoum
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Grand Holiday Villa Khartoum
14 reviews
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Green Village Hotel Khartoum
1 review
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Hilton Khartoum
13 reviews
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Lisamin Safari Hotel Khartoum
5 reviews
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Taka Hotel Khartoum
2 reviews
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Dandas Hotel Khartoum
3 reviews
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Sharga Hotel Khartoum
1 review
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5M Hotel Khartoum
4 reviews
Khartoum
Travel Blogs from Khartoum, Sudan
The curse on the River Nile
This is a top pick! It is never too late, I suppose, to learn a new lesson – or dispense one. Especially if it means being tossed out of a Cairo hotel. No, there was no bad behaviour, no drunkedness, raucousness, nor trashing the joint, no Keith Richards, Keith Moon ...
Chad across bandit country, to Sudan.
This is a top pick! ... artefacts and reconstructed temples dating from 800 BC and we were even offered jobs teaching English at the local institute. From Khartoum, we travelled North to Meroe, Musawarat and Naqa, sites of an ancient royal city, pyramids, tombs and temples. ...
Stage 18
Woke today and felt better. We rode out of camp and crossed the dam then moved onto the dirt. The road was corrugated, sandy and rutted and generally difficult to ride on. It was hot out and Rosalyn was out in front and I started lagging behind. I ...
Riders and Staff
... are planning to stay for the whole tour. We are going to meet 5 new sectional riders today who will join us from Khartoum to Addis Ababa. The Tour is staffed by a South African Tour Director, a Canadian assistant, an Australian and a Kenyan mechanic, a ...
Planning
... see. That's the plan. And we of all people know how plans can - and do -change. Start: Lisamin Safari Hotel, Khartoum, SUDAN. End: Lisamin Safari Hotel, Khartoum, SUDAN. Distance Traveled: 0 Road Conditions: - Temperature: well, it looked mighty ...
Stage 19
I rode the truck today and talked with the other riders who were also on the truck due to illness or injury. The truck got stuck again today this time crossing a dry river bed. It took 3 hours and several truckloads of Sudanese guys to dislodge it. I ...
Day 42 - The Journey into Sudan
... so many of the links were damaged that I held very little hope that it would last. I definitely need a new one in Khartoum. Fingers crossed that I'd get there. The guy with the pickup truck had demanded 15 Sudanese Pounds (about 7.50USD) ...
Racing the visa
... best value food and beer in the city so we lived well for our last 2 nights in the country. The run to the Sudan border and arrival in Khartoum I'll write about tomorrow as I'm almost out of time for today. But I will note down a few final thoughts. ...
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE REACHED THE REAL AFRICA
... filled with cattle herders,and passed large settlements consisiting of round mud huts with wooden roofs. I had got up early in Khartoum,waved away the attentions of expectant taxi drivers,half walked,half waded a quarter of a mile,and reached the bus ...
Life in my new city.....
... , but something that certainly sparked my interest. After a lot of consideration as to the possible implications of living life in Khartoum, I decided that life is meant to be challenging, and to accept the position - which is so far going well, and ...
Sudan
... to Khartoum, 35 Dollars US per person!). Then it was finally off on our first and only desert crossing along the railway line towards Khartoum, cutting short the huge bend in the Nile, which turns south and then north again. We had a lot of fun racing ...
Leaving Khartoum
... he was pleased they didn't destroy his camera. Our rider Peter from New Zealand became ill on the rest day and was hospitalized in Khartoum. I didn’t hear of it until after but I believe he developed sepsis. There seemed to be a lot of diagnostic ...
Sudanese Prince
... boy; does my head hurt. At least the alcohol is gone and I will be speared the 40 lashes for getting caught with the stuff in Sudan. We drove for 3 hours, all of which I slept, to the border. Once there I have never waited so long to get out of a country ...
The Haboob
... strength in the west and waiting to unleash. We were heading to the Royal City of Meroe, about 4 hours north of Khartoum. Sudan had several ancient civilisations which ran concurrent to the Egyptians. At times the Egyptians ruled Sudan, in others ...
Watchit, All Eyes Are On You
... hot. We conducted our tossing-and-turning-in-our-sweat ritual again, and finally fell asleep. Start: National Camping, Khartoum, SUDAN. End: National Camping, Khartoum, SUDAN. Distance Traveled: 0 Road Conditions: - Temperature: 44 degrees ...
The Khartoum Run
... the lack of beer. As for the ice cream, I haven't had it for over 3 months so just couldn't resist a sugar hit. Khartoum itself is fantastic. The city is very spead out and is quite modern. There is much fewer colonial buildings than I expected. ...
Day 5...
I think that I will take the quitting of my entire department and the Country Director as a good omen. At least that way I am completely starting afresh.. My life here in Africa. Well it is certainly interesting. I love my apartment, my job is just ...
Hot Desert Riding
... escort to the south side of Khartoum. We camp there tonight and have a rest day tomorrow. I am eager to see Khartoum where General Gordon was cut off and killed by the self-proclaimed Mahdi and Omdurman where Kitchener finally overcame the Mahdist ...
Pyramids, camels, and soccer.
My weekend was certainly blog worthy. Went to a lovely diner of 'African food' made by my colleague from Guinea. You may remember Guinea as the long skinny country beside Sierra Leone, or the country with the most coups. Then off to rooftop patio that ...
Every One Man Has 40 Faces
... out with Tony, an English volunteer teacher, wandering aimlessly around town and getting sucked into the strange social undercurrents of Khartoum. Tony and I also visited the British Embassy for a bit of thursday night fun. Every thursday night the ...
A good vent...breathe
I need to tie up some loose ends - My charming kitty disappeared a week after those photo's graced the world. There are a few theories about her disapperance: 1) that the maid stole her (she is really cute) 2) that the maid hated it and stuck it ...
Just another day
So I have been asked by a lovely women to describe my average day in Khartoum, so I will describe today... I wake up in the morning and its just a bit dark. I stumble into the shower and watch the sun come up from my shower. Its a beautiful sunrise ...
the heat that melted the Jerseyman
... in Sudan, the men especially. I haven't seen one overweight person either, just extremely leggy ones. Start: National Campsite, Khartoum, SUDAN. End: National Campsite, Khartoum, SUDAN. Distance Traveled: - Road Conditions: - Temperature: slight ...
Sudan's Story
... compounds, arab people and islamic community facilities – such as water jugs and minarets everywhere). We arrived in the capital Khartoum after a couple days of driving and bushcamps. The roads, quality (or even existence) of cars and the ...
Romeo oh Romeo
I met Gen. Romeo Dallaire at the Canadian Embassy (a small gathering of 40). He is the head of the UN contingent in Ruwanda, author of Shake Hands With the Devil, and something of a legend. And funny ...
Some Pointers
I have decided that I need to be more 'guide bookish' in my experimental blog. I am just not sure I know what advice to give - I am still learning and there are thousands of people out there with far more to teach. I will update this as I learn ...