Country Info
- Khartoum
- Capital
- Sudanese Dinar (SDD)
- Currency
- 36,080,373
- Population
- SD
- Country Code
Khartoum Slideshow
Khartoum
Travel Blogs from Khartoum, Sudan
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Surprising Sudan
... do the things I want to do, I not only need a visa, but I also need to register my arrival in the country (I flew into Khartoum International Airport – isn’t that proof enough?), I need a travel permit to move about the country, and I need a ...
One month later... Khartoum Days #1
... /June. But it also cools to as low and lower than 10 degrees in the night in December and January. Again, that's just Khartoum. Sudan, bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined, has its variety of sweltering tropics in the south and the dry desert of ...
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 ...
Day 22 - Still on the road...
... Bit of a nothing day, but enjoyable. Done about 280Km today. 7 am start tom, going to see more pyramids, although apparently more pyramids in Sudan than Egypt (about 300 to 90...) $10 US to get in though so thin I am going to give it a miss. Played ...
Sudan
... to Wadi Halfa to get on the ferry for the 25th. It's going to be an early morning tomorrow so we leave Khartoum without any major traffic problems. It's a shame that I have to miss Khartoum city, kicking myself for not going today.....hindsight ...
To Khartoum
Woke up about 7ish, apparently bit of trouble last night with locals looking at our bags and getting closer to us, they backed off once they realised a couple of people were awake and watching them. I had tied my bag to the boat and I was using it as a ...
Which way to go???
... 376 km188'518 Increasing heat and the change from lush green to more and more dusty environment had lead me straight to Khartoum, where arrived late afternoon just to get stuck in rush hour to almost collapse in immense heat of well over 40 ...
Day 21 - To Khartoum... still...
p at 4.45... but... they got the time wrong and we had to hang around for an hour until it got light... (left at 6.45 after packing up) number of people distinctly unimpressed as very tired. As in desert couldn't drive before daylight as need to see the ...
Slipping through Sudan
... 're off to Nigeria to steal some oil from their pipelines while chain-smoking cigarettes. Following Dongola, we then hit Khartoum, a sprawling, dusty, dirty city. What drives this country is probably uniquely demonstrated by the naming of the central ...
Last of the Brutal Dirt Roads... for now
Stage 20 Stone Village to Doka I felt better today. We rode a pleasant 40km on a decent dirt road to lunch. After that the road became awful. Loose sand which makes you slip or corrugated hardpan that rattles your teeth and every else loose. Add to this ...
Sennar Sudan Stage 17
Today we rode eastward towards Sennar and I strangely didn't feel hungry at lunch. We camped near Sennar after 157km (!) where we changed to our off-road tires. The next 3 days are on dirt, sand and cracked earth. Before dinner there was welcoming ...
Sudan
... and picked up anothe one here. Pretty much the smae proceedure, stamp in, got told to go to police station in Khartoum for registraion then bags cheked again and went for some refreshments before the bus to Khartoum. With water and coke to ...
Masjid Al-Nilin mosque (Khartoum, Sudan)
... of the two Niles Arabic: مسجد النيلين ) is a mosque in Omdurman, Sudan. It is located on the western banks of the Nile river, just opposite to the confluence of the two Niles. It ...
Day 25 Khartoum
... if we wanted to go for a drink, we decided to and went to the park opposite. We talked for about an hour, asking questions about Sudan. His English was OK, but not great. I offered to pay for the drinks, but he wasn't having any of it. Heard lots of ...
Day 24 - In Khartoum!
... stationed at the airport. Definitely getting hotter, looked it up on the BBC - 35 today and feeling it. First Impressions of Khartoum, Weathly place, flowers by the side of the roads, nice cars ands lots of billboards. Pop 3m. Arrived at the campsite ...
Happy chef, Happy food
... chef, happy food. I've got plenty of surprises to keep them happy in the months to come.... Feb 3 - Day 18 - Khartoum Another convoy, another nap. Again police sirens threatened to disrupt, but I was pretty tired and managed to get a decent ...
Day 23 - Nearly there!
Friday not sleep well - Stan snoring. Up and away by 7am, after breaky of cornflakes and oranges. Everyone helping when one member of the group points out the cornflakes have been blown onto the floor, rather than pick them up, & stand and look at ...
Sandy zippers
... wash out the desert daily drudge from dirty dungarees (forgive the alliteration, no-one rides in dungarees). The highlights of Khartoum; the AC mall where a supermarket offers every civilised product a hungry, thirsty rider could desire, and we all ...
Khartoum to Wadi Halfa, first leg
... The other man seemed to want us have imprisoned at least, maybe worse. We decided not to take any further pictures in Khartoum or Omdurman. Imagine having shots of the Parliament, the ministry of Information (TV and radio), the Mahdi's tomb, just another ...
Khartoum to Wadi Halfa, second leg
Khartoum to Wadi Halfa. Second leg. Crossing the S-curve. Monday 8 December The next morning we left for Atbara and reached that town quickly. Atbara is the town where the Atbara river, coming from the Eritrean/Ethiopian border, is the last ...
From Gondar to Khartoum
... people. Bussing to Port Sudan or Suakin, boating to Jeddah and then on to Mekka, the last kilometres on foot. We reached Khartoum at two thirty PM and found the Blue Nile Sailing Club (since 1923) within thirty minutes. The guidebook did not show the ...
A different beginning
... in case anyone's still checking this: I'm in Sudan! Woo. I have 3 weeks in which to a) be a help to Justice Africa Sudan b) learn more about the lives of Sudanese migrants to Khartoum c) learn some arabic I will let you know how this goes. Much love, T ...
Desert Camp to Khartoum
103.08km, ave 27.9km/h, total ride time 3:41, total time 5:18 Today's stage was the ride into Khartoum and the end of the first section of the tour, the tour is made up of 8 sections. We started off with an easy 10km to start the individual time trial of ...
Rest day - Khartoum
Today was all about rest, Shona spent the better part of the day in bed so I sympathised and did the same, updating blogs, GPS etc. I took a little walk around but (obviously) missed more of what this city has to offer and from a few other riders it is ...
Tour d'Afrique: Khartoum baby!!
... the area as "desolate". You will see from the photo of our desert camp, that our digs are far from opulent!!! Khartoum is where the Blue Nile meets the White Nile. Tomorrow we head South East towards Ethiopia and will get our ...
Sun Sand Suffering in Khartoum
... nbsp; Sun,Sand and Suffering in Sudan Day 19 – Khartoum – Sudan We traveled through Egypt following the Red Sea South and then crossed to the Nile following an old trade route used at ...