Dahab to Taba, Eilat, Aqaba and Wadi Musa

You do not have a logistical problem if you do not have a money problem. Bus connections will not allow you to do that trip all in one day; however, if you use shared and private taxis it's easy.

First, you'll be in Dahab a few days so try and find someone or a few someones to share a taxi with to the border (Taba). If you can't do that then take a private taxi early in the day (7am or before). The cost is whatever you can negotiate. I think you can do better than 150LE, but people there will know better than I.

Crossing the border at Taba / Eilat can be a quick easy process or a slow painful one. We don't know you or anything about you so there's no way I can say. If you do not arouse any suspicion on the part of Israeli immigration and there are no tour groups ahead of you it can be done in 15 minutes. If you set off immigration alarm bells you might be questioned for hours. Just be honest.

The trip across Eilat to the Aqaba border crossing will take 30 minutes by taxi. You could take a bus from the border to the central bus station, but there is no bus from there to the border so you'd have to take a taxi half-way anyway.

Once across the border you're in the same boat. There is no bus from the border to central Aqaba. You can take a taxi from the border to central Aqaba to try and catch the bus or just go all the way to Wadi Musa. You're better off doing that as the time it would take you to get to central Aqaba, find the right bus, wait for it to leave you could have been there already. I heard it costs around 60JD to Wadi Musa from the border. Yes, that's expensive, but so is getting a hotel for the night in Aqaba because you missed the bus and had to wait around Aqaba for the rest of the day.

There is no "mafia" at the border. Just like anywhere else in the world they have a captive audience and they know it. You pay what they ask and they get you where you need to go.

Good luck.

Thanks for your answer laketraveller. It was just about what i thought. The better and the faster way is by taxi almost all the way. Thanks.

Hi,

As the previous post says everything is possible with the right amout of money, but remember that buses in jordan, at least the ones i took never go out on time because they only start running when they are full. So you can be alone wainting for the bus and the time passing by. In aqaba i got desperate waiting for my bus to Petra but I got lucky because I shared ataxi with two girls that where there waiting, but in Petra me and another American guy payed like 5 times the price of the ticket just for the bus to start going almost empty. in the end we got back half of it because the bus got crowded on the way but you can never be sure that that is going to happen. Between eilat and the border you need a taxi and from the border to the bus station in aqaba you need another one.
Entering joran is very easy but when i passed the border again to Israel (in the north of the country) It took me forever because they started asking stupid questions and took my bag, so if you dont get lucky it can take forever!!

Good trip

Bye

Thanks a lot for all the information. I think for the speed that i need to go, i will do everything by taxis. when i get back, i will share all my information to help and give new info about it.

there are 2 buses a day to taba,one at 10.30 other around 4 pm as of 2 weeks ago

by the way I paid 80 LE for a taxi form nuweiba to dahab