Practical Information

The Bedouin village, 3km north of Dahab town, is the budget travel mecca. Downtown Dahab is where you can exchange money at the National Bank of Egypt (open daily 8:30am-2pm and 6-9pm; winter 9am-lpm and 5-8pm). There is also a post office (open Sat.-Thurs. 8am-3pm), a supermarket (open 8am-10pm), the police station, and a telephone office, where you can make calls within Egypt or through Cairo to an international operator (open 24 hrs.).

The bus station is in the town proper, but the cafeteria of the Pullman Holiday Village Inn is a more convenient stop. Buses leave from the latter to Sharm ash-Sheikh (5 per day, 8am-5:30pm, LE5), Nuweiba (10:30am and 6:30pm, LE5), St. Catherine’s Monastery (9:15am, LE8), Cairo (Sam, LE45; 9am, LE55), and Suez (8am, LE14). Note that a bus from Suez to Cairo is only another LE5. Taxis or pickup trucks are usually waiting at the station to shuttle you to the Bedouin village for LEI (only if there are other passengers; if it’s just you it costs LE5).