14 Sep 2022
Positives:
- Petra is stunning and well worth a visit
- Tour guide was friendly and allowed you to go on your own. I would recommend reading about Petra and the sites before and walking on your own to avoid large crowds.
Negatives:
- Tour took 21 hours from Dahab. Left at 3am and arrived back at the hotel at 12am
- This is mainly due to the Egyptian check-points, slow boarder agents and too long of stops. Overall Egypt is not very organized and when you have 4-8 buses arriving at the boarder at the same time, the time really adds up. We probably had about 3-4 hours waiting for everyone to go through customs there and back.
- Drivers to and from the buses were late. To make up for time, they drove 140-150km/h. There were no seatbelts as well, so be prepared for a fast trip to and from the larger buses that actually drive you to the ferry.
Overall, this is such a long day and to me personally not worth it. Petra is so beautiful it is worth an overnight trip. I wish we had more time and you could easily spend 2 days there. You get 3 hours in Petra and 12-18 hours of travel, so you can determine if that is a good pay off for you on your trip.
Here is a breakdown of the day for people who are interested: