We are planning a longer weekend in Tunisia. We have our own private car (on blue plates) but we have heard about deposit you have to put at the border to cross it. Some people said it would be about 500 LD for our KIA Cerato (2009), but recently one Libyan guy said it could even be as much as 2500. He also added that they give you back the deposit but they charge you 10 percent for "handling fees". Anyone tried going to Tunisia by car?
Djerba by private car
wysoki
09 August 2010 15:22:22
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Mudman
09 August 2010 16:03:20
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Some friends went the other week.
Got stopped 12 times en route for their passports! Took them about 9 hours.
TolgaU
10 August 2010 00:02:17
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around 2000 LYD it would be. and lot of hassle. just fly:) and hamamet is better than djerba.
Sandman6
10 August 2010 00:25:37
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If you have a tame taxi man, he will sort if for you....take you to the border, his Tunisian buddy picks you at the border. Going back is the reverse. No bullshit with the beggars in uniform.
SeymourSunshine
10 August 2010 01:54:53
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TolgaU wrote:around 2000 LYD it would be. and lot of hassle. just fly:) and hamamet is better than djerba.
What do you mean "and hamamet is better than djerba"? They are completely different like chalk and cheese. One is a tourist resort town, the other is an island. It depends entirely on what you are looking for.
LibyanJag
10 August 2010 11:40:59
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we're at the other end of the country and were toying with a trip into Egypt
has anyone done this ?
does the same "deposit" problem apply ?
TIA
LJ
ibrahjette
10 August 2010 15:36:21
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Hi wysoki
No , you pay nothing for cross boundary , just stamp passport ,
tolgau , no fly to djerba , by car more easy and closer ,
from boundary to djerba 1 hr (90 KM ) to center of djerba
Hammamat more nice, and more expensive , far , and many corrupted check point police on the road which you have to pay them ,
so djerba much better ,cheapier ,closer if you coming back to Libya
wysoki
11 August 2010 11:14:39
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Did you really cross the border by car on the blue plates and paid nothing?
Hard to believe it...
Anyway we are going (at least we try cause we still don't have our reentry visas).
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