Visiting WW2 Battlefields

[Alam Halfa]

Interesting, anyone know of any tours to North Africa?

Dave.

[Owen]

Originally Posted by Alam Halfa

Interesting, anyone know of any tours to North Africa?

Dave.

Yup,look here.

Remembrance Travel - Pilgrimages

[Paul Reed]

I think Holts also do them, but you would extend your student debt if you went with either of these companies!

Why not do it yourself; you can fly into the El Alamein area. Rent a 4x4 and off you go. That is certainly what I plan to do when I finally get out there.

[Alam Halfa]

Originally Posted by Paul Reed

I think Holts also do them, but you would extend your student debt if you went with either of these companies!

Why not do it yourself; you can fly into the El Alamein area. Rent a 4x4 and off you go. That is certainly what I plan to do when I finally get out there.

I would love to explore on my own but I dont have a driving license yet. I've failed twice.


Still a cool idea though.

Dave.

[ADM199]

Hi Dave,
Pell Tours did a week at El Alamein last year at a reasonable price.The only problem was transport.Avis in Alexandria were asking £100 a day. What I did manage to do was to hire the Hotel Shuttle bus and driver for 5 days. This will not get you too far off the roads though. Perhaps a good search on Google would find you a better deal. The Commandant at the Military Museum that a film Company had done a Recce of Alam Halfa a short while ago,but hadn't found any equiptment left on the Battlefield.
In 2000 I did manage to get over 24km on the Alamein track in a Saloon car but it would have been unwise to travel further.

[Alam Halfa]

Originally Posted by ADM199

Hi Dave,
Pell Tours did a week at El Alamein last year at a reasonable price.The only problem was transport.Avis in Alexandria were asking £100 a day. What I did manage to do was to hire the Hotel Shuttle bus and driver for 5 days. This will not get you too far off the roads though. Perhaps a good search on Google would find you a better deal. The Commandant at the Military Museum that a film Company had done a Recce of Alam Halfa a short while ago,but hadn't found any equiptment left on the Battlefield.
In 2000 I did manage to get over 24km on the Alamein track in a Saloon car but it would have been unwise to travel further.

Sounds interesting, I dont expect any tours to be on the cheap side. What about perhaps spending several weeks there on holiday and staying in a hotel while exploring? Just a thought.

Dave.

[spidge]

Originally Posted by ADM199

Hi Dave,
Pell Tours did a week at El Alamein last year at a reasonable price.The only problem was transport.Avis in Alexandria were asking £100 a day. What I did manage to do was to hire the Hotel Shuttle bus and driver for 5 days. This will not get you too far off the roads though. Perhaps a good search on Google would find you a better deal. The Commandant at the Military Museum that a film Company had done a Recce of Alam Halfa a short while ago,but hadn't found any equiptment left on the Battlefield.
In 2000 I did manage to get over 24km on the Alamein track in a Saloon car but it would have been unwise to travel further.

And that is only for a Corolla compact.

[ADM199]

The cheapest way I ever did the trip was to fly into Cairo,stop overnight and then drove through Alexandria,Alamein,Mersa Matruh,Sidi Barani and on to Sollum. For some reason the flight to Cairo is much cheaper than to Borg el Arab. Last year a landing strip was available to the West of Alamein,but there was no provision for night time landings. Perhaps this was because operation"Brightstar"was in progress.

[Alam Halfa]

I've been doing a bit more thinking, does anyone know much about staying in hostels around El Alamein/Alexandria?

D.

[Korps Steiner]

You could always try this guy ,

Western Desert Battlefield Tours


regards

Paul