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Sudan vacations.

States in Sudan : A'ali an Nil, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrat, Al Jazirah, Al Khartum, Al Qadarif, Al Wahdah, An Nil al Abyad, An Nil al Azraq, Ash Shamaliyah, Bahr al Jabal, Gharb al Istiwa'iyah, Gharb Bahr al Ghazal, Gharb Darfur, Gharb Kurdufan, Janub Darfur, Janub Kurdufan, Junqali, Kassala, Nahr an Nil, Shamal Bahr al Ghazal, Shamal Darfur, Shamal Kurdufan, Sharq al Istiwa'iyah, Sinnar and Warab.

Cities in Sudan: Atbara, Damazeen and Roseires, Dongola, Ed Damer, El Dueim, El Fasher, El Geneina, El Obeid, Gedarif, Juba, Karima, Kassala, Kerma AI Nuzul, Kosti, Malakal, Nyala, Port Sudan, Shendi, Sindja, Suakin, Wadi Halfa, Wau and Wad Medani.

Sudan is the largest country in Africa. Stretching from Egypt in the north to Uganda in the south. Sudan shares borders with nine African countries of which two are Afro-Arab, lying in the North of Sudan, they are Egypt, and Libya. In the East, there are Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Red Sea. While Kenya, Uganda and Zaire lie in the South. And the Central African Republic and Chad are in the West. As such, it naturally became a zone of interaction between the Hamitic Arabs and the Negro Africans. This blending resulted in Sudan's many different ethnic groups and unique cultures.

Capital City of Sudan: Khartoum


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Car Rental Sudan

 Europcar  -  Khartoum City, Khartoem Hilton and Khartoum International Airport
Only new rental cars [ average age only 6 months ], All inclusive prices, 24 hours roadside assistance, 24/7 service most airports.

Hotels in Sudan

 Hilton Khartoum  -  see Hilton.com
 Expedia.com 

National Parks

 National Park Dendar

 Sudanese Lakes in Sanganib at the Red Sea

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

 Wikitravel - Sudan Guide



 Sudan.net - tourism

Travel Guides Sudan / Related Books

 Sudan - Bradt Travel Guide - Paul Clammer
Paperback 320 pages (February 22, 2005); Publisher: BRADT Travel Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 1841621145
 Sudan: The Land and the People 
Jimmy Carter (Foreword), Timothy Carney, Victoria Butler, Michael Freeman (Photographer)
The Land of Sudan captures the incredible diversity, beauty and potential of Africa's largest and most culturally varied country in hundreds of Michael Freeman's glorious photographs. Produced with the co -operation and support of both the government of Sudan and the Southern People's Liberation Movement, this book is the first ever to portray the whole of Sudan - north, south, east and west, muslim and christian - in one large-format volume.
Hardcover 288 pages (October 2005); Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 0500512574.
 Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure 
Michael Asher
The British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria's reign is an epic tale of adventure more thrilling than any fiction. The story begins with the massacre of the 11,000 strong Hicks Pasha column in 1883. Sent to evacuate the country, British hero General Gordon was surrounded and murdered in Khartoum by a vast army of dervishes commanded by the Mahdi. The relief mission arrived two days too late. The result was a national scandal that shocked the Queen and led to the fall of the British government. Twelve years later it was the brilliant Herbert Kitchener who struck back. Achieving the impossible he built a railway across the desert to transport his troops to the final devastating confrontation at Omdurman in 1898. Desert explorer and author Michael Asher has reconstructed this classic tale in vivid detail. Having covered every inch of the ground and examined all eyewitness reports, he brings to bear new evidence questioning several accepted aspects of the story. The result is an account that sheds new light on the most riveting tale of honour, courage, revenge and savagery of late Victorian times.
Hardcover 480 pages (October 27, 2005); Publisher: Viking; Language: English; ISBN: 0670870307
 Sudan - Dietrich Wildung 
Ancient Kingdom of the Nile. Hardcover | Flammarion Et Cie | USA Edition | 1997
 Darfur: A Short History of a Long War - Julie Flint, Alex de Waal
Sudan's westernmost region, Darfur, sprang into notoriety early in 2004 when a war of hideous proportions unleashed what the United Nations called 'the world's worst humanitarian crisis'. For the last two years, the conflict has been simplified to pictures of sprawling refugee camps and lurid accounts of 'Arabs' murdering 'Africans.' Behind these images lies a complex story of a remote region of Africa. This book details the history of Darfur, its conflicts, and the designs on the region by the governments in Khartoum and Tripoli. It investigates the identity of the infamous 'Janjawiid' militia and the nature of the insurrection, charts the unfolding crisis and the international response, and concludes by asking what the future holds in store.
Paperback 176 pages (October 1, 2005); Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.; Language: English; ISBN: 1842776975
 Civil War in Sudan [ African Studies Centre - University of Pennsylvania ].
 The Four Feathers - A. E. W. Mason, Gary Hoppenstand (Introduction)
This is a great classic tale of adventure and honor, in the grand tradition of "The Prisoner of Zenda" and "Beau Geste." Harry Feversham, English officer and gentleman, has been terrified since childhood by his father's tales of cowardice under fire and the resulting dishonor. As a young man, when learning that his regiment has been called to action, he resigns his commission unnerved by the possibilities of showing cowardice and facing a horrible death in the Sudan at the hands of the fanatic Madhi's dervishes. Before departing, three of his brother-officers send him white feathers, the symbol of cowardice, and Ethne Eustace , the woman he was to have married, gives him a fourth. In despair, Feversham decides to follows his regiment to Africa, in search of an opportunity to make his former friends take the feathers back. This quest takes him to the grim, dangerous slums of Cairo and a hellish trek across the Sudanese desert, as he penetrates into the heart of the Madhi's infernal domain in Omdurman to rescue rescue the very men who questioned his valor and regain his honor and the respect and love of Ethne.
Paperback 320 pages (October 2001); Publisher: Penguin Books; Language: English; ISBN: 0142180017

Transport / How do I travel to Sudan

 Khartoum Airport [ KRT ]
 Port Sudan Airport
 Dongola Airport
 al-Fasher Airport
 Juba Airport

 Emirates US  -  Flight tickets Khartoum 

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  price comparison possible

 Sudan Airways  -  Flight tickets Sudan

 Sudan Railways  -  Regular Railway lines and town covered:
Most of the railway system dates from Kitchener's offensive against the Mahdi in the 1890s, and is a narrow gauge, single track line.

oo Nyala- Ed Daein-Abuzabad-Kosti-Sennar-Medani-Khartoum
oo AI Obeid- Kosti-Sennar-Medani-Khartoum [ Travel duration 24 hrs ]
oo Karima-Abu Hamad-Atbara-Shendi-Khartoum [ Travel duration 30 hrs ]
oo Port Sudan-Atbara-Shendi-Khartoum [ Travel duration 24 hrs ]
oo Wadi Halfa-Abu Hamad-Atbara- Shendi-Khartoum [ Travel duration 24 hrs ]

 River boats
Travelling by river is considered as a convenient means of transport for its relative cheapness and comfort.

 Buses run between Khartoum, Kassala, Port Sudan, Gedarif.

 Map of Sudan [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]


Links 

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    -  self-study courses in a wide variety of formats
Learn to speak, read and write Arabic the easy way! Lingaphone language courses

 Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in London, UK
Consular Affairs, Business & Economy, Tourism in Sudan, Country Profile, People of Sudan, Miscellaneous Facts, Useful Links

 Khartoum  -  capital city of Sudan
Khartoum is the capital of Sudan and the administrative, financial and political core of its federal system. It is located on the western bank of the Blue Nile and forms a huge triangle, with its vertex at the confluence of the two Niles and the base bordering Gezira State some 30km southeastward.

 Atbara
 Damazeen and Roseires
 Dongola
 Ed Damer
 El Dueim
 El Fasher
 El Geneina
 El Obeid
 Gedarif
 Juba
 Karima
 Kassala
 Kerma AI Nuzul
 Kosti
 Malakal
 Nyala
 Port Sudan
 Shendi
 Sindja
 Suakin
 Wadi Halfa.
 Wau

 List of Sudanese cities [ sudan.net ]

 al-Gazali  -  oase Bayuda desert not far from Merowe mit Funden aus christlicher Zeit.
 Alt-Dongola  -  Capital City Kingdom of Lower Nubia (Maqwar)
 Arkaweat  -  summer resort, mild climate during the year 
 Arous  -  tourist village
 Kerma  -  known as 'Deffufa'  -  from the time of the Kerma Empire ( 2500 - 2400 BC )
 Musawwarat es Sufra - largest of the antique cities in Sudan
 Meroë  -  Capital City Kingdom of Kush
Necropolis of Meroe with more as 20 pyramids, former ciry of kings and Totenstadt.
 Omdurman  -  former Capital City of Sudan
 Soba [ East -Soba ]
 Suakin

 3d Nile Cataract 
 Say Island
 Hunting
 Coast Red Sea
 Nubian Desert
 Suakin Island
 Temple of Soleb

 University Sudan  -  Khartoum University
 Mahdiya
In 1881, a religious leader, Mohamed Ahmed El Mahdi, led a revolt against the government. His rebellion, which was a movement for both religious and political reform, was widely successful. It triumphed with the capture of Khartoum, where General Gordon, who was the last Turkish governor, was killed in 1885.
On the advice of the British, who occupied Egypt since 1882, the Turko-Egyptian government was withdrawn . Although the Mahdi died in the same year, the Sudan under his successor, the Khalifa Abd Allah remained independent until 1898
 Radio  -  Sudan Radio
The voice of "Huna Omdurman", meaning "Here is Omdurman", was heard for the first time in the wake of the Second World War in 1940
 SUNA  -  Sudan News Agency
 Television  -  Sudan Television

Cuisine - Sudanese Foods / Recipes

The Best of African Cooking -  Manjase Banda
Paperback: 144 pages; Publisher: Esanjam; 2 Revised edition (March 14, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0954682130; ISBN-13: 978-0954682132
 African Studies  -  The African Cookbook - Menus & Recipes from Africa 
 African Recipes

History of Sudan

Independence: 1 January 1956 [ from Egypt and UK ]

 Sudan's History  -  Wikipedia
Early history; 19th Century; Mahdism and condominium; European Colonialism; Independence and the First Civil War; Arms Suppliers; Second Civil War; Darfur
 A History of the Sudan: From the Coming of Islam to the Present Day 
P.M. Holt, M.W. Daly (Editor)
Well-known introductory history of the Sudan, which takes events of this troubled region up to 1998. This extended coverage considers the last years of Jaafar Nimeiri's government to his fall from power in 1985; the subsequent transitional military regime; the return to parliamentary rule, and the current attempts to establish an Islamic state under a renewed military regime. More than a political narrative, this book shows how the modern Sudan has been shaped by three key elements in its history: the influence of the Ottoman Empire; the impact of British domination; and, above all else, the enduring indigenous tradition of the region, produced by the intermingling of its African and Arab Muslim inheritance.
Paperback 232 pages (February 22, 2000); Publisher: Longman; Language: English; ISBN: 0582368863
 Sword of the Prophet: The Mahdi of Sudan and the Death of General Gordon  -  Fergus Nicoll
On 25 January 1885, a Sudanese Islamic revolutionary army entered Khartoum. The slaughter continued from dawn until noon and involved the beheading of British officer General Charles Gordon. This event has often been explored in literature yet the focus has always been on General Gordon and the colonial viewpoint. This new biography recognises for the first time the Mahdi's role as the charismatic but flawed leader of a movement seeking to free his people. Nicoll discusses a range of issues, from taxation and the spread of militant Islamic influence along the pilgrim route from West Africa to Sufi dress code and the Nile boat-building industry, but it is the character of the Mahdi who remains at the book's core -the boat-builder's son who attempted to lead the Sudanese to independence.
Hardcover 384 pages (May 2004); Publisher: Sutton Publishing; Language: English; ISBN: 0750932988
 Living with Colonialism: Nationalism and Culture in the Anglo-Egypt Sudan 
Heather J. Sharkey
This work examines the history of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1898-1956) and the Republic of Sudan that followed in order to understand how colonialism worked on the ground, affected local cultures, influenced the rise of nationalism, and shaped the postcolonial nation-state.
Paperback 248 pages (March 28, 2003); Publisher: University of California Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0520235592
 Jaduland  -  Sudan
 Museum 'Haus des Kalifen', Khartoum
 Sudane National Museum, Khartoum

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Sudan  -  The Rough Guide to Suadan 
Audio CD (April 25, 2005; Number of Discs:1; Label: World Music Network; ASIN: B0007YNRPO; Catalogue Number: RGNET1152CD
 Ethnographisches Museum, Khartoum
Die Exponate des Museums sollen einen Eindruck von Leben, Bräuchen und Traditionen der verschiedenen sudanesischen Ethnien vermitteln.

Web Portal / Search Engine / Sudan Directory

 Sudasite.com  -  SudaSite Group ..... Sudanese Live [ arabic ]

 Embassy od Sudan in London  -  see Tourism in Sudan ***

 Yahoo Sudan Directories
 Sudan Government on the WWW


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