How is Traveling from Jordan to Israel?
If you look like tourists and you have your own car the route from Jordan to Egypt should be no problem at all. Just cross the Israeli border from Aqaba (10 km from city) and go through Eilat to Egypt (Taba). You could drive this route in under a half hour. Including border formalities — assuming you do not have Iraq or Syrian stamps in your passports and already possess Egyptian visas — I would say that you should be in Egypt in under two hours. I did not go to Nuweiba, so I do not know for sure how far it is from there to the border at Taba, but I have heard that it is not far and the highways seem good in Sinai. The border crossings that you will be going through can be classified as “tourist borders.” Nearly all of the people traveling overland between Aqaba and Taba are overseas tourists. Don’t worry, these are some pretty laided back borders and they are use to seeing foreign faces. I agree totally that $19o for the vehicle alone is far too much money to pay for a one hour ferry.
