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How to Get to Aqaba

By bus, ferry, car and plane

You can get to Aqaba by land, by sea or by air - depending on where you are coming from, how big is your budget and how much time you have for the journey.

Flying to Aqaba

Foreign flights arriving to Aqaba are mostly charter flights from European cities and Russia but there are also occasional flights from the Gulf countries and Egypt.

Daily domestic flights are connecting Aqaba Airport with the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman and are operated by Royal Jordanian.

The Flights to Aqaba page includes detailed information about Aqaba flight arrivals and departures and ways to find cheap flights to Aqaba.

Buses to Aqaba

JETT and TRUST transportation companies run scheduled, air-conditioned coaches between Aqaba and Amman with connections to other big cities on the north of Jordan.

Click on the links for timetable and ticket information.

To get to Aqaba from other, smaller cities and villages like Wadi Musa (Petra), Wadi Rum, Ma'an, Karak, Tafilah, Shobak, etc., you need to catch one of the public minibuses.

Aqaba by Sea

To get to Aqaba from Egypt you can take the regular slow and fast ferry or the highly recommended new first class tourist ferry in Taba, Sinai.

There are also cruise lines that include Aqaba as a port of call on their route.

Aqaba Land Borders

You can also arrive to Aqaba from Israel overland. The Aqaba-Eilat Border Crossing (also called Arava/Yitzhak Rabin Border Crossing) is open from Sunday to Thursday between 6:30h and 20:00h, and Friday and Saturday between 8:00h and 20:00h.
It is closed on Yom Kippur and the first day of the Muslim New Year.

Durra Border Crossing between Aqaba and Haql, Saudi Arabia is open 24h every day throughout the year.

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