15 Best Places to Visit in Sudan

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15 Best Places to Visit in Sudan

There’s no question about it: Sudan is no safe place for travelers these days...Today the country ranks second on the fragile states index, and most all foreign offices recommend against all travel there. Perhaps one day that will all be over though. Perhaps one day we can once again look forward to donning the desert gear and delving into the shifting sands of ancient Kush and Nubia. Perhaps one day the burgeoning Red Sea dive scene in the west can reveal the sparkling corals and ocean treasures, and the Twirling Dervishes of Khartoum can showcase their cylindrical gyrations for all to see.

Lets explore the best places to visit in Sudan:

1) MEROE

The onetime epicentre of the ancient Napata Kingdom is a truly otherworldly place to explore.

...This bears all the hallmarks of a grand architectural undertaking in the same ilk as the Nubian cities of old, and today the whole area has been accredited by UNESCO, and archaeological findings have confirmed the presence of an advanced civilisation of iron smelters and traders with mercantile links all the way to China and India!

2) SUAKIN

Sand-blown Suakin stands tall and firm against the gusts of the Red Sea...there are gilded mosques and interesting religious structures carved from coral stone, all of which mingle with the occasional Ottoman relic – Suakin later succumbed to the Turks, but fell into swift decline as European traders opened up routes around the Cape of Good Hope.

3) KHARTOUM

Khartoum is perhaps best known as the mythical location where the two great strands of the River Nile combine before heading northwards into the ancient lands of Nubia and Egypt...

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Spent 15 months in Southern Sudan, Juba along side the Nile for a bit, then other camps, and traveled around the country.

Beautiful place indeed.

But not a place that one want's get sick in or play fast and loose with the local constabulary....

And for the record I did get pulled over for "Driving while white" and would have cost me a "facilitating payment" to get my license back, had I not had a phone number of a South Sudanese Police General on speed dial.

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Actually the sights and scenery of *Somalia* look even more compelling and beautiful! A shame the country is in such shambles.

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Spent 15 months in Southern Sudan, Juba along side the Nile for a bit, then other camps, and traveled around the country. Beautiful place indeed.

WOW! What an experience and adventure! Please feel free to share further highlights and insights from your time there.