Nuweiba` Travel Forum

My daughter and I ( 2 women) will be visiting Cairo and would like to take a few days to visit Petra. I understand that there is a ferry from Nuweiba to Aqaba. Is there safe transportation from Aqaba to Petra / Wadi Moussa? I have received mixed advice from friends who have told me it is not safe for 2 women to travel alone and have recommended we hire a tour guide for the trip.

We (52 & 58 & female) did this trip and had more hassles in Nuweiba than in Jordan. You may need to pay a bit more for good accomodation in Nuweiba, it was not the nicest of places really.

We took a hire car to Petra - we could not get a bus or other transport on the day - we actually met up with another tourist at the bus station and sharing the car was great.

There is a lot of talk about unsafe hotels in Petra for women. We had heard this and was not too sure what to do. In the end we found a nice hotel, they looked after us, got us meals etc. The day we left we heard that our hotel was one of the suspect places - go figure!!

We had no hassles at all in Jordan and I would happily say do it yourself. Hire cars (services) were really quite cheap and we met lots of people willing to share costs getting from place to place.

Greetings -

Thanks for your quick reply. Did you start your trip in Cairo? And if so, where did you hire your car?

When in Aqaba, did you hire a guide for the trip into Petra?

Thanks!

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