Combined Tour with Egypt and Jordan — Visa, Taxes and Border
EGYPT
What is the procedure for entrance/departures to and from Egypt during a Holy Land Tour?
Passport holders from European Union member states, the United Kingdom, North America, Western Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia or Singapore receive tourist visa upon arrival in Egypt. The fee is $25 USD payable upon arrival at Cairo Airport or at the land border crossing. All other nations must apply for a visa in advance via an Egyptian consulate.
We use the Taba Border Crossing to enter and depart from the Holy Land.
From Egypt to the Holy Land:
Our Hla Tours contact will accompany you to the border, where you will cross the border to Israeli side, and our Travel Jerusalem staff will meet you there.
For groups entering the Holy Land from Egypt via Taba: No exit taxes
For groups entering Egypt via Taba from the Holy Land:
♦ LE 46.00/ Egyptian Pounds = $4 USD (Inbound Egypt)
♦ NIS 101 / Israeli Shekel = $30 USD (Outbound Israel)
JORDAN
What is the procedure for entrance/departures to and from Jordan during a Holy Land/Jordan Tour?
First, remember your passport must be valid for up to 6 months after your return date.
For tourist visas, many nationalities are eligible to get a visa for Jordan upon arrival at their point of entry to the country, or through an online application. We will advise you and your fellow tour program participants as we finalize your itinerary. For our cultural & pilgrimage tours, it is our practice to begin the tour in the Holy Land and finish in Jordan: as we spend a minimum of two nights in Jordan, we organize for our clients an entry visa without the Jordanian one-night tax. To do this, we will need your passport details in advance (we will send you an information form to fill). For tours that should stay only one night in Jordan, there is a visa fee and must pay at the airport or borders: 40 JOD approximate 60USD.
Jordanian land departure taxes to be paid at borders:
From the Holy Land to Jordan via the Northern Crossing/Sheik Hussein or Southern Crossing/Arava Border Crossing: On most of our cultural programs or pilgrimages combined with Jordan, we cross to Jordan via north border at Sheik Hussein. Our team accompanies you to the border. On the Israeli side, you will make a short transfer by border shuttle that cost around $2 USD. After border procedures, you will pay an exit tax of $30 USD, then pass to the Jordanian side for passport control, where our Hla Tours contact will meet you on the Jordanian side.
From the Holy Land to Jordan via Allenby Bridge/King Hussein Crossing near Jericho:
Located approximately in Jericho, our team accompanies you to the border, at Israeli side. After you have been processed through passport control, you will pay an exit tax of $50 USD. Following a brief cross-border shuttle from the Israeli terminal to Jordan terminal of a cost around $15 USD, you will arrive in Jordan. After being processed through passport control by the Jordanian procedures, you will meet our Hla Tours contact on the Jordan side.
Note: At the Allenby/King Hussein crossing, if the number of participants in the tour are minimum of six persons, Hla Tours staff on the Jordanian side will receive permission from the Israeli border authority to enter and meet you after Israeli passport control.
From Jordan to the Holy Land.
The exit tax from Jordan to the Holy Land are same at all borders: $15 USD.
Via the Northern Crossing /Sheik Hussein or the Southern Crossing/Arava:
Our team will meet you immediately after passport control,
Via King Hussein/Allenby Bridge:
Our team will accompany you to the border, on the Jordanian side. After passport control border procedures, you will use the cross-border shuttle from the Jordanian terminal to the Israeli terminal, at a cost around $15 USD. After Israeli control, our Hla Tours staff will meet you.
Note: At the Allenby/King Hussein crossing, if the number of participants in the tour are minimum of six persons, Hla Tours staff on the Jordanian side will receive permission from the Israeli border authority to enter and meet you after Israeli passport control.
Please note: exit taxes are paid in local currency, but there are currency exchanges at the borders.