National Ferryboat, Luxor, Egypt
The ‘National Ferry’ runs all day and night. Local people pay 25 piastres each way. Tourists LE1 each way. You pay someone at a desk near the beginning of the gangplank.
The National Ferry will usually ask you to buy a return ticket when you pay for the outward one. Make sure you get a return ‘ticket’ so that you can prove payment when you get on the ferry to come back. Alternatively, just say you are only going one way and pay for the return when you go back.
The National ferry leaves from a pier almost opposite the northern end of Luxor Temple. There are three boats and they go in rotation: one is always on at the pier and moves off when another leaves the other side. The longest you would have to wait in daytime is 15 minutes, but usually less. At night the wait may be longer.
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