Travel Reference
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to/from the borders on your own, but it's more expensive than crossing independently, and
you'll have to wait for all passengers to clear customs and immigration.
From Amman,
Trust International Transport
( 06-5813427)
has buses from its of-
fice at 7th Circle (
Click here
)
to Tel Aviv (six hours), Haifa (seven hours) and Nazareth
(seven hours), departing daily except Saturday at 8.30am. Buses cross the border at
Sheikh Hussein Bridge. Bus schedules change frequently, so check departure times and
book (and collect) tickets in advance from the bus station. There is one
Jordan Express
Tourist Transport
(JETT; 06-5854679;
www.jett.com.jo
)
bus to King Hussein Bridge
(JD7.250, one hour, 7am).
To go it alone, read the following notes.
King Hussein Bridge (Allenby Bridge)
»
»Take a service taxi from Amman's Abdali or South bus station to King Hussein Bridge
(JD8, 45 minutes) or there's a single daily JETT bus (JD7.250, one hour, 7am).
»
»Buses (JD2, 10 minutes to one hour - depending on waiting time) shuttle between the
two borders (expect long delays). It's not possible to walk, hitch or take a private vehicle
across this border.
»
»To get to Jerusalem from the border, take a sherut (Israeli shared taxi; around US$50
for the car, 30 minutes) to Jerusalem's Damascus Gate.
»
»Travelling in the other direction, an Israeli exit tax of 167NIS (compared to around
96NIS at other borders) is payable. If you intend to return to Israel, keep the Jordanian en-
trance form safe - you will have to present it on exiting the border.
Sheikh Hussein Bridge (Jordan Bridge)
»
»Regular service taxis travel between the West bus station at Irbid and the border (JD1,
45 minutes).
»
»From the bridge it's a 2km walk to the Israeli side. There is no alternative transport if
you make this crossing independently.
»
»Taxis go to the Beit She'an bus station (10 minutes) for onward connections.
»
»Travelling in the other direction, take a bus to Tiberias, and change at Beit She'an
(6km from the border). From there, take another bus to the Israeli border (arrive early be-
cause there are few buses).
»
»Israeli exit tax is 96NIS at this border.
Wadi Araba (Yitzhak Rabin)
»
»Taxis run between Aqaba and the border (JD8, 15 minutes).
»
»You can walk the short distance across the border in a matter of minutes.
»
»Buses run to central Eilat, 2km away (five minutes).
