This is for the benefit of all who like to go to ALKARM. Your feedback is always welcome. If you have technical questions about GPS and maps in Egypt, you might like to use resources on www.SaharaSafaris.org FROM CAIRO ---------- GPS waypoints to follow if you're coming from Cairo. Come at the road and get offroad at the waypoint XS1CAI and follow the route through Wadi Sahab to the Ecolodge. The trail follows an old phone line at its straight begining. The 'S' letter in the waypoints names indicate the wadi Sahab. K-GRDN is an intersection point of 4x4 trails. ALKARM wpt is at the gate of the ecolodge. XS1CAI, 28.715676070, 33.7784582376 S02 , 28.696020842, 33.8085955381 S03 , 28.676746488, 33.8327783346 S04 , 28.675051332, 33.8329553604 S05 , 28.674970866, 33.8342481852 S06 , 28.672792912, 33.8383305073 S07 , 28.671773673, 33.8387328386 S08 , 28.669708372, 33.8407713175 S09 , 28.668388725, 33.8411468267 S10 , 28.653695584, 33.8666975498 S11 , 28.648497463, 33.8743525743 S12 , 28.645005227, 33.8731241226 S13 , 28.642548323, 33.8872915506 K-GRDN, 28.650702155, 33.8933104277 ALKARM, 28.649779559, 33.8965827227 =================================== FROM KATRINA TOWN (KTRNA wpt shown in maps) ------------------------------------------- From Katrina it's shorter from Wadi Tarfa. Take road out of Katrina to Wadi Tarfa and get offroad at XT1KTR (near the school at some rock sign at side of the road saying Sheikh 3Awwaad) leading from Wadi Tarfa to AlKarm Ecolodge. The 'T' letter in the waypoints names indicate the route starting at wadi Tarfa route. XT1KTR, 28.693145514, 33.9226806164 T02 , 28.690822721, 33.9224392176 T03 , 28.689444066, 33.9226377010 T04 , 28.686541916, 33.9235603809 T05 , 28.686456085, 33.9240753651 T06 , 28.685045243, 33.9247941971 T07 , 28.682373763, 33.9246547222 T08 , 28.681279422, 33.9237320423 T09 , 28.678430916, 33.9223533869 T10 , 28.677712084, 33.9225411415 T11 , 28.676623107, 33.9214468002 T12 , 28.674380780, 33.9196497202 T13 , 28.672594429, 33.9194458723 T14 , 28.671188951, 33.9166617393 T15 , 28.664520980, 33.9144730568 T16 , 28.663110138, 33.9020705223 T17 , 28.664086462, 33.9005470276 T18 , 28.658051492, 33.8934713602 K-GRDN, 28.650702155, 33.8933104277 ALKARM, 28.649779559, 33.8965827227 NOTES: ------ 1-You might like to set a 'route' at your GPS with the above waypoints in the order shown (simply use the serial numbers after T or S.) 2-Use with maps that could be downloaded here. 3-ALWAYS HAVE A COMPASS AND USE GPS WITH CAUTION! In cases of emergency (GPS breakdown) for both routes the road is directly north of you (although has few entry points to it from where you are, so use your judgement of the most 'open' wadis toward North) 4-Source: SaharaSafaris ( www.SaharaSafaris.org ) Egypt's Exploration and Nature Apperciation Community. Updated by Mohamed Mabrouk (desertmoh@yahoo.com) on 2005/12/02. 5-You can download the latest version of this file (downloaded from http://ecolodges.saharasafaris.org/alkarm/GPS-AlKarmSinaiEcolodge.txt), and maps that show all the above waypoints.