Kafouri
Kafouri is a prestigious neighbourhood located in Khartoum North, Khartoum State, Sudan.
Kafouri is a prestigious neighbourhood located in Khartoum North, Khartoum State, Sudan. It is situated to the north of Khartoum city, the capital of Sudan. Kafouri was once a large farming area owned by a Lebanese trader named Aziz Kafouri, hence the name of the neighbourhood. It is known for its significance in the region and its proximity to Khartoum International Airport. However, it has also been a site of conflict and heavy fire due to fighting between rival forces in Sudan in 2023.
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Worth seeing in and around Kafouri
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National Ribat University
The National Ribat University is a university based in the city of Khartoum, Sudan. The President of the Republic is the university's sponsor.
2.9 km · university in Khartoum, Sudan · Wikipedia - 02Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge
The Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge is a bascule bridge in Sudan, which links the capital Khartoum to the industrial city Khartoum North across the Blue Nile.
3.8 km · bridge in Sudan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kafouri
- Airports
- Khartoum (KRT), 6 km
- Port Sudan → Kafouri661 km · quickest by air, 4h 52m · $190–290
- Aswan → Kafouri941 km · quickest by air, 8h 3m · E£6,040–9,360
- Jeddah → Kafouri953 km · quickest by air, 6h 17m · SAR680–1,050
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kafouri
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kafouri. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also walk out to the main road about 200 m from the airport terminal and catch minibuses that cruise along the road.
- Get inOlder, more infrequent trains run from Port Sudan, Wadi Halfa - for connections with ferries from Egypt - and even Nyala.
- Get aroundThese come in three varieties; bright yellow and often beaten up Toyota Corollas Model 1977, small 6-seater minivans, and more modern metered taxis.
- Get aroundMinibuses are the cheapest way to get around Khartoum, especially between the three cities.
- Get aroundThere are easily thousands of minibuses and seeing all of them gather near the Great Mosque and Souk al-Arabi is a sight to behold.
From Wikivoyage: Khartoum, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Kafouri
Kafouri is 4 km from Khartoum North, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.