--- title: "El Arish to Elkana – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "El Arish to Elkana is 161 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/el-arish-to-elkana" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/el-arish-to-elkana.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from El Arish to Elkana [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=El+Arish&to=Elkana) [Elkana to El Arish](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/elkana-to-el-arish) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 161 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Sun 25 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 161 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 25 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best E£2,700 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 4h 46m E£375–500 Estimated **Avoid** · North Sinai 279 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=El+Arish&to=Elkana) - [**Taxi** 4h 46m E£2,510–3,770 Estimated **Avoid** · North Sinai one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=El+Arish&to=Elkana) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Egypt; the planner lets you pick yours. - **e-Visa likely needed for Israel** · Egypt passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/israel/entry-requirements) - **Likely no visa needed for Palestinian Territory** · Egypt passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/palestine/entry-requirements) - **Avoid travel to North Sinai** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt/warnings-and-insurance) - **Do not travel to Palestinian Territory** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.xgz.html) - **Reconsider travel to Israel** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.isr.html) [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/israel/warnings-and-insurance) - **Parts of Palestine are advised against, not on this route** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/palestine/warnings-and-insurance) - **Exercise increased caution in Egypt** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.egy.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Departures today Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from El Arish to Elkana? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 46m door to door. The straight-line distance is 161 km. What is the cheapest way from El Arish to Elkana? Drive is the cheapest, from E£375. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Elkana from El Arish by road? About 279 km, roughly 4h 46m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around E£375–500; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Elkana Israeli settlement in the West Bank Elkana or Elqana is an Israeli settlement and local council in the north-western Samarian hills in the West Bank, located 3.1 km to the east of the Green Line and the city of Rosh HaAyin. It was founded in 1977 by a group from Gush Emunim of religious and non-religious Jews, and by July 2020 it had a population of 3858. [The Elkana guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/elkana) [Hotels in Elkana Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/el-arish-to-elkana, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt