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Required travel documents for Djibouti

Required travel documents for Djibouti: passport [...]

Electric power

Electric power: 220V / 50Hz [...]

Area code to Djibouti

Area code to Djibouti: +253 [...]

Practical informations

Visa requirements UK visa required. USA visa required Embassy for the UK 26 rue Emile Mnier, 75116 Paris, France. Tel (1) 4727 4922; fax (1) 4553 5053 British embassy British Consulate, BP 81 Gellatly Hankey et Cie, Djibouti. Tel (253) 351 940; fax (253) [...]

Transport

Airports one international airport and 11 domestic airports; total passengers carried 140,000 (2001 est) Railways total length 121 km/75 mi; (part within Djibouti of 781-km/488-mi track linking Djibouti with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Roads total road network [...]

Culture

Scarcely 100 years old, the capital is home to two-thirds of the nation's population. Central Djibouti is laid out on a grid and is compact enough to explore in an afternoon. It sits on the western shore of an isthmus in the Gulf of Tadjoura, overlooking [...]

History

The Cushite people inhabited Djibouti long before the Arab traders and Ottoman Turks were attracted to the region by its strategic position. From very early times, the area including the present republic of Djibouti was grazing land for a number nomadic t [...]

Maskali and moucha islands, Djibouti

Two hot uninhabited islands, for a day trip, diving places and beaches, with a picnic lunch and fresh water. Half an hour from Djibouti harbor by boat. More info on: www.world66.com [...]

Lake assal, Djibouti

Lake Asal and the relatively young volcano of Arboukoba (people still remember the eruption of the 8th November 1978) offer stunnigly beautiful views. See the salt flats and the seismological probes. They are pretty close to Tadjoura as well as to Djibout [...]

Playa Bergantin, Djibouti

There is one good reason to visit Playa Bergantin: it's paradise.

Just follow the main road out of Puerto Plata to the east for a few miles, then take a dirt track to the left. [...]