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You can request a licensed taxi from Mansoura to New Damietta in the Taxi Masr app and see the meter fare for your route before you confirm. For a trip of 60 to 80 km the daytime fare runs from about EGP 352.50 to EGP 462.50, and a captain may send you a lower offer with a discount of up to 20%. The return from New Damietta cannot be requested in the app at the moment, though, so arrange it before you go.
Plenty of people travel this road: Damietta University students, commuters, people visiting relatives. Many of them ride in a private car whose owner offers seats for a fare. This guide explains how the taxi fare is worked out, and what you get in a licensed taxi that you do not get in a private car.
The tariff is the same inside and outside the city, and there is no fixed price for out-of-town trips: a EGP 20 flag fall + EGP 5 per km + 50 piastres per minute, plus 25% from midnight to 5 am. The road distance depends on where you start in Mansoura, which part of New Damietta you are going to and the route the captain takes, so here are three illustrative distances:
| Approx. distance / time | Daytime meter | Lowest possible offer (20% off) | Midnight to 5 am |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 km / 65 min | EGP 352.50 | EGP 282 | EGP 440.63 |
| 70 km / 75 min | EGP 407.50 | EGP 326 | EGP 509.38 |
| 80 km / 85 min | EGP 462.50 | EGP 370 | EGP 578.13 |
The sum for 70 km in 75 minutes: 20 + (70 × 5) + (75 × 0.50) = EGP 407.50. These are illustrative figures; the reference is always the price shown for your route in the app, and it does not go up after you confirm, even if the journey takes longer.
Road tolls: the app price is based on distance and time only and has no separate line for toll gates. If your route passes a toll gate, agree with the captain in the in-app chat before setting off how it will be handled.
Important: New Damietta is outside the current service area, and the pickup point must be inside it. So you can book a taxi from Mansoura to New Damietta, but a ride starting in New Damietta cannot be requested in the app at the moment.
If you are going for a few hours and coming back, settle how you will get home before you leave: public transport whose times you know, or a relative who can bring you back. And do not ask the captain to wait for you in New Damietta as part of the ride; the ride ends at the destination.
A private car is licensed for personal use, not for carrying passengers for a fare. A taxi is a hire vehicle licensed for exactly that. On a long trip between two governorates the difference shows even more:
| Licensed taxi via Taxi Masr | Private car for a fare | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | A hire vehicle licensed to carry passengers | A private licence that does not cover paid passengers |
| Driver | National ID and driving licence reviewed by our team before the account is activated | You know only what they tell you |
| Price | The meter fare is shown before you request and does not rise after you confirm | A verbal deal that can change on the way |
| Before you get in | The captain's name, rating, plate number and the car's colour and model | Nothing to check against |
| During the ride | Live map tracking, sharing with your family, and an SOS button | No record of the trip |
| After the ride | A receipt, a rating, and complaints and refunds in the app | Nobody to turn to |
And if you leave something in the car, on an app ride you know the captain and the plate number and can contact them; in a car whose owner you do not know, you may never find it again.
Damietta University is based in New Damietta, but some of its faculties are in Damietta city itself, so check where your faculty is before you enter the destination. If you have an exam or a fixed appointment, schedule the ride: you get a reminder 15 minutes before, and the search for a captain starts about 10 minutes before. Scheduling does not reserve a specific captain hours in advance, so set off early enough.
A long trip is cheaper for each person when several people share it. The fare can be split equally in the app between up to 5 numbers. Every ride is an ordinary licensed taxi with no larger car class, so a big group with luggage may need two cars.
Shared transport is cheaper per person and suits anyone happy to wait and get off at a fixed stop. A taxi suits anyone who needs to go door to door at a set time, anyone with luggage or elderly relatives, or a group sharing the fare, which brings each person's share closer to the cost of shared transport.
For 70 km in 75 minutes, about EGP 407.50 during the day on the meter, and a captain may offer as little as EGP 326. The distance depends on where you start and where you are going, and the exact price appears in the app before you request.
Yes, 25% from midnight to 5 am, which makes the 70 km example about EGP 509.38.
Not in the app at the moment, because New Damietta is outside the service area and the pickup point must be inside it. Arrange your return before you go.
A taxi is a hire vehicle licensed to carry passengers, you see the captain's and the car's details before you get in, the price is fixed once you confirm, and the trip has a record, a receipt and a way to complain. A private car is licensed for personal use only, and the deal is verbal.
The price has no separate line for toll gates. Agree with the captain in the chat before setting off if your route passes one.
Yes, choose the day and time in the app. The search for a captain starts about 10 minutes before the time, so leave enough margin before your appointment.
Know the price of your trip to New Damietta before you leave, arrange your return in advance, and ride in a licensed taxi whose driver you know. Download the Taxi Masr app and book at the meter fare or less.
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