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Gibraltar to Timbukto - How?

Hi All,
Proposing a trip beginning from Paris and ending in Dakar. We don't necessarily wish or need to follow the Dakar rally route because we also want to go to Timbukto in Mali on route and so the preferred route will be Paris, Gibraltar, Timbukto, Dakar.

Looking on maps it would appear that there are roads of sorts between Timbukto and Dakar but from Gibraltar to Timbukto there is little or nothing - except desert and lots of it!


My questions...
  1. Are there tracks from north Africa southward through the sahara to Timbukto and if so how easy is it to navigate?
  2. Are there points on route where fuel/food can be got?
  3. How many days roughly for this leg of the trip (I know it depends on so many factors but if someone could relate their experience)
  4. I won't open the "what bike" debate except to say that it is going to be purchased for about £1,000 (€1,200) ($1,500) and worked on before the trip, but i'm erring towards a Suzuki DR350/400 or Yamaha XT600...thoughts?
  5. Any other advice?
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