EU-Dakar - speed record
 

What is the fastest anyone has heard for driving from Europe to Dakar? Tourists, not Paris-Dakar types...

Thanks,
Sam.

Hi Sam,

Although not incredibly fast I left Lisbon on the 27 of December and arrived Dakar by the 11th of January. Major stops/deviations included: the route Noudhibou-Atar-Chinguetti-Atar-Nouakchott, 2-days resting in S. Louis and the former-obligation of 2-days to pass between Dakhla and Nouadhibou.

José Brito

The fastest I know of from Paris to Dakar is eight days, (this was when an overnight stay in Nouadhibou was obligatory), it was done by three french guys in a Peugeot 504.

The fastest from Rabat to Dakhla is 18-19 hours done by a Mercedes 380 SEL and a Peugeot 605.

A German guy we know claims to have driven from the German/Austrian border to Dakhla in just under three days, but he took four more weeks to get the car to Dakar.

I did Munich-Bamako in eight days (including convoy) but was shattered by the time I got there.

Seeing that the border from Morocco to Mauritania is now open two people should be able to do it in three days, alone in four, but you need a fast four-wheel drive (Range Rover or Grand Cherokee) and you would have to time the tide and the Rosso ferry properly. Alone in six or seven days is not a problem.

But whats the point?