Mauritania
 

Two questions:

Is the highway completed Nouadhibou-NKT?
Another post has said that carnets are required for Mali and Mauritania - which I don't think is correct. What is says on the visa application, and what is actually needed on the ground are frequently different.

Thoughts?

Sam.

In august this year the road from NDB to NKC was almost ready. Work on the last 15 km was in progress. I suppose the road should be ready by now. The part between the two borderposts - about 5 km - seems to stay a piste for the coming years.
Greetings,
Gerbert

Gerbert - can you confirm no carnets were needed ?

In august no carnet was needed for Mauritania. For Mali I do not know, but I suppose you don't need one.

Two weeks a go there were three unpaved sections bet NDB and NCKT, some with soft sand and some indestructible 190 MB stock on it. The worse near NDB. There were a few kmts of corrugations before NCKTT.

No need of carnet in RIM, but essential in Rosso.

good trip !

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good trip


Hi Sam . Just arrived to Dakar. The highway is completed short of 100 metres of passable sand.

No carnet was needed for Mauri ,nor for Senegal just a little hassle at diama but nothin unusual

Carnet is defionitely nor needed for Mali as the embassy in Yoff here has confirmed;

good news is that mauri visa at the border is now 30 euros .and the douanne hut doesnt charge any more for inscribing vehicles

morocco border has moved to a new brand nez facilities south of guergarrat much more convenient.

In the nobodys land beetween the borders they have setup scrapyards so they can buy cars tax-free and dismantle them and then ship the parts hassle free to nouaddibou .clever ,isnt ?

have fun
Javier