leaving Tanzania/Kenia without car, what about carnet
 

Hi all,
I am driving a 4WD from Tunis to Tanzania. In March I want to leave the car with friends in Tanzania and fly home to return somewhere in October. Want to drive to SA and Namibia then. What is the best way to arrange this concerning my carnet. Is it possible to enter Tanz without the carnet? Or is there another way to deal with this. Maybe Kenia has possibilities that Tanz doesn't have? Any ideas?

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Andre
www.imaginature.nl

Tanzania will allow you to enter on a temporary import permit, and thus do not have to stamp your carnet.

From memory though I think the TIP is only for three months, so this may present a problem. It may be possible to renew somehow???

I know that you can securely leave your vehicle for a long term stay at Upper Hill campsite in Nairobi. You will have to pay something, but the manager there is a nice guy

cheers

There is no problem with the carnet - just leave the car there and you're fine. The carnet is related to the vehicle, not you in anyway. If it doesn't leave Tanzania ever, you lose your deposit and that's the end of it.

As long as the carnet doesn't expire while you're away, you're good. You could even take the carnet with you - and I would anyway - and renew it while at home. Just make sure they put the Tanzania entry page in the new carnet! Then you get it stamped out wehen you leave, easy.

Read up on how the carnet works - link on left menu.



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Grant Johnson

Seek, and ye shall find.
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One world, Two wheels.
www.HorizonsUnlimited.com

Hey Matt, Grant,
Thanks for the replies. I never thought it would be that easy.

Grant, in reading through again on the carnet page, it seems to say that the canadian auto assoc only requires $5000.00 USD deposit whereas I was under the impression from other readings on the site that the deposit was 5 X the value of the vehicle in order to ascertain payment in countries such as Saudi Arabia which charges that amount.
Did I misread, or is there some clause of which I am not aware?

Gotta read every word - "and a minimum CD$5,000 bond" minimum being the word that matters. In other words, if your bike is worth C$600, it's still C$5,000. BUT if your bike is worth 10,000, then it's x times that, x depending on the countries you wish to go to. It is NOT automatically 5 times - you choose the countries you wish it to be valid for, and pay depending on that choice.

Hope that clarifies it a little...


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Grant Johnson

Seek, and ye shall find.
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One world, Two wheels.
www.HorizonsUnlimited.com