Carnet for Egypt ?
 

Carnet for Egypt? I've seen the posting where a rider in July had an expensive lesson..but I'm still hoping to get in without a carnet ~ what is the current position ?

A carnet is required for Egypt. Don't even think of trying without it. The border crossing formalities WITH a carnet is a huge pain in the ass as it is, without trying to do it without a carnet. They know what it is - and they want it.

They have a very large compound in Cairo - full of expensive Range Rovers, Rolls Royces, and plain ordinary cars. They told me when I asked that they were all permanently impounded, primarily because of a problem at the border, or they stayed in the country too long without paying taxes.

There would be a sale of them all eventually, probably to someone with the right connections.

I think that even if you did get in somehow, you still have to get out. And that's just as hard or harder.

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Grant Johnson

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Make sure your carnet covers you for Egypt if you're going trans-Africa. I just got an 'Africa wide' carnet and it specificially excludes Egypt, don't know why.

Happy Travels

Curiously done, but it's probably because Egypt's tax/duty rates are higher than anyone else's, so the price for the carnet would be higher.

They should have told you. Where did you get it from?

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Grant Johnson

Share the Dream!
at: www.HorizonsUnlimited.com

From the RAC in the UK. To be fair to them they did ask which countries I'd be travelling through (Egypt isn't one of them) but I thought Kenya had the highest import duty rate in Africa so if you were covered for there you'd be covered for the whole continent.

I just checked with the Dutch organisation that provides carnets. Wherever a carnet is required in Africa the required deposit is 100% of the current value of the vehicle. Except in Egypt, here it is 0,75 x 90% of the new value in the year of putting it on the road.
In Morocco and Algeria a carnet is not required.

Auke