When looking up the potentially best route from Europe to Kenya I came over this map one might find interesting.



Is the map reflecting the actual situation?
Which route is actually most common or recommended going from Europe to Kenya.

Cheers,
Wauschi

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This map is quite old. Paved road from Morocco to Nouakchott was made few years ago.

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I'm thinking it would be great if we could put together an updated version of continental maps based on most recently traveled routes.

My versions from forthcoming AMH7
(Other routes are available)

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Chris
Can't wait for the amh7 aka 'the bible'. Am using 6 at the minute for my forthcoming rtw (on a cb500x with level 3 RR!).
You are a bad (good) influence!
Am based in Croydon (noticed you got your X from dobles).
Keep up the good work!
Michael

[QUOTE=Wauschi;522027]When looking up the potentially best route from Europe to Kenya I came over this map one might find interesting.



Is the map reflecting the actual situation?
Which route is actually most common or recommended going from Europe to Kenya.

cant wait to see updated map with new roads and political situation nowadays

The actual situation as it was several years ago, before even South Sudan or the sealed road to Nouakchott.
Europe to Kenya is Route 4 as shown - still the same bar the complications of actually getting to Egypt.

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I guess the map is pretty theoretical at present...

Route 3 would definitely be out for the foreseeable future, and I believe Route 2 also.

Route 5 passes some very sketchy parts of northern Nigeria, but I guess it could be adjusted fairly easily.

Routes 6 and 8 are what really interest me (especially 8). I think there have been a few people to make Route 6 recently. I also read a blog a year or two ago about a cyclist who did Route 8. I'd love to do that by car.

Route 7 goes through places which have been affected by Ebola, not sure if there is any restriction on entering though.

Not sure about Route 9, has anyone crossed from Angola to DRC there? I;ve read quite a few accounts of people taking the road across southern DRC after failing to get an Angolan visa.

So I would say only Route 4 is practicable in its entirety.

And as for paved / unpaved... that seems a very minor technicality.

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EurasiaOverland a memoir of one quarter of a million kilometres by road through all of the Former USSR, Western and Southern Asia.

This site summarizes the different roads possible (roughly) on an interactive map. This is all roads taken by actual riders, not theoretical or speculative like the above.

Overlanding: Africa Routes

Cheers,
Laurent

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Nice map Laurent, much better than that old map which I'm sure was based on actual journeys too, it's just way out of date, that's all. It happens to all maps, even your one is not keeping up. To do so is a big commitment.

I have to say the red 'dangerous' zone is rather liberally applied. What's dangerous about northern Chad, Algeria or the Mauritanian Adrar? (Or Dagestan for that matter, at least on the coast, as Eurasia will tell you).
But as for the Lake Chad 'corridor' shown; I wouldn't fancy my chances on that one right now. Boko activity (including suicide bombings in Chad) is not neatly limited to Nigeria.

I would not think that if I was trying to get from Dolosie to Brazza, or tackling the Lumbumbashi track in the wet on a GS12 on Anakees. While it lasts, it makes a huge difference to accessibility in equatorial Africa, just as it did in the Sahara, or even rural Morocco.

Here are some other updates for the interactive map; a good one on which to base the proposed communal HUBB effort:
• the once notorious Ekok to Mamfe (Cam) now all new tar
• same from Oyo up to Ouesso and Sembe (Brazza)
• and up to Moyale (Kenya) now or very soon. (Watch the Ohlins and Showa shares tumble.)
• No ferries from Turkey to Egypt afaik,
• The 'Greek' route in SW DRC via Kapanga and Kolwezi is said to be less hassle than the well known Kamina one (see my map 2, above)

Plenty more I'm sure. It's a never ending task ;-)

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hi
i am travelling right now from egypt to cape town and would like to know if somebody has information about the road(sudan) from dongola via al dabbah direct to khartoum? thanks for all help! iam right now in aswan waiting for my visa.. greetings beat

Finally we were able to put together a first route based on your feedback, thank you!

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...179#post526928

Cheers,
Wauschi

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