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Post By Chris Scott

2 Oct 2015
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new info
Correction on Calabar:
New location from Jamie (above) about a week old:
N04°59.8' E08°19.4'
"...CFA 50K, 2 photos, no other docs required... Issued on the spot... Easiest visa experience of the trip."
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any other other top tips to get the 'hard to get visas'?
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Well my info (for next AM Handbook) has only been gleaned from scouring this excellent forum and the links to blogs off it. It really is the best source out there.
Presumably due to Ebola and Boko fallout, Jamie (OTR 4 months) says he's only seen 2 other overlanders in West Af, and one lot scarpered and took sea freight out of Ghana.
These are all armchair suggestions, but as a Brit I would: - Get a 30-day Angola at home and then and get down there in 60 days (or use spare ppt and do it OTR at some expense). No untoward hoops to jump through, afaics. It is clear Angolan consulates in Africa won't do the same. Gives you proper time to see Angola.
- Get Nigeria asap - Bamako seems best, Burkina there too.
- Benin wherever - not a tough one, is it?
- Dont know how long Gabon takes or where is best, but the crossing and 200km piste from Mbalam (Cam) to Sembe (Cong-Bz) is doable on a trail bike/fourbie with OK weather and from Ouesso south is plain sailing to Brazza and getting plainer.
- Better to cross into DRC using the backborder at Luozi if you have a non-home country issued visa (as most will). In Kinshasa it's said they can turn you back (code for an XXXL bribe?).
- Last year someone got a short Angola at Dolisie - took a lot of visits, but seems still doable at $200 a go.
- If that fails take the 'Greek' route to Lubumbashi. Turn south at Mutombo and follow the N39. Less hard and less cop riddled than the high route. Pinasse required 30km before Musumba. Don't know how that works for cars.
- Go to Tajikistan instead ;-)
This is all secondhand info, but as recent as I could be bothered to dig up; it's bound to change. Did a similar summary for Asia, fyi.
Last edited by Chris Scott; 3 Oct 2015 at 13:23.
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