uk-south africa, scooters
 

a friend of mine and i are planning an overland tour to south africa from the UK, on scooters.
Apart form the usual info picked up on the forum does anyone have any specific advise or route idea since the sudan / ethiopia appears to be particularly contentious.

any help appreciated

Cheers.

Its pretty straightforward between Sudan and Ethiopia as far as I'm aware. We drove through it in 2002 and it was fine. The difficult issue depending on whether you are coming from West Africa is Chad / Sudan where there has been fighting between government troops and rebels near the border. This gives two problems, 1) the overall security for wanting to pass through there, 2) even if your prepared to risk it, getting a visa.

If you come from the North it should be fairly straightforward. There is usually some hassle going through Egypt with lots of paperwork and lots of costs but just a process to go through.

cheers, thats good to know.

what crossing point did you take? which do you recommend for the sudan into ethiopia crossing.

cheers

Hi,
I met 2 Germans in Cape Town end last year who did Hamburg to CT by Vespa. Very nice guys, they have a website...my memory is a sieve, but i think its something like
www.hamburg-to-cape-town-by-vespa.de
They will be a brilliant source of info to you. Say hi from James in CT!
Jim
PS contact me if you need me to lok up their contact details, i have them somewhere.
PPS Im doing CT to Cairo in April, maybee we meet on the road!

you don't have to take eastern africa but go down the west coast:

nigeria-cameroon-gabon-congo-angola-namibia-south africa

just make sure you don't get to congo in the rainy season... :-)

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online diary and travel info from the road in africa:

west coast to cape town
east coast to zurich

www.contrast.cx