Visa - (South-)West + Central Africa
 

Currently, we are in Kenya on our overland trip to Cape Town.

We would very much like to drive back to Europe via the "other side", i.e. Angola, DRC, Congo, Gabon, Cameroon and "West-Africa" (maybe avoiding Mali). Probably we will start driving back at the end of October.

I am looking for recent information about the necessary visa from overlanders who did the same route up to Europe. More in particular, I would be pleased if someone could tell me if certain visa are difficult to obtain and in such case, where I could obtain those visa (which cities/borders/help from agencies/etc.).

Thanks a lot in advance!

Visa West+Central
 

hi Anacondor,
we had short contact on lonelyplanet-thorntree.

Got a friend "Titbird" the hubb, going down west and up later via
eastroute. is now in DRC. He will surely give good advise.
2nd contact Africa

Question to you: how long was your waiting at Aswan for the ferry?
and how was moyale-marsabit?

greetings--------geert
geertvdgucht@yahoo.com

Hi Geert,

Thanks for the information. However, I would like to stress that I am in particular interested in information from people going north from south (western route), as this may differ a lot, strangely enough.

We have been waiting for about a week in Aswan for the ferry to Wadi Halfa. We met 2 other couples and shared a (private) barge for about EUR 2,500. The Egyptians are shockingly keen in ripping you of, and there is no choice. Getting in an out of Egypt is a financial nightmare.

We did not drive Moyale-Marsabit, but the Lake Turkana route. Absolutely magnificent and the route is just fine if you expect a horrible road. We did it together with another car, just to be safe in case our car would break down (but did not even have a puncture).

Hi,

To get the Visa for Angola was the hardest part for me. Everything else will be managable and may ba Mali is ok again by the time you will be there...

Riding the rough west coast through Africa part 3

Have fun, Tobi