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18 Nov 2011
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West Coast Africa timing
I will heading to Africa after my South America leg (now in Chile) and was wondering if any of you have some suggestion as far as timing for the West part of Africa , starting from Marocco , another question will about visa since most of them have to be done while travelling what was your delay in this matter.
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Hendi
PS : I am french (for visa question)
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Hi Hendi,
It's a bit different for you since you are coming from the south, but there are a few posts on the west coast visas. I was there for a bit last year, feel free to pm me if you have any specific questions.
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...cameroun-60299
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africa
I will PM you , I will be back in the state by January and will buy a smaller bike for the trip and will leave when the best riding season will start in Africa ( I think next December )
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19 Nov 2011
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Africa, West Coast
Suggest better mid-October so as to pass through W Africa before Harmattan
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19 Nov 2011
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Thanks but it seems like I will be getting the rain right after ??, no easy choice
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We rode down the west coast last year, starting in Morocco in mid-November and ending in South Africa in late-Feb. It seemed perfect for us regarding weather. We met our first rain in Namibia.
Some visa info (for Australians, but should hopefully be similar for you) here: West African embassies, borders and accomodation. - Google Maps
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What a fantastic google map, thanks for that!
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Agreed, this map is very useful, thank you very much for posting this
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Regarding the weather, going south to north you'll have the rains one way or another: you have to cross DRC/Congo (south of the equator) before the rains start, in September or so. But then you're heading right into the rainy season in Cameroon/Nigeria/Mali etc.. which ends in October/November.
I've put together an animation on how this works over here:
http://overlanding-tracks.appspot.com/
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Hi,
Have a look at our web site for route information for the west coast, north to south. We started in Morocco in Aug & entered Namibia late March. We avoided the rains in Gabon/DRC/Congo (just).
We loved every minute of the trip....
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
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Africa
Thanks to all of you for your help , sorry I didn't answer earlier but I was stock in bad weather in the careterra Austral but now its all good so a lot of reading and checking and your webs
Thanks again
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