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travelHK 18 Nov 2011 19:05
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.

Thanks

Hendi

PS : I am french (for visa question)

MountainMan 18 Nov 2011 20:16
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

travelHK 18 Nov 2011 21:45
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 )

Peter King 19 Nov 2011 10:40
Africa, West Coast
 
Suggest better mid-October so as to pass through W Africa before Harmattan

Peter

travelHK 19 Nov 2011 21:32
africa
 
Thanks but it seems like I will be getting the rain right after ??, no easy choice

Henn 21 Nov 2011 15:49
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

Titbird 21 Nov 2011 16:24
What a fantastic google map, thanks for that!:thumbup1:

Dave The Hat 21 Nov 2011 23:55
Agreed, this map is very useful, thank you very much for posting this :thumbup1:

lbendel 23 Nov 2011 16:59
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/

Laurent

taniyamorris 25 Nov 2011 13:25
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.... :clap:

Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

travelHK 25 Nov 2011 23:05
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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