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Shipping from S America to Africa w/out Carnet

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for advice on where to ship or fly my bike from South America to get to Africa. Originally I was going to go from Buenos Aires to Cape Town but I’ve heard that shipping/flying from BA is unnecessarily expensive.

My major hurtle is that I’m trying to avoid getting a Carnet de Passage and from what I gather I will definitely need one if I ship/fly my bike into South Africa.

Does anyone have advice or experience with shipping/flying their bikes from South Anerixa to Africa without a carnet?

All advice is welcome!

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This is my exact question in a nut shell.
Did you find any info elsewhere?
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Hey! Bumping this thread - would also love to know the best way to ship my stuff from South America to Cape Town. From what I currently know there is no way to do it without a carnet
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Hey everyone,

I’m looking for advice on where to ship or fly my bike from South America to get to Africa. Originally I was going to go from Buenos Aires to Cape Town but I’ve heard that shipping/flying from BA is unnecessarily expensive.

My major hurtle is that I’m trying to avoid getting a Carnet de Passage and from what I gather I will definitely need one if I ship/fly my bike into South Africa.

Does anyone have advice or experience with shipping/flying their bikes from South Anerixa to Africa without a carnet?

All advice is welcome!

Thanks
Your better option is to ship to Namibia (Walvis Bay). In Africa you are all good on the West coast riding up to Morocco. You don't necessarily need a carnet for that route, on the East coast you only need it for Egypt. Other option is to go from Sudan to Saudi Arabia, this route is possible without a carnet (only for men riders).

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