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Where can't we take our RHD vehicle?
Hi all,
A lurker here who has been reading various threads. One thing I was surprised to read was that right hand drive is banned in a few countries with various levels of strictness and enforcement. Some exempt temporarily imported vehicles. Is there a list of these countries on here? It is a little tedious trying to compile it all by hand. So far, I have:
El Salvador
Nicaragua if the border guards care
Chile
Bolivia
Vietnam
Thanks,
James
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19 Feb 2014
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Gambia requires (or did) a carnet for RHD but not LHD after an influx of RHDs on the plymouth dakar
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Ghana was a real pain to get into without a Carnet in our RHD Defender 90, took us over 4 hours to persuade the police chief to let us in, this was 11 years ago now, so not sure if things are better/worse currently. Our friend in a LHD German TLC got straight in with no Carnet.
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Azerbaijan apparently applies the same 72 hour to get to Baku port rule to RHD cars that it applies to motorcycles, drivers of LHD can get temporary import for the length of their visa if they argue their case.
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Oman, Saudi Arabia. No way to drive RHD in those countries as far as I know.
I was once refused entry to Uzbekistan in my RHD vehicle, but a little negotiation and persistence got me through. On three subsequent visits nothing was mentioned.
Got into Azerbaijan with RHD vehicle, was given 72 hours, didn't realise LHD cars could stay longer!
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Nigeria and Cameroon are worth noting. It is entirely legal to drive a RHD in transit as a tourist, but not to import it permanently. So expect a lot of excited policemen to stop you thinking they will be getting a big bribe. No problems at the borders, they know, but not all policemen do, so you need some patience to explain your just transiting and its all legal.
Saudi = definite No. Had to go on the back of a truck driven by Ali Barber.
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Originally Posted by danielsprague
Got into Azerbaijan with RHD vehicle, was given 72 hours, didn't realise LHD cars could stay longer!
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Friends entered with their German registered LHD Landcruiser and after a discussion were given a 30 day permit to match their visas.
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Costa Rica
We have just given up trying to get our LR Defender out of a container after 2 weeks of trying in San Jose. We have even tried lawyers but there is a new 2012 law that apparently prohibits all right hand drive vehicle even temporarily passing through Costa Rica. I know some RHD vehicles got from Panama to Nicaragua last year and it may be possible via land borders now if the correct palm is greased. We had expected a problem with El Salvador and got a special permission via the land rover club . It looks like the Darien Gap is getting wider
Chris
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