Algeria and carnet for west africa
 

were doing a trip round west africa going down the coast ,mauritania , senegal, gambia, mali burkina faso , gahna, niger and possibly up through algeria if its possible at the time ,
i know most of the french speaking ones dont need a carnet but does gahna and the gambia still let you in without a carnet ?
any advice from people that have travelled through algeria by bike recently ie is it safe and how was the availability of fuel going from niger or mali roughly what was the longest distance you traveled between fuel stops. cheers guys

You'll need a Carnet for Senegal

Do you need a carnet for Senegal if travelling by motorcycle?

Its better, (and more costy), if you have carnet for Senegal, but its possible to negotiate your way through without, it was 60 euro last winter. For Gambia you dont need carnet, but it also involves some bargaining at the border.
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thanks for the response guys , well just wait and see how much the carnet costs and weigh it up against the bribes cheers

Drove from Germany down to Morocco – Mauritania – Mali – Burkina-Faso – Ghana – Togo – Benin – Nigeria in Nov/Dec 2004 (last year) without a carnet and was issued lese passé (temporary import permit) at each border crossings which on the average cost about GPB 15. except Ghana where they were asking for close to GPB 1000. so I parked my car in Lome (Togo) and went to Accra by taxi. Of cause they said it was a bond and I would get money back on exiting the country … which is all bullocks, you’ll never get to see the custom’s agent again. For Nigeria I believe we were lucky to meet a nice customs officer who had pity upon us as its was after midnight, we paid only NGN1500 (GPB 7) a lese passé (temporary import permit)