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Algeria-Niger border

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I was succeed in obtaining Algerian visa. Next week I plan to start my African trip. I hope to get a Nigerian visa in Tamanrasset. Does anyone knows a firsthand information about situation at the Nigerian border? The information about Nigerian consulate in Tamanrasset will be a very useful for me too.

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The Niger consulate in Tam is fairly easy to find (havent used it for years, tho).
Go south (actually SE) down the main tree-lined street from the town centre and it's on the left near some big sat dishes and next to the Mali consulate. Look out for the Niger flag.
Just off the bottom of this map I believe, and before 'teapot junction': Algérie : Carte - Tamanrasset - Quid.fr

Don't know about Niger at the moment. At Assamaka they may put you in a convoy to Arlit and more likely from Arlit along the road to Agadez.

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The Niger consulate in Tam is fairly easy to find (havent used it for years, tho).
Go south (actually SE) down the main tree-lined street from the town centre and it's on the left near some big sat dishes and next to the Mali consulate. Look out for the Niger flag.
Just off the bottom of this map I believe, and before 'teapot junction': Algérie : Carte - Tamanrasset - Quid.fr

Don't know about Niger at the moment. At Assamaka they may put you in a convoy to Arlit and more likely from Arlit along the road to Agadez.

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Thanks Chris. I have 15 days in Algeria only. Do you have an info about term of obtaining Nigerian visa in Tam? What kind of visas are issued by them?

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Hi Alex, all I know is it was cheap and same day or maybe overnight service last time I tried it (for a one month visa) but that was many years ago.
Maybe someone else has more recent experience.

The alternative is to get it in Amsterdam, Bruxelles or Bonn - and maybe Geneva.

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Alex, I had been planning on doing similar route next March.

I got in contact with guides (Bienvenue sur le site d'Agadez Tourisme Sarl) about the crossing into Niger from Algeria and apparently it doesnt look good:

"sorry but it's really not the time to travel in those area regarding to insecurity, northern Niger remains " in emergency state", so no tourism is allowed there, we don't travel any more in these area. Our hotel remains open for people going there mainly on work purpose."

This pretty much put an end to me traveling the length of Algeria, I'd been advised by my Algerian guide to take this route as it was considered safer than crossing from Algeria into Mali.
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In fact, Northern Niger and northern Mali are not safe actually.
Niger Artlit - Agadez is preferable for a single car because it is easyer to team up with other locals to form a convoy. Both borders are not closed for tourists though and I know of of several who did the crossing successfully.
But I would not recommand any of them. If I had to, I would do Bordj Mokhtar Gao with a serious guide (expensive).

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