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EU-Dakar - speed record
What is the fastest anyone has heard for driving from Europe to Dakar? Tourists, not Paris-Dakar types...
Thanks, Sam. |
Hi Sam,
Although not incredibly fast I left Lisbon on the 27 of December and arrived Dakar by the 11th of January. Major stops/deviations included: the route Noudhibou-Atar-Chinguetti-Atar-Nouakchott, 2-days resting in S. Louis and the former-obligation of 2-days to pass between Dakhla and Nouadhibou. José Brito |
The fastest I know of from Paris to Dakar is eight days, (this was when an overnight stay in Nouadhibou was obligatory), it was done by three french guys in a Peugeot 504.
The fastest from Rabat to Dakhla is 18-19 hours done by a Mercedes 380 SEL and a Peugeot 605. A German guy we know claims to have driven from the German/Austrian border to Dakhla in just under three days, but he took four more weeks to get the car to Dakar. I did Munich-Bamako in eight days (including convoy) but was shattered by the time I got there. Seeing that the border from Morocco to Mauritania is now open two people should be able to do it in three days, alone in four, but you need a fast four-wheel drive (Range Rover or Grand Cherokee) and you would have to time the tide and the Rosso ferry properly. Alone in six or seven days is not a problem. But whats the point? |
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