Hi All

My Landy is in Dakhla, Western Sahara.

I need to get it out of Morocco before 27th September.

It's still in pieces:

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I am flying from Cape Town via London on 11th September (I know, not a great date) and still not sure exactly how I'm getting to Dakhla.

I was thinking of heading to Europe, but not through Morocco...

Basically via Northern Mauritania (train to Choum) and then North through Algeria.

Does anyone have any experience/contacts with this route?

I'm on my own for now, so looking for some brave/stupid people to join up for the adventure/suicide mission...

I'll post this in Travellers seeking Travellers too...

... via Northern Mauritania (train to Choum) and then North through Algeria.


Hi David, nice idea but not currently possible (no entry to Alg) and very rarely done, even in the good years - usually the other direction. One of the two parties I know that did it got robbed near Guelb - and that was long before AQIM ever came on the scene.

Ch

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uhhh, quite confusing: your landlover in pieces in Dakhla, want to fly from SA to London and then back to Dakhla (I assume) with a plasdtic bag to collect your landy, then head back south again just to go north, WTF?
ever had a look at a map of africa?
for starters?

yes, does sound slightly odd...
I live in Africa and yes, I know very well what the map looks like.

The history is like this:

I rode a motorbike from South Africa up to Nigeria a few years back.
I bought the Land Rover in Nigeria, then put my motorbike on the back of it and drove it down to South Africa.
Then I drove the Land Rover from South Africa along the West Coast, and left it in Morocco in April (I had to fly home for some family issues).
Now I need to get the car OUT of Morocco, and my flight is only back to London.
The reason it is in pieces, is because I rolled it over in Benin in January, and continued with it until Morocco, where I left it with a panel-beater to make it good enough to get into Europe...

The car is currently less than 500km from the Mauritanian border, so I thought it would be quicker to head South and then go up through Algeria and Tunisia.

I have spoken with some Saharawi's who know the route through Mauritania, and I was planning on taking them with - to the camps at Tindouf.

Now that Chris has confirmed it is not possible, and the Algerian visa is going to take too long to get, I'll just rush through Morocco and hopefully make it to Spain before the deadline - and avoid the 10,000 Dirham fine for overstaying the 6 months...

The other option would be to put it on a ship to the Canary Islands (Naviera Armas ferry discontinued earlier this year), but apparently there are ships who can take it from Agadir to Las Palmas, but how costly that will be is unknown.

I may just go touring Eastern Europe instead - in which case I will ask you for a good map of Slovenia!

Hi David

Yes your main hassle here will be the Algerian visa.
Also the Saharawi camps are located outside of Tindouf and sometimes Polisario will look for an invite if you are planning on staying over with them, but I’m sure they would overlook it as they are usually fairly friendly towards foreigners.

Also I heard recently that Mauri visa is not available on border anymore unless the Saharawi are planning on bringing you in illegally?
I was on one of the main routes from the Saharawi camps to Mauritania and passed a few checkpoints but such may have changed since 2008.

Best of luck.

another option:
go to customs in Dakhla & ask for an extraordinary extension
it may work
it did work for me in 2009

(when we tried to do the same trick for another vehicle in Agadir, there was no chance at all)

going to camps around tindouf is relatively easy, but I doubt you would be able to continue
why not sell the landy in Mauri?
it can be done relatively hassle free, despite the rumours to the contrary
ach, forget slovenia

So I'm flying from London to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, via Madrid, where I will get both Mauritanian and Moroccan visas in my South African passport (confirmed with both consulates today - Mauritania issue same day).

Then the plan is to leave Morocco, go to Nouadhibou, then try re-enter Morocco with my South African passport and get the car in for another 6 months...

If that fails, maybe I'll head to Dakar and take Grimaldi Lines to South America - no carnet, no visas, no corruption!