Hey people,

So after an overlanding hiatus of almost 10 years (apart from European/US road trips and a quickie to Morocco) it's time to get back in the saddle! I feel terribly out of touch and have some questions

I'm planning to kick off with a return trip to Ouagadougou - over 5-6 week starting late December this year. Idea is to take in some of the great pistes in Morocco, head down to Mauri, do the Atar piste, do an 'eastern' crossing into Mali (e.g. Nema/Nara) and then head across/down Mali to Burkina. Do the same on the way back but with less piste-bashing.

As this is the first time I've logged onto the HUBB in 5 years (can't believe my account still works!) I have the following 'orientation' questions:

1 - Can you get a multi-entry Mauri visa at the Maroc border (as it's a round trip). I've read the sticky about getting a visa for Eur120 at the Maroc border but I don't know if you can use it to enter the country more than once.

2 - Are Mali visas still a case of going to Nkt? Again, can I get a multi-entry for return? What's the score with getting into Burkina?

3 - Clearly Mali has had some bad troubles in the last 10 years. Which areas are still to be avoided?

4 - Need for a carnet?

5 - Any exciting developments in the field of multi-country insurance or do you just not have any south or Maroc?

6 - Before I'd have ridden to Nouhadibou on road tyres and changed them for knobblies. Have there been advances in tyre technology such that I could fit something in England/Spain and not worry about it for the trip?

7 - Any 'missed opportunities' with the proposed route? For instance is Rosso now a paradise?


I think that's it for now.


Cheers,


Andy

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AndyBee
(04 KTM 640 Adv 'Naartjie'/11 KTM 990 Adv 'Tsumeb')