I´m leaving half september to west africa on my bicycle. The Mauretanie ambasy in Brussels wil not give me a visa because i don´t have an airplaneticket or a carnett de passage ( this is what the visaservice in Holland says to me). Is it possible in Marroco?

hi
you can get visa get airline ticket get visa then get a refund on the ticket
cheers nobby

In March 2001 you could get a visa in Rabat -see http://www.sahara-overland.com/routes/atlantic.html -or at the border, without an air ticket or carnet.

Dont worry,

you can definately obtain visa in Rabat or at the border, much cheaper in rabat.

have fun Lol

Getting the Mauritanean visa in Rabat is no problem. However it is only valid for a month and the clock starts ticking the day they issue it.

Therefore if you intend seeing something of Morocco, visit Rabat later as opposed to heading straight there.

In rabat the mauritanean visa is cheaper than at the border.
Rabat 10 euros
Border minimum 50 euros
The visa is available for one month and one entrance.
Ambassady is open Sunday to thursday. Let your passport and 2 identity photos before 10 a.m. Take the visa at 2 P.m

thanx for the info, i'm leaving next vryday.

Hello,

We plan to go in December overland through the Atlantic Route until Senegal with a 2WD car.

We would like to have all the visas, papers for the car, etc prepared before the trip.

We are Spanish passport holders, any recomendation?

Thank you in advance,

Aitor

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Hi, just learned via a french forum ( http://www.sahariens.info/ ) that Mori no longer issues Visas in Rabat. Apparently now you have to go to Casa, 382 route d'El Jadida , quartier Beauséjour. A pain if you want to dedicate time in Rabat to the various West African visas necessary.
Anyone confirm or not?
Luke

Rabat is no longer an option. We went there a few weeks ago and it turned out that they moved to Casablanca that same weekend! Down there, we showed up at 0900 and picked up the visas 6 hous later. It cost 200 DH per person. They did not need an air ticket and understood thet we were driving (saw our car..) The visa stated entry in Nouakchott, but nobody at the border bothered with that. They were VERY interested in our Carnet. I think it might have cost a bit if we didnt have one...
The trip through the mine field was not espesially easy with a GPS. The dunes have shifted over some of the tracks we followed, and we had to "hop" from bare stone area, to bare stone area! A guide would have been easier and safer.
Going down to Nouadibou is not nessicary if you ask me. It is better to continue straight down to Nouakchott, rather then waste time and diesel. The trip to Nouakchott took us 2.5 days and was in my opinion rather easy. We could have done it in 2 days. We were 3 cars and did it with our gps. There are tracks all over the place, and most lead to the capitol. Although there are a few that only lead to camel herds! The only hassle was a "miny sand storm" for 1 night. It was totally quiet, I got up to get a (they didnt check at the border and you can buy in some restaurants)from our fridge, by the time I was about to sit down again it was blowing at least 30 knots! We now have sand in very odd places!
In Nouakchott, "Aubage Nomade" sems to be the best place to camp.

Erik D.

www.dunia.no

PS If you camp at the campsite in Dakhla (Morocco) your car and you will inevitably be covered in pulverized dry camel dung from the "stable" next door! Not nice, and it doesnt come off easily!


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