Carnet Ghana
 

Hello!

Does anybody know for sure if it's possible to enter Ghana without a Carnet de Passage without to much hassle and bribary?
We will drive from Sweden to Ghana and back this winter without a Carnet.
I've searched but it seems to be a lot of differnet opinions if I need a Carnet or not.:confused1:

ADAC says no
http://www.adac.de/images/L%C3%A4nde...tcm8-83881.pdf

Wikipedia no
Carnet de Passage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The hubbs carnet page yes
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tri...t-of-countries

And Ghanas embassy doesn't answer...

Please help.

No
 

A carnet is definately not necessary for Ghana.

Crossing from Burkina Faso, the customs is very straightforward and a carnet is definately not needed.

Crossing from Togo is a little more hassle due to the size of the border post, but again no carnet is necessary.

When crossing from Togo you might need to present your yellow fever vaccination. It is the only border crossing in Africa I have ever been asked for it!

cheers

That was a relief, thank you! :thumbup1:

we entered Ghana from Burkina and we had a carnet, but we kind of forgot to stamp it. When we left the country to Togo the customs guy was really suprised. Why would he have to stamp anything and do any work if it was not even stamped in??? Please go.
Furthermore i had to show yellow fever also at the nothern border, and also entering Nigeria.

I wouldn't count on getting in without a carnet - by car that is. We tried in Hamale a few days ago - took us 6 hours of negotiating and in the end we were turned back. The day after we tried the Leo-crossing. Same thing there: no entry without a carnet.

...but you can try.

cheers

Interesting development.

I should clarify my earlier post - it is definately possible to enter Ghana on a motorbike without a carnet. Seems they must apply different rules for cars.

Oh no! We are leaving in 10 days and going to Ghana without Carnet with two cars.:eek3: Our main goal is Ghana and we already obtained visas, it would be a big disapointment if we are not able to enter Ghana.

Hi Ronnie,

my experience: everything is possible in Africa - in both ways !

I drove my German car without a carnet and without a prior visa through Morocco, Westsahara, Mauretania, Mali, Niger, Burkina, Benin and Togo. The only country that rejected me (now in a Togolese taxi to the final departure airport Accra) for not having a visa was ... Ghana. This was atypical the other way, but it happened to me.

Further south: I tried to enter Angola with a proper visa (unbelievable obtained at the Johannesburg embassy!) at the main Namibian border and was refused! This was also atypical the other way. At the next small border post 150km onwards in Ruacana, entry to Angola was no problem, however the road was.

I would definitely recommend to you NOT to bother about the carnet and just GO.

I have the most amazing hand-written stuff in my passports, from small African border posts who made up for lack of stickers, stamps, rules & information with goodwill, friendliness and hospitality.

If you fail at a big border post (it happens even with proper papers!), just drive to the next smaller one.

We'll defininetly give it a try!:thumbup1:
But we have only single entry visa so I'm not sure if we can try more than once.

I carnet it out of the question. Not enough time to obtain one and would like to try without.

everything`s possible
 

Hi There,

i met some people a few days ago who got in without a carnet - that might be good news to you! The thing seems to be to pick the right boardercrossing. At Hamale and one at Leo they wont let you in. But the main crossing near Po it seems to be a matter of 20 Cedis and 30 minutes to obtain a "laissez-passez"...

good luck!
:)

Got in at Hamale
 

After 6 hours of negotiation they let us in at Hamale without a carnet. :clap:
We had to leave 400€ i deposit for two landcruiser HJ60. We got a note with signatures and stamps that proved it. Had no problems with the police but they seemed a little confused then we showed them the note. We got the money back on our way out i Hamale.
He told me it was i one time thing and that you normally need a carnet in Ghana when your not an ECOWAS citizen.

Has anyone made experiences when the bike was shipped or flown into Ghana? I would imagine there is no way to get the bike out of customs without a Carnet?

Is there anyone who recently went from Mali into Ghana with a car but without carnet? I want to try it this summer but can only find old posts on this topic.