Nigeria visa
Welcome to our nightmare...
We were denied a Nigeria visa despite trying every trick in the book here in Gabon...their reason...we are not Gabonese residents.
Unfortunately we have also met a few other travellers heading north who have been denied as well in Libreville, as well as in Cameroon at all 3 Nigeria consulates (Buea, Yaounde and Douala). Reasons given in every single embassy is the same. Looks like they have tightened the screws on this one.
We heard of a couple of Swiss guys who had had to ship their vehicle coming the other way from Benin into Gabon.
We have been stuck in Libreville now for over a month trying to sort out a way of moving forward and we ARE FINALLY (hopefully) sailing on a ferry/cargo/ ship on Wednesday next week. Ship only sales once a month so if you get the timing wring and can't get your Nigeria visas like us you will have a long and expensive wait in Libreville.
Cost for ferry is cfa700,000 for 4x4, and cfa110,000 per person with cabin. Crossing is 3 to 4 days apparently. It bloody expensive!!
Good luck and safe travels
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We started in Tanzania heading south to southern tip of Africa at cape agulhas and now heading north along the west coast to UK.
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