Got my Cameroon visa in Abidjan today.

50,000 CFA for the 30 day visa, 15,000 for same day processing, ready at 1430.

One photo and form filled out. Sandrine was even willing to make a photocopy of my passport for me! Obviously I had one, but it goes to show how easy the process was. The only thing I almost screwed up was not bringing my vehicle document which she wanted. Fortunately they had wifi and I had copies on my phone that I emailed and she accepted.

It's valid from 3 months of issue for 30 days.

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Cote D'Ivoire Visas

Monrovia

$75US, 1 entry, 30 days.

Very very easy. Come back the next day and all ready.

I had no idea that I'd be going through Monrovia when I got mine

Did you just get it? I'm in Abidjan now if you're coming through and want to grab a drink.

Also just made a thread about the southern crossing.

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Got my Togo visa in Abidjan today.

25,000 CFA, 30 days, valid for a few months.

Super easy process, the guy filled out the form, asked for two pictures and told me to come back at 2pm to collect. Why can't they all be this easy??

Called on a few other embassies in Abidjan without my passport today. Angola said it was impossible for non-residents. Benin takes three days and DRC paperwork asks for a few things I don't have, but the people were friendly, so I'll head back tomorrow and try my luck..

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DRC embassy here in Abidjan wanted me to go get residence and then pay someone he knew to give a flight itinerary and hotel reservation for 50,000 CFA on top of the visa fee. I wasn't willing to deal with it and I'll just go in Lomé where people say it's easier.

Went to the Gabon embassy just to see what the story was afterwards since I had some time. Gatekeeper wouldn't let me in without closed shoes and pants, so I left.

Will be in Accra early next week and hopefully get Angola and Benin there..

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wouldn't let you in if you had on flip flops? and shorts? that's a new one! haven't heard of that before.

Benin embassy in Accra was very easy, 25,000 CFA, ready same day.

Angola embassy in Accra was only a few minutes away and also wasn't too much of a challenge; $160 for the visa and the same again if you want it in two days, otherwise it's about a week. Strangely they told me if I wanted a regular tourist visa then I would need reservations for my entire stay, instead I made a two night reservation and told them I'd take a transit visa. They ended up giving me a 30 day visa anyway. The woman that works there is very helpful and it was a pretty easy process. Sign says they only accept applications Monday or Tuesday morning, which worked fine for me, but it's worth noting. Also, they didn't actually keep my passport, just stamped it when I returned two days later, so if I had it to do again, I'd have gone to the Angolan embassy first and then to Benin embassy after and I could have saved myself a day.

In Lome now for my DRC visa

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the gabon embassy gave me the exact same treatment in cameroon.

DRC Visa in Lome was really easy.

RoC Visa in Lome was even easier, except that the embassy is in the middle of nowhere. I'll try to dig up the coordinates when I have my hard drive plugged in.

Crossed into Nigeria at Lagos which wasn't as bad as you might expect. Only one immigration guy gave me a hard time for money and he settled pretty cheap after the other guys in the office made it clear that he was being unreasonable.

Driving through Nigeria was surprisingly easy and I had almost zero problems with roadblocks.

Cameroon was surprisingly easy to drive through also.

Get your Gabon visa at the border, it's super easy.

Gabon is absolutely beautiful to drive through. Great roads and amazing scenery all around.

RoC is absolutely miserable to drive through because the chinese road isn't finished yet and the path next to it is destroyed. Bring a 24 pack of coke with you and bribe the guys who guard the paved sections and use as much of it as you can. Seriously, the road next to it is horrific.

Under no circumstances should anyone ever try the border crossing from Mindouli to Luozi. I still don't know how I ever got through it without breaking every part of my suspension and resolve. Cross at Brazzaville/Kinshasha. Trust me.

Also never try the "road" that goes directly south from Kinshasa to Angola. It's not a road. I got to within about 15km of the border before I turned back. Trust me, go to Matadi, it's a great drive and reasonable border crossing. Except the customs guy is a complete dick, so be ready for that.

Driving through Angola is surprisingly easy. For some reason I was given a police escort at first, but I ditched them because they were slowing me down and I figured they'd want a lot of money at the end to boot. It was strange. Anyway, most of the roads are great and there are very few checkpoints.

Crossing into Namibia was one of the most amazing feelings I think I've ever had.

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Great to hear ajc.
Do you know if the RoC visa is available at the border ?

I couldn't say. But if you can get to the consulate in Lome it literally takes 4 hours from when you drop it off and there is zero hassle.

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Hi,

Could you please inform the address of ROC in Lome?

Highly appreciated!

Tian

Here you go:

N 06.10.092
E 01.12.444

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we crossed Mindouli to Luozi. ina Bedford 4x4.....if we can do it anyone can...just as long as its DRY.......if it rains....WAIT

After changing my plans, I am now travelling down the road mentioned above. But I didn't get any visa in advance...

Based on this topic I will get the next few visa in these places:
- Cameroon in Abidjan
- Angola in Accra
- DRC in Lomé
- RoC in Lomé (or maybe at the border)
- Nigeria in Bénin

Any latest info on these?

In Ouagadougou I would like to get the 'visa touristique de l'entente'.
Anybody with (the latest) info on this?

Grtz from Nouakchott !